So.
I'll post pics when my cell charges again.
Story time.
Left work at around 12 to go eat lunch with a couple of friends at Times Supermarket, it's a grocery store that sells steak plates for 6 bucks on Fridays (in Kailua). We had a good lunch talking about stuff and just relaxing. It was busy in the parking lot and outside because it was lunch time and everyone was driving about.
So as I am leaving the parking lot or the driveway out it is an intersection. I had the green to go straight, and the street I was going into had a Left Turn lane and a Straight lane
|straight||left| |:| |straight| |straight|
vvvvvv
_________________^^^^^
|| _____ DRIVE WAY _________||
As I was entering and going straight, I had this ... really weird moment. I saw the mercedes c320 approaching the left turn, enter the turn and at that moment I saw him and his head was down to his lap. I tried my best to brace myself for the hit and said .. fuck I am going to get hit. And I sure did.
He accelerated into the turn as most people would and hit me right at my driver side door. At this point we are in a busy intersection. I am stunned. He gets out starting to sort of cry saying "No no no" around his mercedes. Which is totally understandable. I even felt bad. lol. I have an 05 pontiac vibe.
Within seconds I looked at the situation, he was still circling his car walking around mumbling shit. I told him I was going to drive off the intersection into the nearest parking lot. The car was driveable (thank god) I didn't see any leaking fluids. So I park it. Start walking back to the scene of the accident. He drove back into the driveway I came out of into a parking stall.
It was cool, people started coming up to me asking me if I was alright, saying they saw the whole thing if I needed a witness or anything like that. People were coming up to look at my car and his car . lol.
Anyways, I immediately get on the phone with the police because I wanted a report. I didn't want to risk anything on this accident because it was a pretty major one on my car. So they take information and so on, the 40 year old guy was still a little crazy. However he was nice.
He was telling me sorry, I wasn't in the right mindset to drive, something about his bike got stolen and he was out here to pick it up because they found it. etc I told him "shit happens".
Called Geico, after 45 minutes of talking they looked at his claim (Thank god he has geico too) and the other party had already taken liability. So I filed on his policy, they got me in a 2007 Toyota 4Runner in an hour, and everything is paid for and covered for. Friend came out to look at my car, he said it's just cosmetic. Frame doesn't look like it was hit at all, just my driver side door is all messed up.
I have to tell you, in all of my accidents (3) not one of them has been my fault. I am just thankful to the lord that in every accident it has been a smooth experience. Not having to worry about stupid stuff. I also have to thank the lord that I wasn't killed yet. ;p
driver was black.
Cliffs
-omg accident
-geico insurance kicks ass
I'll post pics when my cell charges again.
Story time.
Left work at around 12 to go eat lunch with a couple of friends at Times Supermarket, it's a grocery store that sells steak plates for 6 bucks on Fridays (in Kailua). We had a good lunch talking about stuff and just relaxing. It was busy in the parking lot and outside because it was lunch time and everyone was driving about.
So as I am leaving the parking lot or the driveway out it is an intersection. I had the green to go straight, and the street I was going into had a Left Turn lane and a Straight lane
|straight||left| |:| |straight| |straight|
vvvvvv
_________________^^^^^
|| _____ DRIVE WAY _________||
As I was entering and going straight, I had this ... really weird moment. I saw the mercedes c320 approaching the left turn, enter the turn and at that moment I saw him and his head was down to his lap. I tried my best to brace myself for the hit and said .. fuck I am going to get hit. And I sure did.
He accelerated into the turn as most people would and hit me right at my driver side door. At this point we are in a busy intersection. I am stunned. He gets out starting to sort of cry saying "No no no" around his mercedes. Which is totally understandable. I even felt bad. lol. I have an 05 pontiac vibe.
Within seconds I looked at the situation, he was still circling his car walking around mumbling shit. I told him I was going to drive off the intersection into the nearest parking lot. The car was driveable (thank god) I didn't see any leaking fluids. So I park it. Start walking back to the scene of the accident. He drove back into the driveway I came out of into a parking stall.
It was cool, people started coming up to me asking me if I was alright, saying they saw the whole thing if I needed a witness or anything like that. People were coming up to look at my car and his car . lol.
Anyways, I immediately get on the phone with the police because I wanted a report. I didn't want to risk anything on this accident because it was a pretty major one on my car. So they take information and so on, the 40 year old guy was still a little crazy. However he was nice.
He was telling me sorry, I wasn't in the right mindset to drive, something about his bike got stolen and he was out here to pick it up because they found it. etc I told him "shit happens".
Called Geico, after 45 minutes of talking they looked at his claim (Thank god he has geico too) and the other party had already taken liability. So I filed on his policy, they got me in a 2007 Toyota 4Runner in an hour, and everything is paid for and covered for. Friend came out to look at my car, he said it's just cosmetic. Frame doesn't look like it was hit at all, just my driver side door is all messed up.
I have to tell you, in all of my accidents (3) not one of them has been my fault. I am just thankful to the lord that in every accident it has been a smooth experience. Not having to worry about stupid stuff. I also have to thank the lord that I wasn't killed yet. ;p
driver was black.
Cliffs
-omg accident
-geico insurance kicks ass