My car (or my sister's car, Hi Coral, sorry I smashed your car!) just kinda rolled off to the side and as I looked in my rear view mirror I saw bits and pieces of the front of the car in the road, laying there sad and broken.
I got out and looked for the other person and it was, of course, an old lady. 85 years old to be exact. She was badly shooken up, but walking fine, and as more people pulled over and rushed up to us, she started screaming "I had a green light!" all wobbly and in Old Lady voice.
Yes, maybe she had a green light, but every person who is GOOD at driving knows that if you are making a left turn and you have a green light, you YIELD to oncoming traffic before darting out into the intersection.
So the cops were called, the car was towed (her's had a dent, and she drove it home), paper work was filled out, and when I got home, insurance company's were called.
What a mess though. I'm glad no one was hurt, it really could have been a lot worse, but seriously? Why? There were like five other cars all going through that intersection with me, why not one of the other ones? Maybe like the big SUV that was in the left lane, a little ahead of me and blocking my view of anyone making a stupid left turn. YOU Mr. SUV must have seen the little lady coming, why didn't YOU brake? You probably just charged it to be a jerk and to reiterate the fact that she shouldn't have been making that turn, but now? I have no car to drive. I'm getting a rental car tomorrow, and hopefully I'll have a better idea of when all this insurance crap will be over, and hopefully the damage isn't too extensive, and hopefully it will be fixed by next week? Hopefully.
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In a little good news, I got an 80 on my lab midterm and I am VERY happy with that grade. I seriously don't think I can shove anymore body/cell/bone parts in my brain. Space is running out, and it's getting pretty serious. I nearly have phelangies leaking out my ears.Another exam on Monday, it's never ending! Well, classes end June 25th, but until then it's never ending!
5 comments:
Yikes! Sorry to hear about your accident! GLAD to hear you are ok though!!!!!!!! AND happy to hear about your test! That rocks!
well, you didn't smash my car, the old lady did. but yeah, dang. fix it up for me, okay?
Old people shouldn't be able to operate anything with wheels. That includes shopping carts.
I swear, people should have to take a driving test every few years after they hit 65. I know my grandfather shouldn't be on the road, but who's going to tell him? Not me.
ha! Shopping carts! Sounds like Bex, you had a bad experience with this no?
For real, driving test after 65, after this accident there seems to be way more old people drivers on the road then before, maybe I'm just terrified of them lately....
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