Miscellaneous: Today, I installed high performance brakes on my car after fearing...

By Lex - 12/05/2009 03:13 - United States

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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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

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2022 08:00 - United States - Nashville

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

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By WTF - 27/09/2015 07:57 - Poland - Wroclaw

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

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By superdriver - 07/02/2011 17:46 - Mexico

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 suddently interrupted with the sound of me crashing the car against a parked car. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/01/2016 07:04 - United States - Burbank

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

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By Me - 11/11/2012 00:29 - United States

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

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By AnonymousOne - 08/12/2016 10:57

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

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Less haste, less speed

By Fox - 25/02/2013 03:41 - United States

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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By FenderBender - 03/09/2009 04:54 - Canada

Today, I was driving home from work and noticed the car behind me was tailgating me pretty badly. I was starting to get angry with the driver, and kept glancing in my rear view mirror at him. While I was doing so, the traffic ahead of me stopped, and I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML

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ben26_fml 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 12:22

I guess FYL for the accident, but at least you didn't slam into the car in front of you

boer 0

Tuesday 12 May 2009 12:15

ouch, that sucks. FYL

Comments

ritalinboy 1

Tuesday 12 May 2009 23:46

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

Wednesday 13 May 2009 0:47

I swear, if those two were in on it together...

Dude_fml 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 0:49

#19± The dude breaked on time, the dude behind him did not. Why are you blaming the OP?

abyssion1337 0

Wednesday 13 May 2009 1:45

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

Wednesday 13 May 2009 10:08

#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

Wednesday 13 May 2009 18:24

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

Thursday 14 May 2009 2:37

#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.