About a week ago I was driving downtown to pick up Cassie from City College and I was reaching down to pick up my phone when I rammed into the back of the car in front of me! I thought more cars were going to make it through the next signal and apparently they did not. Of course the real problem was me reaching for my phone. I motioned for the driver to pull on to the shoulder so we could safely check out the damage.
I jumped out of the car and asked the young woman if she was okay. She said she was shaken, but okay and asked me how I was. The next thing I know we are hugging right there across from the Shell Station on 10th! Then we turned to look at the cars. My license plate was bent back about half way down but that was the extent of it. Her bumper looked fine! It had a couple of small scratches off to the side but she said she was sure they had been there all ready! I couldn’t believe my luck! I hit her pretty hard. I offered a few times to give her my info in case her neck or back started hurting, but she assured me she was fine. I think I might have hugged her again mostly relieved that she was okay but so grateful that she was so reasonable and sweet about it. I couldn’t wait to tell Cassie! As I drove off I couldn’t help but wonder what the people at the Shell station thought when they saw me hit the car then saw us hugging!
Cassie and went to get some lunch, then went to a “random act of kindness” put on by my favorite radio station. Guess who won tickets to Street Scene? That’s right, me.
A few days later Carly had a similar experience. She rolled into a car at the signal by her home and scratched the cars bumper. The driver and his wife were not so nice. The next day the man told her that their “necks were not hurting so they weren’t going to go THAT route”. Carly is still waiting the outcome of the dealerships findings on the car.
Not everyone can be so lucky.
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Whoa! What a crazy/cool story! I'm so glad everything was okay! Do you think you could figure out a way to use that good luck and get Tio Leo's to come back???
Hope everything goes okay with Carly's accident!
Love you!
Sue, when i worked in Mira Mesa, the same thing happened to me, I looked down for one second, next thing I am hitting the car in front of me. We exchanged info, but there was no damage whatsoever to his car. He called me about a week later and said the estimate on the car was $300 and that I would probably want to settle without involving the insurance company. Smelling a scam I said "nope, that is why I have insurance! Go ahead and call them."
I never heard from him again. Beware if they don't want to go through the insurance & insist on seeing the estimate. Of course you wrote this in Oct, so I am sure it is settled by now...LOL
What do you mean "get Tio Leo's to come back?" Is it gone? That would be a travesty!
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