Wednesday, July 27, 2005

just one more thing

I just realized that I haven't even put up pictures of my car. Well, here they are, I just wish that it was under better circumstances :(

So I was traveling west on Old Alturas coming around that corner at browning street when a car coming from the north stops at the stop sign, looks and guesses it's safe to continue - without seeing me there. Well, I was definately there, traveling at the speed limit. I looked up and saw him there, making a left turn (to be heading east, opposite direcion of me) onto the street I was on. I watched him pull out, and also saw him look up in horror at the fact that I was just about to t-bone him! I swerved to the left, kind of assuming he would slam on his brakes and I'd go around him, but what does he do? He put on the gas thinking he could get out of the way in time. Well, this caused us to be in the same place at the same time, which the cars didn't like all that much. There was the typical screeching tires (mine) and the horrific crunch and the sound of breaking glass (my front headlight, I guess) and we collided. It sucked.

The damage was not nearly as bad as it could have been, and for that I am thankful, but it's still just a bitch, you know? One more thing to add to my list of things to do, (like get a new cell phone). Oh, yeah, sorry for the crap pictures, but it's night time right now, and I'm tired after playing ultimate and the such, so gimme a break. And here's a map of the intersection where it happened, in case you don't know:

There was a police report involved, and I get to spend my lunch break at triple-a tomorrow; I'm just hoping for the best on this one because it was definately not my fault. In fact, the officer (officerette?) who filed the report didn't even ask what happened really, she just took the paperwork, and did all that stuff. Then she looked at me and said "you're free to go", and looked at the other guy (who I didn't share more than 2 words with) and said "you need to stay, I'm giving you a citation..."

posted @ 10:05 PM

comments

Erik said:

Sorry to hear bout the crash dude, I hope everything works out ok. But there is an upside to this... Your crash has more dignity then mine did... I hit a wall thats prolly been there for years...and accelerated into it out of panic for that matter...

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 6:59 am

mum said:

sure am sad to see the crumple. glad that you are ok. dang nab it, one more thing!

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 8:22 am

joeshmoe554 said:

that sucks, luckily you aren't being held responsible for the crash

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 9:03 am

James said:

Maybe now you can get that porsche you have always wanted! I get to test drive!

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 1:17 pm

dave said:

Althought I do have good news! I just saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to geico!

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 1:22 pm

Erik said:

question is was that a joke or did you really?

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 2:58 pm

dave said:

nah, I got AAA insurance, and they have been really nice so far.

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 3:01 pm

Dad said:

That's what I call a first class fender bender. Glad to hear it didn't bend any of your body parts.

i was yelled at on thu, july 28 @ 9:53 pm

brianna said:

so sorry to hear about you wreck! at least you weren't at fault, otherwise you'd get royally screwed by the Shasta County court system....they cracked down big time on those at fault for a somewhat minor car wreck but god-forbid if they should punish the serial drunkards and drugies that are in there every other weekend! There's the judical system at it's best!!

i was yelled at on mon, august 1 @ 10:54 am

MICHAELLLL said:

oooh girl, that sucks something awful.. good luck @ aa!

i was yelled at on mon, august 1 @ 7:26 pm

Tyler Durden said:

Hey Loser you forgot to mention, that you got in the car accident with me in the car what the fuck. Don't I get some props?

i was yelled at on wed, august 3 @ 4:50 pm