i'd like to thank safeway refreshe diet root beer.
today i got in a bad car accident. i was going to safeway to get chinese food for dinner. i was parked across the street from my complex, and it was starting to snow. i turned sharp left to go into the apartment's driveway to turn around the other way up 50th. but before i can get to the driveway, i get t-boned by another car coming down 50th at about 35 mph. it slams me into a parked car.
i swear, that car came out of nowhere. the visibility was poor due to the snow, but i still thought i saw no cars coming in either direction. after my car stopped moving, i patted various parts of my body to see if i was bleeding, and moved my limbs to make sure nothing was broken. surprisingly, i seemed fine. i tried to get out of my car, but the car door (which the other car hit squarely) wouldn't open. the car wouldn't start either. i got out the passenger side and saw a nice old couple in the car that hit me. luckily, they were ok. i was totally dazed and in shock. my car was obstructing traffic. some people from the house next door and the apartments across the street came out to see if everyone was ok. someone called the cops and a tow truck.
a minute or two later, just as i was about to call alyssa, alyssa called me. "don't forget to pick up nutrition information for the chinese food!" i said, "alyssa, you have to come out here. i was just in a car accident."
the people in the house next door's truck was tapped by the car i slammed into. but everyone's car was in ok shape, minus some headlight damage--drivable at least. my car, on the other hand, was completely ravaged on the driver's side. i don't know how i didn't get hurt. a cop and a tow dude showed up soon while everyone was still exchanging information. the cop helped facilitate.
however, no one knew whose car it was that i slammed into. i think the cop ran his plate and gave him a call, because he soon came stomping out of one of the apartments all pissed off. he was some hipster douche that was just being snotty every time i tried to apologize. when he found out i lived in the apartments too, he says, "you fucking live here too?! aaagdhggh!" great. another person in my complex who hates me. awesome. hopefully it was just kneejerk anger and he'll cool off and realize he was being a dick. but i'm not counting on it.
at least everyone else was really nice. even the cop and tow truck driver, surprisingly. no tickets were given out, and my tow truck was towed to some place in NW portland. the driver said it was most almost surely totaled. so now i got lots of insurance shit to deal with. at least no one else was hurt. it could have been a lot worse.
the news says: "To the east, heavier snow fell through the Columbia River Gorge Sunday. Several accidents snarled I-84, from just east of Portland through Cascade Locks and beyond. Numerous weather-related traffic accidents occurred throughout the region." i guess mine is probably counted among those.
i'm still super on edge, six hours later. alyssa and i stuffed ourselves with papa johns and root beer and that didn't really help. my left shoulder hurts and my back is a little achy, but i'm sure that stuff will pass soon. my airbag didn't inflate either. piece o crap!
tomorrow morning (ugghh) the insurance company is gonna call me. i already submitted a claim online, but i guess they still need to hash stuff out on the phone. time for more root beer, some wii and probably a bit of whiskey before i hit the sac.
what's a yak?
i swear, that car came out of nowhere. the visibility was poor due to the snow, but i still thought i saw no cars coming in either direction. after my car stopped moving, i patted various parts of my body to see if i was bleeding, and moved my limbs to make sure nothing was broken. surprisingly, i seemed fine. i tried to get out of my car, but the car door (which the other car hit squarely) wouldn't open. the car wouldn't start either. i got out the passenger side and saw a nice old couple in the car that hit me. luckily, they were ok. i was totally dazed and in shock. my car was obstructing traffic. some people from the house next door and the apartments across the street came out to see if everyone was ok. someone called the cops and a tow truck.
a minute or two later, just as i was about to call alyssa, alyssa called me. "don't forget to pick up nutrition information for the chinese food!" i said, "alyssa, you have to come out here. i was just in a car accident."
the people in the house next door's truck was tapped by the car i slammed into. but everyone's car was in ok shape, minus some headlight damage--drivable at least. my car, on the other hand, was completely ravaged on the driver's side. i don't know how i didn't get hurt. a cop and a tow dude showed up soon while everyone was still exchanging information. the cop helped facilitate.
however, no one knew whose car it was that i slammed into. i think the cop ran his plate and gave him a call, because he soon came stomping out of one of the apartments all pissed off. he was some hipster douche that was just being snotty every time i tried to apologize. when he found out i lived in the apartments too, he says, "you fucking live here too?! aaagdhggh!" great. another person in my complex who hates me. awesome. hopefully it was just kneejerk anger and he'll cool off and realize he was being a dick. but i'm not counting on it.
at least everyone else was really nice. even the cop and tow truck driver, surprisingly. no tickets were given out, and my tow truck was towed to some place in NW portland. the driver said it was most almost surely totaled. so now i got lots of insurance shit to deal with. at least no one else was hurt. it could have been a lot worse.
the news says: "To the east, heavier snow fell through the Columbia River Gorge Sunday. Several accidents snarled I-84, from just east of Portland through Cascade Locks and beyond. Numerous weather-related traffic accidents occurred throughout the region." i guess mine is probably counted among those.
i'm still super on edge, six hours later. alyssa and i stuffed ourselves with papa johns and root beer and that didn't really help. my left shoulder hurts and my back is a little achy, but i'm sure that stuff will pass soon. my airbag didn't inflate either. piece o crap!
tomorrow morning (ugghh) the insurance company is gonna call me. i already submitted a claim online, but i guess they still need to hash stuff out on the phone. time for more root beer, some wii and probably a bit of whiskey before i hit the sac.
what's a yak?