Rear ended by 2001 Corvette and driver contemplates taking off

[KennyB123]

This happened on November 11th. I just got my truck back from the body shop yesterday. Enjoy the crazy video. 50k views on Reddit. *Edit* The video is too big for the forum, so here is the Reddit link. Hopefully that's okay.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashcam/s/9ecqeC7rVD

This guy was going 80 or 90 miles per hour on a country 2 lane road.

After driver finally stopped, he admitted he was going to take off but noticed I wasn't going to let him get away. He then told me to take a photo of his drivers license because he was going to leave before the police arrived. I managed to... persuade him... to stay.

Dashcam is the Blackvue DR750X-3CH Plus.

Very minor damage to the left side bumper and surrounding area. $2600 repair, fully covered by his insurance. Truck looks as good as new.

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[StevenC56]

What a D bag. Good to hear you and the Lightning are OK.

 

[broncoaz]

This happened on November 11th. I just got my truck back from the body shop yesterday. Enjoy the crazy video. 50k views on Reddit. *Edit* The video is too big for the forum, so here is the Reddit link. Hopefully that's okay.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashcam/s/9ecqeC7rVD

This guy was going 80 or 90 miles per hour on a country 2 lane road.

After driver finally stopped, he admitted he was going to take off but noticed I wasn't going to let him get away. He then told me to take a photo of his drivers license because he was going to leave before the police arrived. I managed to... persuade him... to stay.

Dashcam is the Blackvue DR750X-3CH Plus.

Very minor damage to the left side bumper and surrounding area. $2600 repair, fully covered by his insurance. Truck looks as good as new.

One benefit of driving one of the fastest things on the road. I can’t understand people. Glad everyone was ok and the truck got fixed.

 

[Scorpio3d]

This happened on November 11th. I just got my truck back from the body shop yesterday. Enjoy the crazy video. 50k views on Reddit. *Edit* The video is too big for the forum, so here is the Reddit link. Hopefully that's okay.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashcam/s/9ecqeC7rVD

This guy was going 80 or 90 miles per hour on a country 2 lane road.

After driver finally stopped, he admitted he was going to take off but noticed I wasn't going to let him get away. He then told me to take a photo of his drivers license because he was going to leave before the police arrived. I managed to... persuade him... to stay.

Dashcam is the Blackvue DR750X-3CH Plus.

Very minor damage to the left side bumper and surrounding area. $2600 repair, fully covered by his insurance. Truck looks as good as new.

As others have said, glad y’all are OK!
Kind of funny(not really, but can’t think of a better word right now )that he was gonna run, but no way he would outrun you!!
Lightning for the win!

 

[Sneakypetie78]

That was inches away from being a LOT worse. In some many ways. Glad it was relatively painless.

 

[XENOILPHOBE]

Wow a 60+ year old man with 60+ year old man reflexes, maybe spend some time on a track before you buy a car you don't know how to drive and keep the speed on the track.
Douche Bag of the year awardee.
Lucky he didn't get a Darwin award, with those driving "skills".

 

[mrau]

Too bad his wife/"mother" hasn't seen the video. His Corvette days would likely be over.

No reason at all for that type of crash on wide open roads.

Glad you and your family were safe.

 

[XENOILPHOBE]

As others have said, glad y’all are OK!
Kind of funny(not really, but can’t think of a better word right now )that he was gonna run, but no way he would outrun you!!
Lightning for the win!

A more accurate statement would be the Lightning was quick, under 4 seconds zero to 60, on the fast side of equation, it tops out a 112 MPH.

The 2001 ZR6 Corvette in highest performance setup is a "quick" 4 second zero to 60, and on the "fast" side of the equations tops out at 175 MPH.

The Ford weights 6900 lbs and the Corvette weights about 3100 lbs, which is why this accident was minor for the Lightning, but could have been fatal for the unskilled Corvette driver running in a car made of aluminum, magnesium and balsa wood, and flexible-sheet molded compound (AKA, Polyester Resin).

Here is what it could have looked like if you had been in a lighter gas powered car.

 

[KennyB123]

Too bad his wife/"mother" hasn't seen the video. His Corvette days would likely be over.

No reason at all for that type of crash on wide open roads.

Glad you and your family were safe.

Thank you.

This guy was twice or thrice divorced and not currently married. Had kids, but I don't think he was close to them. Had to make small talk while waiting 30 minutes for the police to show up.