Ok so I knew Dak's were beasts but dayumn! So this is rather unfortunate i think actually, but here is the story. So this weekend I was hauling roughly 3000lbs of office furnature for a friend with a flat bed car trailer (weight includes the trailer weight) with my 05. I haul trailers all the time with my dak and have never had a problem like this before. But back to my story, I was going no more than 35mph down a residential road that was rather crowded with roughly 6-7 car lengths of clearance between myself and the little ford focus that was driving in front of me when the lady in front of me suddely decides to stop on a dime for another car that was stopped and waiting to turn left (this is a 2 lane road so there is no tuning lane and this was not at a light). And I mean it when I say it, I have never seen a car stop so quickly in my life till now. so I reacted immediately and slammed on my brakes, well needless to say that wasnt nearly enough, and after this point there was nothing i could do but hold on tight as the oncoming lane was swarming with traffic and just off to my right where i could swerve to miss through the grass was a telephone pole... I locked up all four of my band new Nitto Terra Grapplers ( =[[[[ ) and left a skid that was at least 100ft long before slamming into the back of this little Ford Fu$&us. That load didnt even think about letting me stop, it just kept pushing me and felt no sympathy. On top of all this misfortune, the jacka$$ that I rear ended was a hispanic woman that literally spoke zero english... It didnt hit me until I got 2 minutes deep into ripping her a new a$$hole that I realized she didnt even know what the profanity that was coming out of my mouth meant, and at that moment I just walked away back to my truck, took pictures of everything and sat there to wait for the cops not saying another word to the b!#$h. So this is what my whole weekend has been surrounding. Not so fun, I know but the pictures speak for themselves, even with the load that I was carrying there was almost *******ly no damage to my truck. Her car on the other had I can not say the same. The pictures are posted below that shows the bada$$ness of dak's.

my truck.....
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.....and her car. thats what she gets for stopping on a dime. maybe she will pay more attention to the road next time.
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hahahahahahah that last pic, that ****ing ford. you werent lying about the skid marks either. glad your ok!

 

The little bit of damage done to your truck was a small price to pay to total out a damn Furd! One less Furd on the streets is a good thing!!! LMAO!!!

 

Epic truck is epic!!!!

 

could there not be a lot more hidden damage where your bar on the front of your truck is attached though?

 

I think I can see "Westin" imprinted backwards on that Ford's bumper .....

 

Same thing happened to me with my 92 dak. All I had was a little crease in my bumper but I totaled a ford escort.

 

She might be a bad driver, but did anyone get charged? Round here you would have been charged with following too close, or something similar.

 

You were towing a load. Did the brakes (if any) on the trailer operate correctly? With a 3k load, any answer other than "yes, absolutely", immediately shifts the blame to you. From the 2005 Dakota Owner's manual:


•Trailer brakes are recommended for trailers over 1,000 lbs (454 kg) and required for trailers in excess of 2,000 lbs. (907 kg). •

The severe braking you did (if without proper trailer braking) shifted the trailer load (in part) to your rear bumper, unloading your front tires some, increasing your stopping distance.



Rather than hit the stopped car, she stopped quickly. Maybe she reacted slowly, or the person in front of her stopped quickly also. You were following too closely for the speed and load you were towing. Your error. What do you propose she should have done? Was she supposed to "know" A. You were towing a load? B. You couldn't stop in time? C. It was her responsibility to prevent the collision?


Seriously? Plain and simple: You were at fault. You screwed up. Luckily no one was injured.

 

^agreed. if someone rear ended me and started to "rip me a new a-hole", it'd been lights out quick. youre lucky if she doesn't sue

on a lighter note. glad I now have a bull bar