Bunch of savages in this town.
Is it me? Do I do something that causes me to deserve this sort of treatment by the universe? Is it karma?
Is it my choice in vehicle? Do Saturns attract this sort of treatment? Are other cars jealous of my car? Or makist towards it?
It's because it's a white car?
Whatever it is... after leaving work today, en route to sailorzelda's place for dinner, while stopped in traffic on the 90 freeway, I was rear-ended by the car behind me - but only because he was knocked into me by the car behind him.
I'm at least glad to say that (1) none of seem to have been hurt, (2) none of our cars were damaged (except for a little paint scraped off), and (3) we got off the road as quickly as possible, and didn't do all that much to interrupt traffic flow beyond the initial incident.
Considering the mess of a time I had with my previous incident, I was on the phone with CHP before I even got out of my vehicle. I insisted that the other two drivers stick around for a police report, and stalled them from leaving by at least insisting that we exchange information before they left. While we were all scribbling away, the cops did show up, and directed us off the shoulder, off the freeway, and took our respective statements.
I was stopped in traffic, having had to stop suddenly, and was therefore just a foot or two behind the car in front of me. I noticed that the car behind me also stopped suddenly, and couldn't have been more than 3 feet behind me. After a few seconds, maybe 10-15, I heard the screeching of brakes, wondered "Who's braking so hard?" and THEN felt the impact from behind.
The car appears to be fine - 5MPH bumpers seem to actually work.
I'm so freaking tired. As if the commute didn't suck as it is.
Is it my choice in vehicle? Do Saturns attract this sort of treatment? Are other cars jealous of my car? Or makist towards it?
It's because it's a white car?
Whatever it is... after leaving work today, en route to sailorzelda's place for dinner, while stopped in traffic on the 90 freeway, I was rear-ended by the car behind me - but only because he was knocked into me by the car behind him.
I'm at least glad to say that (1) none of seem to have been hurt, (2) none of our cars were damaged (except for a little paint scraped off), and (3) we got off the road as quickly as possible, and didn't do all that much to interrupt traffic flow beyond the initial incident.
Considering the mess of a time I had with my previous incident, I was on the phone with CHP before I even got out of my vehicle. I insisted that the other two drivers stick around for a police report, and stalled them from leaving by at least insisting that we exchange information before they left. While we were all scribbling away, the cops did show up, and directed us off the shoulder, off the freeway, and took our respective statements.
I was stopped in traffic, having had to stop suddenly, and was therefore just a foot or two behind the car in front of me. I noticed that the car behind me also stopped suddenly, and couldn't have been more than 3 feet behind me. After a few seconds, maybe 10-15, I heard the screeching of brakes, wondered "Who's braking so hard?" and THEN felt the impact from behind.
The car appears to be fine - 5MPH bumpers seem to actually work.
I'm so freaking tired. As if the commute didn't suck as it is.