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I wrecked the car.
By Jesse Morgan | February 4, 2007
Whoops. This happened after work on Tuesday. Jackie was at home.
I was on a small service drive that T’d into a 4.5 lane road that was fairly busy. looked left, saw a car with it’s right turn signal on in the right lane. looked right, say a red light. looked left, saw the car with the blinker slowing down as if to turn down the road I was on. looked right, saw the red light turn green, meaning I had about 10 seconds to react. I had been at this intersection for about 3 cycles of that light, and saw this as my oppertunity. as I pulled out, the lady with the turn signal showed me that she actually was meaning to go straight. She sheared off the front of the car from the front of the front tire foreward- bumper, lights, hood, etc. radiator and engine were intact.
Cops gave me a ticket for failing to yield, but I’m gonna try and fight it since she had on her turn signal and failed to add that to her report. The witness on the scene saw the turn signal, but said it was because she was changing from left to right lanes and then just left it on.
So the car has $10k worth of damage because the frame is bent. They’re probably going to total it. I got away with just a sprained wrist.
Oh well, at least we’ll get a new car out of it (probably).
Topics: Jerks, Personal, Rant, Work |
February 4th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
That sucks. The wife wrecked her car last July and it was a real bummer to loose the car, but it kept her safe with only minor airbag burns so that is a good thing. Hopefully they get you a check quickly and you can get some new wheels.
February 5th, 2007 at 1:34 am
That sucks. Good luck fighting the ticket. Here’s hoping that if they total it, the amount they give you will cover what’s left on the price you paid for it.