Today, I installed high performance brakes on my car after fearing that my old brake system was to weak and I could get into a crash. On the test drive a car in front of me stopped short. My new brakes worked, the ones on the car behind me didn't. I now have whiplash and a totalled car. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
When the leaves fall, the laughter rises. Discover autumn stories as crisp as dried leaves!
Today, I was driving my rented car on the highway at 60 mph when I realized that the brakes had gone. FML
Today, accustomed to dealing with my old car's faulty accelerator, I pressed the pedal way too hard in my new car and crashed into a pillar, totaling the engine, and giving myself a concussion. I could still see the dealership down the street. FML
Today, while driving to work, some asshole stopped sharply on the 60 mph highway because he almost hit the car in front of him. Even with maintaining my distance, and slamming on the brakes, I still ruined the front end of my car on his dented bumper. I haven't even had the car for a year, and I'm still the one at fault. FML
Today, I got in the car with some friends, only to realize none of them were wearing seat belts. They heckled me until I took mine off, then the driver slammed on the brakes and I hit the dash. They'd all known it was coming and braced themselves. FML
Today, I was driving to work and stopped at a stop light. A full 2 or 3 seconds passed, followed by a car rear-ending me. The idiot driving it got out and gave me hell, calling me a maniac because I braked "too quickly" and didn't give him a chance to react. FML
Today, I was driving a little over the speed limit, when I saw a cop car waiting to join the road ahead of me. I quickly hit the brakes so they wouldn't have a payday with me. I hit the brakes too hard, lost control and almost ended up on someone's lawn. FML
Today, I was driving with my parents while explaining that young people like myself are better drivers because we have better reflexes. My explanation was suddenly interrupted with the sound of me crashing the car against a parked car. FML
Today, while at a stop light, I was rear-ended by a car behind me. The guy got angry at me, because according to him, I should've known that his car has poor braking distance, and so I should've moved forward a few more feet to compensate. FML
Today, I took my car to dealer because of the loud knocking sound I heard while driving it. Twenty-four hours later, they told me it was fixed. Fifteen minutes after I drove away, the tire flew off my car while I was on the highway. My car is now totaled. FML
Today, while driving extremely fast on a road in the middle of nowhere, I started to go down a hill. Noticing a police car at the bottom, I slammed my brakes and blew a tire in the process. It turns out the police car was an old cutout used to trick people. FML
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ben26_fml 0
I guess FYL for the accident, but at least you didn't slam into the car in front of you
boer 0
ouch, that sucks. FYL
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Comments (63)
ritalinboy 1
7 and 23 are partially right. you want a bigger contact patch on your tires + bigger calipers/discs to stop shorter, you dont just need a better car
SuperSpore 0
I swear, if those two were in on it together...
Dude_fml 0
#19± The dude breaked on time, the dude behind him did not. Why are you blaming the OP?
abyssion1337 0
so what the person behind you has to pay for damages, unless they pushed you into the car in front, you have to pay for that cause the system is ******
nushadow 0
#29 Thats a good way to put it. Pads wear out faster with high performance rotors, assuming he changed the whole kit. Lesson is, follow at a farther distance and give the person behind you ample time and awareness when coming to a hault.
kudaman 0
I bet that you were following too close and had to slam on the brakes giving the car behind you almost no time to react and got hit as a result. YDI learn to drive!
Ryu148 0
#13: " and couldn't stop in time to prevent a crash." No, the problem was that while HIS brakes worked, the ones of the car behind him did not. He was rear ended. As for the people asking why he stopped suddenly: because the car in front of him stopped suddenly! His options were really to rear-end the person in front of him or get rear-ended by the person behind him.
Ryu148 0
Oh, and #38: if the car behind him wasn't following him too close, it would have been able to brake too!
ShortyBBangin 0
Oh I'm sorry. Feel you pain. My car is sitting in my yard from being rear ended waiting til I make more money to get it fix.
takemeaway10 0
Erm.... isn't whiplash and a totaled car better than failed brakes?