I'm okay (but my car isn't)
Jul. 25th, 2014 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kate_nepveuLast weekend I tried to get my car inspected, but the gas station 'round the corner discovered that the hood wouldn't open. So this week I brought it to my dealership for a diagnosis, they ordered the necessary parts, and today I left it there and took their shuttle down to work. At lunchtime they called to say it was ready, and I took a cab up.
I picked up my car, left the dealership to run an errand and then head back to work, and then two businesses away from my dealership, *bam* suddenly there's a big pickup truck smashed into the driver's side of the front of my car.
That road is two lanes in each direction plus a turning lane, you see, and I was in the outside lane. The person on my left, in the inside lane, waved the pickup across to turn into the Wendy's (at least that's what the pickup driver said, and it does make sense), but the pickup driver didn't see me in the next lane over.
I'm fine—it was a low-speed collision since the pickup driver was starting from a stop and I wasn't going that fast because there was traffic on the road. No airbag deployment, no bruises, though I'm feeling a bit achy (this is doubtless exacerbated by the stress). Hell of an adrenaline comedown, though.
After the police came to fill out an accident report, I managed to get my car back down the street to my dealer's—just barely, as it turns out, because when the people at the dealership started it up again to put it where they needed it, they had a lot of trouble keeping it running. (The pickup driver followed me to make sure I got there okay. They were driving a work vehicle and I hope they don't get in too much trouble solely over this—they made a mistake, no question, but for me it's a very "there but for the grace of something" kind of mistake, and they were very polite to me.) And hey, at least I didn't need a tow since I was so close . . . though you bet I regret the money spent on the hood, now.
So it's in the hands of the insurance companies, now. I strongly suspect it's going to be totaled, because it's a 2003 Prius with 138,000 miles on it, and, well, take a look:
I'm honestly a little bummed at the prospect. We've been putting money away for a new car, because mine's old and Chad's has had persistent electrical problems, so financially we'll be okay, but darn it, I was hoping to get at least 150K out of it just to say I had, you know? It's my first car, it fits me like a glove, and I think it probably could've gone for considerably longer if it weren't for this.
Anyway. If it's fixable, great, and if it's not, then I'll get a shiny Prius C out of it.
I picked up my car, left the dealership to run an errand and then head back to work, and then two businesses away from my dealership, *bam* suddenly there's a big pickup truck smashed into the driver's side of the front of my car.
That road is two lanes in each direction plus a turning lane, you see, and I was in the outside lane. The person on my left, in the inside lane, waved the pickup across to turn into the Wendy's (at least that's what the pickup driver said, and it does make sense), but the pickup driver didn't see me in the next lane over.
I'm fine—it was a low-speed collision since the pickup driver was starting from a stop and I wasn't going that fast because there was traffic on the road. No airbag deployment, no bruises, though I'm feeling a bit achy (this is doubtless exacerbated by the stress). Hell of an adrenaline comedown, though.
After the police came to fill out an accident report, I managed to get my car back down the street to my dealer's—just barely, as it turns out, because when the people at the dealership started it up again to put it where they needed it, they had a lot of trouble keeping it running. (The pickup driver followed me to make sure I got there okay. They were driving a work vehicle and I hope they don't get in too much trouble solely over this—they made a mistake, no question, but for me it's a very "there but for the grace of something" kind of mistake, and they were very polite to me.) And hey, at least I didn't need a tow since I was so close . . . though you bet I regret the money spent on the hood, now.
So it's in the hands of the insurance companies, now. I strongly suspect it's going to be totaled, because it's a 2003 Prius with 138,000 miles on it, and, well, take a look:
I'm honestly a little bummed at the prospect. We've been putting money away for a new car, because mine's old and Chad's has had persistent electrical problems, so financially we'll be okay, but darn it, I was hoping to get at least 150K out of it just to say I had, you know? It's my first car, it fits me like a glove, and I think it probably could've gone for considerably longer if it weren't for this.
Anyway. If it's fixable, great, and if it's not, then I'll get a shiny Prius C out of it.
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Date: 2014-07-25 11:27 pm (UTC)P.
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Date: 2014-07-26 12:29 am (UTC)I can picture the situation that led to the accident. When I'm making a left turn across two or more lanes of traffic on a busy road and one driver stops to let me turn, I say silently to the other driver: I appreciate the gesture but we'd all be better off if you simply pulled forward.
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Date: 2014-07-26 12:33 am (UTC)I think the driver on my left was in a pretty big car--though I may be conflating that with the pickup that hit me, honestly--so the thing to do would've been to pull in front of them and then stop to check my lane. But yeah, the insurance adjuster I spoke to said that happens a lot.
(My personal pet peeve on waving forward is someone across from me at a four-way intersection, who's going straight when I'm turning left. No, don't wave me forward, if you go and I go at the same time we will pass each other in the middle!)
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Date: 2014-07-26 02:58 am (UTC)Oh, ouch.
I am very glad you're all right!
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Date: 2014-07-26 04:21 am (UTC)And having it happen right after you'd pulled out of the dealership with a fixed hood . . . that's just adding insult to injury.
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Date: 2014-07-26 04:31 am (UTC)But do keep monitoring that achiness, that it's not a symptom of anything worse. And be especially careful about headaches (concussion).
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Date: 2014-07-26 04:47 am (UTC)That's a hell of a thing and I'm glad you're whole and walking. Sorry about the car.
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Date: 2014-07-26 02:23 pm (UTC)(And right after you got the hood fixed!)
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Date: 2014-07-26 03:26 pm (UTC)I know! At least it wasn't something very expensive to the front end, but.
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Date: 2014-07-26 02:42 pm (UTC)See you in London!
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