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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Accident

I got into a tiny accident on my way home. The bumped was so light I
barely noticed it until my neck started hurting. I just turned after a
long wait to turn in rush hour traffic when a car in the other lane
starting pull out in front of me at a red light and I suddenly halted
to a complete stop to avoid smashing into the driver's door. I stopped
so suddenly I thought the thump I heard was the brakes, then my
sunglasses flew off my face. I'm sure someone hit me from behind. I
looked around for a place to pull over while sitting at the red light,
but of course I can't move without hitting a car in any direction. The
light turns green and I inch forward, as rush hour forces you to do, to
look at my rear view mirror. I see a brand new silver car with no
license plate with their turning blinker on. No paint or dent on their
car so I figured I probably just paint damage. I drive on. The new
silver car with dealership paper tags changes lanes, and I stop again at
the red light to observe their bumper, it is right beside me. No damage
or paint from my car. I continue to inch forward and lose sight of the
car. Now gaining the entrance to the freeway, my necks hurts really
bad.

Half way home on the freeway I start crying from the pain and it finally
subsides to a headache. 45 minutes later when I make it home to observe
the damage. My bumper is plastic not metal, sorry I didn't know that. In
addition to the paint scrapes I was expecting, the center of my rear
bumper is sticking up like a bubble. The outer edges of the bumper have
1 inch cracks causing it to lift a little. The trunk works fine so I'm
not going to worry about it or get it fixed. Though I will get my neck
adjusted, the pain comes and goes now. I know I'm the perfect victim. My parents
trained me very well to be so. Post later. Bye!

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