ARB Bumper Protection - Accident

Yesterday fate decided that it needed one last bang before 2020. Texas is pretty cut and dry regarding fault in rear ends so the hows aren't too important and pointing fingers doesn't get far. Traffic, merging vehicle, unknown cause for slamming on brakes, cars stop faster. No one was injured.

I cannot detect any damage to my truck, body lines/gaps appear the same. No detectable deflection in grill or anything behind it. Very happy with the bumper (less so with myself).

 

Ouch both parties okay?

 

Yeah. No injuries. Guy got out and was like, "no fair man." When looking at my truck.

 

You f*cked that sh*t in.

glad you’re okay!

..and the inventor of ARB is happy.

 

I'm pretty sure I have hit things harder offroad than that accident. You would never know just by looking at the car though.

 

Lucky you had that bumper. How fast were you going?

 

Probably 30ish when I hit the brakes. So, less than that. I don't tend to watch the speed much in traffic if I am going under the speed limit. One of those intermittent heavy traffic areas depending on how many people merging on.

 

Your comment made me think of the Training Day scene.

 

Bumper is now compromised. Gonna have to get a new one. Once it’s touched a Chevrolet it will never be the same.

 

Looks like the chevy got a tacoma enema.

 

Traffic in Houston is shitty. People brake for nothing all day long.
Glad everyone is good tho

 

I know this all too well! Especially where 610 and I10 come together.

 

I almost rear ended someone going 30 with no lights on in the 2nd from right lane while the flow of traffic was 80... Houston traffic sucks.

 

That's impressive OP, not even your license plate got a scratch!!!!!

 

Let him prove you hit him - where's the damage to your bumper, huh???

 

Airbag didn't deploy?

 

Yeah, I am debating about just having someone take a look. I think ill use my day off tomorrow to take the skid plates off and really take a look.

Luckily 10 years of good driving has bought me some free forgiveness with the insurance company. But, the mulligan is gone.

 

Way back in high school I know a guy that tried this ploy. Nearly worked for him, except a 3rd party submitted a video to the policy that made it to the insurance company.

 

Nope. Airbags take quite a bit to deploy. I have seen way, way, way worse incidents with no deploy. Heck, the lady that totalled my old chevy with a Nissan Sentra bloodied her face on her steering wheel and had her radiator flattened on her engine, and no air bags deployed.