Got in my first ever car accident today.... [View All]

[LynzM]

To make a long-ish story short, there was gobs of traffic due to another, big accident up the road. The car two cars in front of me stopped short to make a left turn, guy in front of me managed to stop before he hit that car, but I didn't make it to a stop without hitting his car. I did, at least, have time to swerve to the right, so the back right-hand corner of his car sort of ran along the driver-side front 1/4 of my van.

Luckily, I am ok, and his car wasn't damaged much. He was really nice, which was good, I was a bit of a mess at first. :scared: My insurance will cover the damage to his car, and most of it to mine.... new tire, new bumper (probably), new 1/4 panel, some work to the door, new lights, new mirror. Ugh. But at least no one got hurt.

My insurance company will cut a check, but since we still have a loan on the van, it has to be signed by me and the bank. Which is not local. At all. That's gonna be fun to figure out. Wish me luck.

Thanks for listening, I just needed to share. Hug the people you love tonight, ok? :hug: