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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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Who's driven the longest period of time without a "chargable accident"?
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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I've been involved in accidents, but it has always been the other guy.
I have slowed down, Seems to keep others from getting Tboned by me
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 12:13 PM
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i'm only 22 but i've never been in an accident and i've been driving since before i was 16
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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I'm not going to say. I don't want to tempt karma.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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I'm not going to say. I don't want to tempt karma.
Karma is a bitch.







But if you put a dollar in her g-string, she'll make it all better.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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Who's driven the longest period of time without a "chargable accident"?
37 here, and never...

Well, I did get rear ended on my motorcycle... I made his insurance pay. I guess that takes me out of the running.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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Been driving 40 years. So far I have had only one accident that was my fault. In 83. Pulled out from a stop sign and didn't see a Renault Le'car because of all the parked vehicles on the sides of the road. Nobody hurt. Other than that, I have been hit 18 times, none my fault and most when I was stopped. Fortunately no one hurt in any of them.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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I've been in two accidents that were my fault, both times hitting a parked vehicle, both times in the rain.

On 11/28/1981, I was an unlicensed 15 year old kid, and I stole my dads Regal late at night after he went to bed, and went joyriding in the rain. I came around a corner in a residential neighborhood, with narrow streets, too fast and fishtailed it big time. I hit a curb and the front of my fathers Regal ended up on the trunk of an old clunker. Took me 7 months of mowing lawns and doing odd jobs for people to pay for the damages.

On 3/31/1993, I left my g/f's house after a loud, ugly argument, in a bad mood. I was in my '77 Trans Am, and the streets were wet from rain the night before. Two blocks after her street I was still spinning the tires, and came around a corner too fast and put the nose of the car under the side skirt of a motorhome. My insurance paid for that one.

So, that means I've been accident free for 5,597 days, or just over 15 years.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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62 years old, driving since I was eight and it's never happened. And if it happens any time soon I'm coming to look for you!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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I've never had a "charge-able" accident.

All the accidents I've had were either hitting deer or stuff that didn't go on the record.

I did get rear ended, but it was obviously not my fault.

I've only got 1 ticket and that was like 5 years or so ago... plan to keep it that way. I pay enough to drive.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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only been driving for 7 years.
only accident i've been in is hitting 3 deer (2 at once and another on a seperate occassion)

had 4 speeding tickets though
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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driving for 7 years. 9 moving violations... no wrecks.
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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I have been driving since 1969. No accidents, not even the fault of others. No moving violations. But I did just rip the mirror off the Lariat pulling my work van into the garage Friday afternoon. AARRGHH!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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I've been licensed since Dec. 1962 at age 15. Wow that's almost 46 yrs. without a chargable accident. 12 of those year's were driving tanker truck's and putting about 60 to 80k miles a year. Last time I checked I've put close to 1,200,000 miles in those year's accident free. Good driving guy's and I hope I don't put a "gris gris" on myself!!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Let's see...

42 now and I've been driving since I was 16.
At 17, I slid into a pole and got charged for that, but never had one ever since.
25 years is pretty good.
I think my last ticket was 8 years ago (no seatbelt)

 
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