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mellowtigger) wrote2009-09-04 12:16 pm
mellowtigger) wrote2009-09-04 12:16 pm
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car accident
I was on the road about 9:10am, heading to get some fast food breakfast before driving to Woodbury to install a pc. Another driver crossed in front of me. We hit on our front bumpers (and then again towards the back of each car). She told the officer that she was blinded by the sunlight while she was coming uphill. She did not see her own stop sign (I had none in my direction) or me. There are scattered clouds today. If she had been in a cloud's shadow as she came up that hill, the accident would not have happened.
My car is finally towed, after a long fiasco with me trying to talk to insurance companies, both mine and hers. Mine was much more helpful about every aspect of this mess. I have State Farm. She has Farmer's. Part of the issue may have been that she had no proof of insurance with her at the time. She had picked up the new car just 2 blocks away. The car had no license plate. She had no insurance card. She did call back soon afterwards with her policy number, so that should be fine now.
In the first picture, you can see where my car tracks (following the direction of the convenient blue arrow) took a sudden 45-degree turn to the right after the initial impact. My air bag did not deploy. I always wear a seat belt.
Neither of us was injured. I'm already feeling the "heat" in my lower back so tomorrow is likely to be painful. No issues for now, thankfully. My car, though, may be "totaled". The repair guy wasn't very optimistic, but he said it'd have to wait until he gets hard numbers for the parts that he would need. With the age of my car, it'll be a close call either way.
I was just one accident away from being broke. And this was it. *sigh*
My car is finally towed, after a long fiasco with me trying to talk to insurance companies, both mine and hers. Mine was much more helpful about every aspect of this mess. I have State Farm. She has Farmer's. Part of the issue may have been that she had no proof of insurance with her at the time. She had picked up the new car just 2 blocks away. The car had no license plate. She had no insurance card. She did call back soon afterwards with her policy number, so that should be fine now.
In the first picture, you can see where my car tracks (following the direction of the convenient blue arrow) took a sudden 45-degree turn to the right after the initial impact. My air bag did not deploy. I always wear a seat belt.
Neither of us was injured. I'm already feeling the "heat" in my lower back so tomorrow is likely to be painful. No issues for now, thankfully. My car, though, may be "totaled". The repair guy wasn't very optimistic, but he said it'd have to wait until he gets hard numbers for the parts that he would need. With the age of my car, it'll be a close call either way.
I was just one accident away from being broke. And this was it. *sigh*
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:o/
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Sorry, Terry! Most of the accidents I've been in have been ones where I've been the one who got hit, like your accident today.
If she's determined to be at fault, her insurance company should reimburse you for your deductible. Hope that helps!
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