Ever Get Rear Ended?
 

I was sitting at a stop light the other day, and I lifted my foot off of the brake because I was on level ground and a thought came to mind. I wonder if anyone here has ever been rear ended in this type of situation.

Sitting at a light, still red, lift your foot off of the brake, and BAM! The person behind you thinks the light has changed and plows into the back of you. Makes me think about holding my foot on the pedal until I move through the light. No WAY is Iris getting tapped like that!

And an airconditioner could fall out a window and smash the windshield.

Seriously though i think its possible to worry too much about it sometimes. It seems like you may just be inviting problems by stressing every POSsible scenario

Dude, are you serious? That could totally happen. I guarantee it's happened before, exactly like I described. Just curious if it's happened to anyone here.

I was involved in some rear ending, but did not involve my car. :ugh2:

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I've been rear ended before. If I had not had my foot firmly on the break I would have been pushed into the intersection no question about it.

I was rear ended in my Lexus GS430. I was stopped, the 96 volvo.... eh not so much. She hit the car hard enough for them to cut out the drivers side quarter panel and have a new one welded in...... The car barely moved with the brakes on, it just took it. Her car was totaled, air bags out and everything... I drove my car home.

You mean the car, right? :wtf2:

:icon18: That must hurt!!!

Never let your foot of the brake at a stop light. It's a great way to get rear-ended. Especially if you're in a tall vehicle where the person in front of you can't see the light (does not apply in the Z).

I always take my foot off the brake. I've never been rear ended because of it. Been doing it for years, not going to stop anytime soon.

And any person who accelerates based off nothing more than brake lights is an idiot, anyway.

I take the foot off the brake if another car is already stopped behind mine and the wait is long. Sometimes when is a sudden stop in traffic due to a traffic jam or accident I put my four way hazard lights on.

Yeah there is no question there are idiots on the road. Despite them being an idiot when they hit you, you still lose.

I have not worried about getting rear ended since my 6 month stay in County a few years back. Let me tell you, it was a constant concern, but it conditioned me to the point that I never worry about it anymore.