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asshopo · 08-10-2003, 07:49 AM

My first and only accident.

I was turning left onto a road from a major road. There wasn't left turn lane light, so it was just a sign that said "left turn". So, the light turns green for me, I pull up a bit waiting for my chance to turn. It doesn't come and the light turns yellow. I wait for traffic to stop, and I start my turn. WHAM, some asshole comes from the right lane when the light is red. I couldn't see the right lane because the left lane had a semi, blocking my view. So I hit the guy in his driver door. Not to bad, except he hit the curb. 1 tire on the curb, the other on the sidewalk ramp causing his car to flip. Not once, not twice, but 3 times. Amazingly, NO one was seriously hurt, some scratches, some bruises.

The damn cop gave *ME* a ticket for failure to yeild to oncoming traffic. I about went to jail for arguing with him about it. The other driver should have gotten a "failer to obey traffic signal" ticket, but didn't. I figure it's cause I was 18 and he was 20something.

So, I fight the ticket. The other driver didn't show up at court, so all charges/points were dropped. Turns out, its my old best friend's (from middle school) older brother AND he didn't have insurance!

It worked out, but it was still annoying as all hell.

08-10-2003, 07:49 AM	#26 (permalink)
asshopo Insane Location: Michigan	My first and only accident. I was turning left onto a road from a major road. There wasn't left turn lane light, so it was just a sign that said "left turn". So, the light turns green for me, I pull up a bit waiting for my chance to turn. It doesn't come and the light turns yellow. I wait for traffic to stop, and I start my turn. WHAM, some asshole comes from the right lane when the light is red. I couldn't see the right lane because the left lane had a semi, blocking my view. So I hit the guy in his driver door. Not to bad, except he hit the curb. 1 tire on the curb, the other on the sidewalk ramp causing his car to flip. Not once, not twice, but 3 times. Amazingly, NO one was seriously hurt, some scratches, some bruises. The damn cop gave ME a ticket for failure to yeild to oncoming traffic. I about went to jail for arguing with him about it. The other driver should have gotten a "failer to obey traffic signal" ticket, but didn't. I figure it's cause I was 18 and he was 20something. So, I fight the ticket. The other driver didn't show up at court, so all charges/points were dropped. Turns out, its my old best friend's (from middle school) older brother AND he didn't have insurance! It worked out, but it was still annoying as all hell. __________________ Patterns have a habit of repeating themselves.