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  • I do at least TRY to pull over to the curb and clear headway for sirens, but it's nearly gotten me rearended more than once when the Important Idiot behind me or in the right lane has decided he can get one more block before he 'has to' stop for it.

    Making Light: Open thread 134 2010

  • But she was on her cell phone -- I don't know if she was texting or just talking, but she rearended another car.

    CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2009 2009

  • For awhile, I was having better Mondays than Fridays, though, from locking my keys in my car resulting in a cracked windshield to being rearended the next Friday.

    I don’t like Mondays | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • We drive a Volvo compact, nowhere near the great gas mileage, but it's been very safe e.g., when we were rearended by a pickup truck driver

    BIG SUVs not necessarily safer GreenFertility 2008

  • Hubby in our compact was rearended by a one of those x-ton pickups--can you say complete bumper mismatch?

    Global Warming Rage? GreenFertility 2007

  • On her way home from NYC, on the NJ turnpike, my mom rearended a pickup truck.

    The car formerly known as mine 2007

  • On her way home from NYC, on the NJ turnpike, my mom rearended a pickup truck.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • There was one BMW Driver who just aquaplanned at 85 mph .. some of these thigns are just somewhat inevitable. like being rearended when you are casually waiting for the ligth to go green and some moron crashes into you .. and the Enzo … that was is pretty damn horrific ..

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Wanna see some expensive cars all fouled up? 2005

  • She'd been in a car crash once, when a drunk rearended her mother.

    The Disunited States of America 2006

  • Maybe I should do what my landlord roommate did - get rearended by an old guy doing 35 & throw myself into the street in pain and collect $100,000.

    Open Thread for Thursday 2006

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