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The Bad, The Good, and the Dented Car
Jan. 10th, 2019 11:33 pmIt's been a rollercoaster couple of days. A very tame rollercoaster, but as much as I enjoy riding them, I prefer to not have to live one.
Preface to the following - I drive a Fiat 500e, a small car to be sure, but it is also BRIGHT ORANGE.
The Bad:
Driving home from work, I was changing lanes. Someone nearby decided to change lanes as well and apparently didn't see me already there, and as we all learned from high-school physics, two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I saw the other car first and managed to avoid major damage, but the front passenger side fender is dented pretty badly, the fender is scratched, and opening the passenger door pops against the fender. The other driver was very nice, we were more concerned about each other than what happened, so that was nice :)
The Good (for varying values of...):
The next day driving home from work (I should really just work from home if my job would allow it), I'm driving down a hill heading into town and not paying attention to my speed - I was probably thinking about the progress of the claim for the accident above - when for the first time in at least 5 years, a cop was staking out the hill. There was a car next to me on the left, both of us going the same speed, so when the cop put his flashers on, we didn't know which one of us he was going after. I guess the other guy figured it must be them, and also must not have seen me and swerved into my lane to pull over, almost hitting me on the OTHER SIDE. Unfortunately, the cop pulled me over instead, but after witnessing almost being hit AND the damage from being hit yesterday, let me off with a warning. W H E W.
So, yeah, I have damage to my pretty little orange Fiat (leased, btw) but insurance should pay for it, and I'm expecting the other person's insurance to pay my deductible, so all will be well. But I really could have done without the added stress on a week that started out as badly as this one did.
Preface to the following - I drive a Fiat 500e, a small car to be sure, but it is also BRIGHT ORANGE.
The Bad:
Driving home from work, I was changing lanes. Someone nearby decided to change lanes as well and apparently didn't see me already there, and as we all learned from high-school physics, two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time. I saw the other car first and managed to avoid major damage, but the front passenger side fender is dented pretty badly, the fender is scratched, and opening the passenger door pops against the fender. The other driver was very nice, we were more concerned about each other than what happened, so that was nice :)
The Good (for varying values of...):
The next day driving home from work (I should really just work from home if my job would allow it), I'm driving down a hill heading into town and not paying attention to my speed - I was probably thinking about the progress of the claim for the accident above - when for the first time in at least 5 years, a cop was staking out the hill. There was a car next to me on the left, both of us going the same speed, so when the cop put his flashers on, we didn't know which one of us he was going after. I guess the other guy figured it must be them, and also must not have seen me and swerved into my lane to pull over, almost hitting me on the OTHER SIDE. Unfortunately, the cop pulled me over instead, but after witnessing almost being hit AND the damage from being hit yesterday, let me off with a warning. W H E W.
So, yeah, I have damage to my pretty little orange Fiat (leased, btw) but insurance should pay for it, and I'm expecting the other person's insurance to pay my deductible, so all will be well. But I really could have done without the added stress on a week that started out as badly as this one did.
