Car Accident

Last Tuesday, I was driving to my appointment with Mom in the passenger seat since I still have yet to get my license..

As we were heading down a road with a 45 mph speed limit, she told me to slow down some. Upon doing so, I watched the nose of a green car come into view just past the stop sign on the right of the intersection; however the car barely stopped and pulled out right in front of me, the driver looking my way only after he was straight in front of the nose of our car! I hit the break and turned to the left a little, hoping he would see me and stop, however that was not what happened. We impacted with the sound of crunching metal. I t-boned his car and despite the break being mashed, pushed his car clear across the intersection right next to a telephone pole.

Between impacting while he was in the middle of a turn and being shoved clear to the other side of the intersection, the nose of his car had swung against my drivers door, keeping me from getting out. 

Aside from seat belt marks on my neck, I was fine, thankfully.

Mom had some immediate pain in her shoulder blade and sternum, but is getting better. I'm definitely glad the Lord protected us!

I was so thankful that the wreck was not my fault...which was literally my second thought after the crash, my first being "oh no..." right before we hit.

The other driver had pulled out so close in front of me, the skid marks my car had left were hardly two feet long..

The 21 year old who had caused the wreck didn't say much to us, other than apologizing to me twice and saying he didn't have a cell phone. 

A kind dump truck driver who had followed me pretty much all the way from home saw the entire thing and was a very big help. 

On-lookers were wide-eyed and breathed words of amazement as they surveyed the totaled car I hit, which when I slid out the passenger door and looked at our own, I saw why. From my perspective behind the wheel, I could see the hood on my side was bowed up, which made me think the whole left headlight section was smashed in, much like the entire side of the car I had hit was. However, after the policemen had instructed me to move my car away from the other guy's, and I got out to look, ours was surprisingly not near as damaged as Mom and I had anticipated. The airbags didn't even go off.

The 21 year old went to the hospital via ambulance because his lower back was hurting him, and like I said, his car was totaled...but sadly, no one took pictures of it. 

As for ours:

The driver's door hardly opened 5 inches because that piece of metal in front of the door was shoved under it, but when Dad came to look at the vehicle, he pried it open.

The hood was actually more bent as well, but after I had crawled out I shoved it down some.

Being when a car breaks the nose goes down, and the fact the guy's car was being pushed sideways, his car was leaning on our hood some, which somehow caused this dent..

You can see the color of his car here.

On the passenger side where his car first hit..

Dad couldn't even get the hood open to check the inside because the accident caused the bumper to be pushed in..so although the car is still drive-able, it may just have to be turned into scrap metal if the repairs are more than the actual worth of the car.

The sliding of his car from the passenger side all the way to against my driver's door caused the chrome to bubble.

Not too bad considering his car.

The moral of this? Get a Buick. They're awesome. Oh, and secondly? Every driver on the road except (hopefully) yourself. Is an idiot. Drive like they are.