Alright. This is NOT going to be a fun thing to write up.
I leave this morning at around 10:15 to be to work for 10:45 becasue I decided I would go in early and maybe grab a muffin or something when I got to work so I could eat before. I am driving around 25 in a 20 and I get behind this van going somewhere under 20 mph. I go around him in attempt to keep up my pace and I am getting ready to go into an intersection but I notice the light is red, so I keep my pace and look over to see if there are any cars. There are none at all, so I continue my 25 mph pace and then all of a sudden I round the corner and see brake lights?!?! I slammed on my brakes and my tires begin screeching, so I cut the wheel some to try and avoid more damage. This IDIOT was stopped in the far right turning lane at a red light with NO cars around just sitting there doing god knows what! (i guess waiting for me to hit her).
Never-the-less I slam into the back of her with the front of my car. She was driving a Town & Country so all that happened to her car was a little bumper damage. My car, well, lets just say I wasnt so fortunate. This lady gets out of her car and immediatly I apologise. She says well I dont think its THAT bad and I have somewhere to be in 20 minutes. I was like, "Mam, I am sorry but there is no way I am leaving without calling the police, there is too much damage done to not have insurance cover this." She complains more and I explained that I also had somewhere to be. It was my first week on the job and I had 20 minutes to make it there on time. I called 911 and got them to send a trooper and also called work to tell them I might not make it in for another hour. Everyone was very understanding and everything went fairly well.
So the cop shows up and my mom showed up so I could get a ride to work. Well the cop was super nice and really let me off the hook big time. I was written up for "following too close" and he told me not to worry as the ticket would be dropped when proof that both vehicles were fixed was shown.
He looked almost as upset as I was about my car! Which was really good to hear, at least we had a nice officer. What really gets me is while we are sitting waiting for the cop to get done with the paper work, this lady starts chatting with us and she tells us how she has had this van since 1998 and its bad luck. Curious, we asked why, and she goes on to tell us that she has gotten in 3 wrecks now. The last one she claims she was driving at night and had taken "some medication" and she dozed off and slammed into a gaurd rail, losing control of her car. She explained thats why she had the big dents on the side of the van, because her and her husband had opted not to fix it since it "didn't look that bad." I wanted to kill her! Give me a break, you shouldn't even have a license! Why would you stay stopped in the far right lane at a red light when there are NO CARS AROUND and you know how bad the intersection is. There are huge blind spots at this intersection and people dont sit there for the reason that you will get run into because people can't see you untill the last second. She admitted to knowing that too! GRRR!!!
I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking, I am exhausted and I still made it to work (just an hour late) and worked my ass off for my entire shift. At least noone was seriously hurt, but my back is KILLING me now.
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I leave this morning at around 10:15 to be to work for 10:45 becasue I decided I would go in early and maybe grab a muffin or something when I got to work so I could eat before. I am driving around 25 in a 20 and I get behind this van going somewhere under 20 mph. I go around him in attempt to keep up my pace and I am getting ready to go into an intersection but I notice the light is red, so I keep my pace and look over to see if there are any cars. There are none at all, so I continue my 25 mph pace and then all of a sudden I round the corner and see brake lights?!?! I slammed on my brakes and my tires begin screeching, so I cut the wheel some to try and avoid more damage. This IDIOT was stopped in the far right turning lane at a red light with NO cars around just sitting there doing god knows what! (i guess waiting for me to hit her).
Never-the-less I slam into the back of her with the front of my car. She was driving a Town & Country so all that happened to her car was a little bumper damage. My car, well, lets just say I wasnt so fortunate. This lady gets out of her car and immediatly I apologise. She says well I dont think its THAT bad and I have somewhere to be in 20 minutes. I was like, "Mam, I am sorry but there is no way I am leaving without calling the police, there is too much damage done to not have insurance cover this." She complains more and I explained that I also had somewhere to be. It was my first week on the job and I had 20 minutes to make it there on time. I called 911 and got them to send a trooper and also called work to tell them I might not make it in for another hour. Everyone was very understanding and everything went fairly well.
So the cop shows up and my mom showed up so I could get a ride to work. Well the cop was super nice and really let me off the hook big time. I was written up for "following too close" and he told me not to worry as the ticket would be dropped when proof that both vehicles were fixed was shown.
He looked almost as upset as I was about my car! Which was really good to hear, at least we had a nice officer. What really gets me is while we are sitting waiting for the cop to get done with the paper work, this lady starts chatting with us and she tells us how she has had this van since 1998 and its bad luck. Curious, we asked why, and she goes on to tell us that she has gotten in 3 wrecks now. The last one she claims she was driving at night and had taken "some medication" and she dozed off and slammed into a gaurd rail, losing control of her car. She explained thats why she had the big dents on the side of the van, because her and her husband had opted not to fix it since it "didn't look that bad." I wanted to kill her! Give me a break, you shouldn't even have a license! Why would you stay stopped in the far right lane at a red light when there are NO CARS AROUND and you know how bad the intersection is. There are huge blind spots at this intersection and people dont sit there for the reason that you will get run into because people can't see you untill the last second. She admitted to knowing that too! GRRR!!!
I will let the pictures do the rest of the talking, I am exhausted and I still made it to work (just an hour late) and worked my ass off for my entire shift. At least noone was seriously hurt, but my back is KILLING me now.
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