March 5, 2005

• So on my way to work this morning, I was driving down Hughs and a
  lady in a blue truck was backing out of her driveway, didn’t see me,
  and hit my car.  I tried to swerve out of the way, but she still got me
  in the right rear door.  Her Chevy S-10 received no damage (except some
  of my paint on her bumper), but it dealt a bit to my little Geo Prism.

  She was really friendly about the whole thing, and was very easy to
  deal with when exchanging insurance information.  Neither one of us was
  hurt, and my car is still driveable.  About the only thing I am
  slightly worried about is the proximity to the tire, but it doesn’t
  seem to pull or anything (an occasional scraping sound when I hit a big
  bump or dip, but I think that’s all).  We called the police, just to be
  sure, and a cop came by and said that since everything was just
  property damage, we could settle it with our insurance.  We also took
  some pictures of the damage on her digital camera.

  I was late to work at ITV, but I had Dad unlock everything, and the
  professor went ahead and made the call.  I got here as soon as I
  could, but everybody was understanding of the situation.

  EDIT:  On second thought, I guess it wasn’t a blue truck from
  looking at the photos.  I thought it was, but it looks like it was
  actually a grey truck.

  • 9:34 am
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