Friday, I left work for a late lunch, so I could go to TLK’s Halloween parade at school. I got into an accident, through no fault of my own, and never made it to the parade. Plus, my car was towed to a collision repair shop.
It was a mess. An elderly man ran a red light. He hardly spoke any English. A woman in another car he hit went to the hospital with heart issues.
The fire brigade washed away the radiator fluid leaking from the man’s car. The tow truck man got into my car and ducked away from the steering wheel, fearing the airbag would deploy (I suspect the airbag is not working).
The police officers were professional and knew what they were doing. They suffered through my silly questions and general shakiness over having been hit.
So here is this:
My car is the gray one without the bumper. Also, one of my tires is ruined, and God knows what else.
I’m not sure what the mph at impact was. I believe this road is 40 mph, and the man in the brown car ran a red light. His impact with me was somewhat reduced by that white car, which was actually not even travelling in that direction at the point of impact.
The good thing is that this was not my fault. There were 15 witnesses who all stopped and talked with the police. I wasn’t injured, and TLK wasn’t in the car, of course (she was at the parade. ) Also, I have car rental, courtesy of the elderly man’s insurance.
I was walking to the collision shop talking to Ian when the tow truck driver stopped by to pick me up. Frankly, I was ready to walk instead of drive at that point, but it would’ve been a longer walk than I thought.
It’s a good idea to stop at yellow lights.
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Ugh….horrible but you are ok and that’s all that really matters :o) The rest can be fixed :o)
Sometimes it’s a good idea not even to drive – with some of the other drivers around! Glad you’re safe and well. x
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So glad you weren’t hurt…..which is the main thing.
Down here in Senior Land, it’s common practice to use the term ‘stop when you meet resistance’ when talking about oldies who park at WalMart etc. They just slowly move into the bays and stop when they encounter the big wheel ‘barrier’ if there is one or another car if there isn’t. Anything else is fair game too……a pole, a disabled sign, the cart bay, a tree, an employee !
While that action rarely involves even minor car damage and never involves personal damage, it’s a different matter when they try to do it at road junctions too !
I’m glad he just hit a glancing blow your front corner. Further back would have been a pretty serious T-bone. Luck is relative, but you had a little bit there. No injuries, and the guy had insurance.
Fairy godmother was watching over you.
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Boy, things can happen so fast, can’t they? You just never know. Thank God you did not get hurt.
Sorry you missed his parade. Hopefully next year, eh?
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It could have been worse, but it is still plenty annoying. Have they determined yet if your car is totalled?
By the way, Blogrolling is down, so I can’t update my blogroll. Please keep the link from your old Blog.
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