Hey,
So I was driving home from school today, totally psyched for the week-end (no Friday classes). I took the route I always use to get home. At one part, I have to make a left turn and there is on-coming traffic and the road is a 40 zone where everybody mostly goes 50. I was approaching the light where I had to make a left turn, behind three other cars. The three cars made their left turn very casually and shit, so for some stupid messed up reason, I guess I just assumed that it was clear. Now when it was my turn to make the left turn, I made a full stop to check and make sure that the on-coming traffic that was making a right turn (onto the same road I wanted to turn onto), was ready to yield for me. They yielded and I stupidly started making the turn, forgetting to check the on-coming traffic that is going straight! I don't know why the f*ck I did this or what the f*ck I was thinking....I make this turn literally several times a day, it's a turn I need to make to get back home and it's about 5 minutes from my house.
Anyways, I made the left turn and at the last second I look to my right and I see this purple car only a few feet away from me....I knew it was gonna hit me so I kinda braced myself. The car barrelled into me travelling at a good 40-50mph (I got a really good look at the last second before it hit me, and I'm real good at estimating speeds). It was an old lady driving so she didn't even react...her car literally smashed into mine at 45mph. My side-curtain airbag and my side door impact airbag both deployed and it was a pretty loud bang. My car stalled from the impact, naturally.
I started the car back up and drove over to this small parking lot on the side made up of gravel. The old lady pulled her car over to the side of the road and I went to check to see if she was okay, and she was. Her passenger-side airbag deployed though (the car was a late 90's Ford Escort or Contour, not really sure). I called 911 and the cops came and we told the story and obviously it was my fault. I called a tow truck for myself, but they said they'd be there in an hour so I said screw it....my car was still somewhat drivable and I was only like 5 minutes from home. So I just drove it home real slow. I filed a claim with insurance, I found a local body shop who can fix my car (my local Infiniti dealership does not do bodywork) and they are going to tow it tomorrow morning. The guy at the body shop is going to get a claim adjuster to look at the car ASAP because I explained how I want them to start the work ASAP (some of these insurance companies are bastards and they can take up to several weeks just before they get the claim adjuster to look at the car!).
Anyways, the old lady was okay...she just had knee surgery so she didn't want to get out of the car and an ambulance came to take her. The cops told me she was fine but they took her to the hospital just to make sure everything was okay. I'll try to take some pictures of my car and post them up before the body shop hauls my baby away.
I just hope everything works out okay....naturally my dad is pissed. I'm just super pissed off at myself for making such a stupid mistake.![[?|]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead.gif "Bang Head [?|]")
And I know it was totally my fault, but if the lady had actually used her brakes, this would have been avoided....like I said, I never saw how close or far the car was, but I had already completed the turn and then she smashed me...basically, I think if she had actually at least TRIED to use her brakes, the whole thing might have been avoided or at least the results would have been a lot better/safer but then again I shouldn't have f*cked up in the first place.
Yeah, I just wanted to vent.
Thanks,
MrElussive
So I was driving home from school today, totally psyched for the week-end (no Friday classes). I took the route I always use to get home. At one part, I have to make a left turn and there is on-coming traffic and the road is a 40 zone where everybody mostly goes 50. I was approaching the light where I had to make a left turn, behind three other cars. The three cars made their left turn very casually and shit, so for some stupid messed up reason, I guess I just assumed that it was clear. Now when it was my turn to make the left turn, I made a full stop to check and make sure that the on-coming traffic that was making a right turn (onto the same road I wanted to turn onto), was ready to yield for me. They yielded and I stupidly started making the turn, forgetting to check the on-coming traffic that is going straight! I don't know why the f*ck I did this or what the f*ck I was thinking....I make this turn literally several times a day, it's a turn I need to make to get back home and it's about 5 minutes from my house.
Anyways, I made the left turn and at the last second I look to my right and I see this purple car only a few feet away from me....I knew it was gonna hit me so I kinda braced myself. The car barrelled into me travelling at a good 40-50mph (I got a really good look at the last second before it hit me, and I'm real good at estimating speeds). It was an old lady driving so she didn't even react...her car literally smashed into mine at 45mph. My side-curtain airbag and my side door impact airbag both deployed and it was a pretty loud bang. My car stalled from the impact, naturally.
I started the car back up and drove over to this small parking lot on the side made up of gravel. The old lady pulled her car over to the side of the road and I went to check to see if she was okay, and she was. Her passenger-side airbag deployed though (the car was a late 90's Ford Escort or Contour, not really sure). I called 911 and the cops came and we told the story and obviously it was my fault. I called a tow truck for myself, but they said they'd be there in an hour so I said screw it....my car was still somewhat drivable and I was only like 5 minutes from home. So I just drove it home real slow. I filed a claim with insurance, I found a local body shop who can fix my car (my local Infiniti dealership does not do bodywork) and they are going to tow it tomorrow morning. The guy at the body shop is going to get a claim adjuster to look at the car ASAP because I explained how I want them to start the work ASAP (some of these insurance companies are bastards and they can take up to several weeks just before they get the claim adjuster to look at the car!).
Anyways, the old lady was okay...she just had knee surgery so she didn't want to get out of the car and an ambulance came to take her. The cops told me she was fine but they took her to the hospital just to make sure everything was okay. I'll try to take some pictures of my car and post them up before the body shop hauls my baby away.
I just hope everything works out okay....naturally my dad is pissed. I'm just super pissed off at myself for making such a stupid mistake.
And I know it was totally my fault, but if the lady had actually used her brakes, this would have been avoided....like I said, I never saw how close or far the car was, but I had already completed the turn and then she smashed me...basically, I think if she had actually at least TRIED to use her brakes, the whole thing might have been avoided or at least the results would have been a lot better/safer but then again I shouldn't have f*cked up in the first place.
Yeah, I just wanted to vent.
Thanks,
MrElussive
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. Sorry.... anyways, be thankful you're OK, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, everything will be fine again before you know it.
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), and I still get upset when I think about it.
