Someone had rear-ended his car. Alex started panicking — and his first thought was "What do I do now? Driving is probably the most dangerous thing most of us will ever do. Although you do your best to drive responsibly and defensively, it's still smart to know what to do just in case you end up in a collision. Crashes can be very scary, but here are some tips if one happens to you:. Take some deep breaths to get calm. After a crash, a person may feel a wide range of emotions — shock, guilt, fear, nervousness, or anger — all of which are normal. But take a few deep breaths or count to 10 to calm down.
The calmer you are, the better prepared you will be to handle the situation.
This is the time to take stock of the accident and try to make a judgment about whether it was a serious one. Keep yourself and others safe.
What to Do After a Car Crash (for Teens)
If you can't get out of your car — or it's not safe to try — keep your seatbelt fastened, turn on your hazard lights, then call if possible and wait for help to arrive. If the collision seems to be minor, turn off your car and grab your emergency kit. If it's safe to get out and move around your car, set up orange cones, warning triangles, or emergency flares around the crash site. If there are no injuries and your vehicle is driveable, make a reasonable effort to move the vehicle to a safe spot that is not blocking traffic like the shoulder of a highway or a parking lot. In some states it's illegal to move your car from the scene of a crash, though.
Ask your driver's ed instructor what the law is in your state. Check on everyone involved in the crash to see if they have any injuries. This includes making sure you don't have any serious injuries. Be extremely cautious — not all injuries can be seen. Be ready to give the dispatcher the following information:. Sometimes, you can get the police to come to the crash scene even if there are no injuries, especially if you tell them you need someone to mediate — in other words, to help you figure out what happened and who's at fault. But in certain areas, as long as both vehicles can be safely driven away, police officers won't come to the scene unless someone is hurt.
If the police do not come to the scene, make sure you file a vehicle incident report at a police station. Ask to see the driver's license of the other drivers involved in the crash so that you can take down their license numbers. Also get their name, address, phone number, insurance company, insurance policy number, and license plate number. If the crash is minor and you feel that you can describe it, try to take pictures and put the details in writing.
Detailed notes and photos of the scene may help the court and insurance agencies decide who is responsible. Get a good description of the vehicles involved — year, make, model, and color. Take photos of the scene — including the vehicles and any damage, the roads, any traffic signs, and the direction each vehicle was coming from. Try to draw a diagram of the exact crash site and mark where each car was, what direction the car was coming from, and what lane it was in.
Write down the date, time, and weather conditions.
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If there were any witnesses, try to get their names and contact info so that they can help clear up matters if one of the other drivers isn't completely honest about what really happened. From their album Pleasant Dreams. From the album The Reason. According to the lyrics, "an airbag saved my life. From the album Low. Talks about a girl lying in the hospital, and the song later reveals that she was in a car and it had been raining when the crash happened.
From House of Heroes. Mentions that a fellow named Nash was killed in a crash. The story is told about how he spun out, hit a telephone pole and died with the radio on. She made no indications of slowing. Red light can't stop so I spin the wheel. Moonshine runner dies when his car speeds off the road. Title protagonist — a hard-living, sleep-deprived disc jockey — dies when his car crashes off the road. My Friend the Chocolate Cake. From their album Fiasco.
Lyrics speak of a fight between a husband and wife, then the wife dies in a car crash. Contains " Black Ice took her away from me", speaks directly of a car crash. Recorded for Fearless but formally unreleased.
A song about the relationship between a girl and her father ends with the man receiving a phone call from a police officer stating, "Sir, there's been an accident [ Lyrics compare love to traffic collisions with several vehicles, one of them is the car. Making the comparison that love is like a car crash. This song was featured on the soundtrack of the popular racing video game Gran Turismo 4. Allegory about living too fast: A eulogy to James Dean and about the relevance of car crashes in modern culture. A first person narrative about a fatal car crash the night before the victims' high school graduation.
Sons of the Never Wrong. Written in tribute to a fan who was killed in a car crash on his way to a KISS concert. John Lennon sings about a man who "blew his mind out in a car" crash, presumably Guinness heir Tara Browne , who died in a automobile crash. The song is addressed to someone who was "in a car crash" and "lost [her] hair"; i.
About a survivor of a car crash hearing ghosts crying for Tina presumably killed in the crash. From We Can't Dance. Written in the first person about a hit and run driver who is haunted by the events that took place. From In My Head. And wrap it around a tree. Protagonist crashes into a truck and lies bleeding on the asphalt when his hibachi dealer in the back seat cups his hands over the protagonist's eyes.
Humorous tale of a wealthy eccentric who deliberately causes minor fender-benders as a way of meeting women. A man telling a story about his life shares how his car flipped doing 80 and his experience with god that changed his purpose of life. A man reflects on his life as he lays injured from a car crash, hoping the ambulance arrives in time to save him. A parody of the car crash tragedy genre in which the driver of the crash reunites with his dead girlfriend - in her coffin which he digs up! From the album Folk beat n. I thought it would be so much quicker than this.
Pain has never been so brilliant; I made sure you were buckled in. Now you can walk hand in hand with him. Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt wrote this song in memory of his lifelong friend, Jason Relva, who died in as the result of injuries sustained from a car crash. A parody of the teenage "death disc" genre using the familiar trope of a bad boy who is good but misunderstood, "an angel dressed in black," riding a stolen motorcycle when he runs into a truck.
Another Trans-Am wrapped itself around a telephone pole "I ain't drunk, officer, I just fell gettin' out of my car". Inspired by the aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash in France in Siouxsie and the Banshees. From the album Superstition. Inspired by the death of Jayne Mansfield in a car crash in Wayne Cochran and made popular by J.
Frank Wilson also covered by Pearl Jam.
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Falsely inspired by a December incident in Barnesville, Georgia , in which several teens were killed and two seriously injured when their car struck a flatbed logging truck. Song was actually written in From the album Eight , the song describes a series of scenes which culminate in a car crash. Featured on the albums Closer and Before the Robots.
The urn of a car crash victim is stolen at her wake for a private farewell. Song based on a real-life drunk driving crash [9] and the impact of a subsequent organ donation.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain. A song about a troubled couple losing each other in a car crash and not being able to reconcile. A song about a troubled couple driving in the fast lane, and the male driver singing "call the doctor, I think I'm going to crash", they then "run a stop sign and take a turn for the worst".
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About listening to singer MIA in a car when her love dies in a car crash. A car crash turned a kid's hair "from black into bright white" because "the cars had smashed so hard.
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Frontman Wayne Coyne has described the song as a "teenager car crash ballad". Guitarist John Petrucci wrote about a car crash he was in as a child. The aftermath of a car crash on its survivors is chronicled. A sequel to "Understanding in a Car Crash" see below.