omg. today I got into my first automobile accident.
So I went to dicks, best buy, and the mall today (and didn't buy anything). And then I was going home and I was like, well maybe I could go play some wallball or shoot on the lacrosse goal @ Maury. So, I turn to go there and then I pull up to a light and stop. Then it turns green, and I didn't notice anybody coming straight so I started to turn. Then all of a sudden EVERYTHING slows down, I look to my right and I see this blue Jeep coming at me, I see this guy in the car, I'm hoping it ends up being a close call, etc.
Well, it ended up being a full accident. I grab my cell phone and get out of the car, but I fogot to put my car in park and it starts to roll and the guys like "You might wanna park your car" so I did that. And he's like "I had a green light!" (because of course he had right of way)
Here's a picture:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5730/crash7cm.pngSo I called my mom and moved the car to the parking lot and so did he. and my moms just trying to calm me down and tells me my dads coming. I asked the guy if he was alright and he said "yeah I'm just worried about my car" and I asked if he called the cops and he's like "I don't think we need to call the cops" but then a few minutes later he said he thinks the cops should come (I was going to call them anyway.) So the cops came and just take our stuff and ask for each of our stories and the stories were the same so they just fill out this accident form. I was literally shaking and at one point I almost cried (before the cops got there, I calmed down after my dad/cops came.)
I was worried I'd get a failure to yield ticket, but I didn't. I knew he could say I didn't yield (and actually I had just gone from red light to green light so I think I just went ahead and started to turn, but anyway...) and of course since I was hit it looks that way, but I knew he was speeding (it was a 25mph street) but I couldn't prove that. So my dad got there and he looks at it and he determines that the right of way switched to me because I was more than 3/4 through the intersection (as determined by the point of collision.) Afterwards he took my disposable camera I keep in my glovebox and took pictures of the intersection and he noticed skid marks from the guy that turn right (into me) if he had turned left he might have missed me or hit further back. The guy also didn't take pictures or anything, but he kept telling me how he had a green light but I didn't say anything (except when I first got out I was like "I'm sorry") But ehhh, nobody got a ticket so the insurance companies will have to fight it out. In the meantime I can't open my back door, but I mean I guess I'm luckier because he had more damage (hit me right with the corner of his front headlight, he lost some plastic from the reflector, it's caved in a little, and the hood is popping up some.) I just have some door-damage and some of his paint.
Though I noticed from the accident paper that he's 24, his dad owns his car, and he still lives at home. His dad actually came too. I'm thinking this guy might be a loser or something.
Here's the damage from my car:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8188/car0ko.jpgSo yeah that sucked.
