From Bad…to Worse…
So today when driving back to work after lunch, some dude in front of me decided to pull a last second u-turn downtown.
Guess what?
I hit him.
I swore at him.
I pulled over.
Turns out he was a really nice guy, thankfully.
Terrible driver but a nice guy.
We did the whole police report thing — he admitted it was totally his fault and then guess what happened?
Yep — I got the ticket.
Seriously, I’ve lost all confidence in law enforcement. The responding officer was pleasant enough but totally ignored what both us said happened.
Looking to do the bare minimum required in this non-event fender-bender, the officer just took the easy route — the car in the back is always at fault. That was me.
Um, hello? Last time I checked, u-turns aren’t allowed…
For real, I think the officer would have given me the ticket if this dude were a wrong way driver on the highway… I only wish I could be so lazy at my own job…
So now I don’t know what to do…
The car I hit (a HUGE contractor’s truck) wasn’t damaged at all and as far as the police report is concerned, he wasn’t in the wrong either.
My car, though, has some mega bumber damage to the point that I can’t turn left without the tire rubbing against the wheel well.
Do I get the insurance company involved when the police report is (wrongfully) stacked against me or do I just plunk down the thousand dollars that I’m just guessing it’ll cost to fix to the point that I can turn left again?
Not exactly how I wanted to start the month…
Oh, and it’s amazing that you can still pretty much get anywhere by turning right… I learned that tonight on the way home…
