Today sucked..really really sucked. So I'm driving to work this morning, no more traffic than usual. I come off the overpass and am in the merging lane trying to merge onto I-10, there is nothing coming in the lane I was merging into. All I remember was starting to merge over and then the air bags going off.
All I can figure is that the girl in front of me must have come to a dead stop. Wanna hear the kicker?! She was driving a Buick Rendevous...some kind of SUV. Her car only had a bent tail pipe. My car must have gone under hers..the hood crumpled, front end shot, windsheild completely screwed up but at least it didn't shatter on me....but it is totaled.
I was hysterical. I called 911 then my phone went into emergancy mode and I couldn't call anyone else. Neither of us were hurt thank god. I just have some brusing from the seatbelt and a brush burn under my chin from the airbag.
The cop was really nice. She had to give me a ticket, but she wrote out for the smallest violation possible. She told me not to pay it, to go to court and most likely it will be tossed out. I knew I'd get it tossed out anyway as Joey works for NOPD, but still....
Honestly, I was waiting for something like this to happen. I was just thinking the other day that one day I'm going to come across someone who drives as bad or worse than I do and it isn't going to be pretty.
I've never wanted to drive, just got my license 2 months ago. I'm reminded of that Alanis Morisette song, Ironic. The part in the song where she talks about the guy always afraid the fly and the one time he does, the plane crashes. I don't know...I guess I'm in a self-pity mode. I know it could have been worse. Joey keeps telling me the cars replaceable but I'm not. I'm just worried about getting another car that I so don't have $$ for right now...insurance is going to be astronomical because I'm a new driver and now this accident.
It would figure that the first accident I get in I total the damn car. My poor little car. I loved that car. It was a 95 Honda Accord had low mileage and would've lasted me another few years or more. *sigh* Joey took a look at the car and said yep, you messed it up pretty good. To which I replied, well no sense in messing up unless you do it right.
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