I was in a car accident today!
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I was on call today at work (3/24/07 Saturday). We were trying to assist our auditors from Boston, Massachusetts such that they could re-issue a very important report that we need to have by Tuesday, this coming week. We were basically burning the phone lines between Boston and Philadelphia for the past two days because of the risk involved of losing some very important credits running into several millions of dollars. Investors will certainly not be happy with this news. So, that’ s the reason why I was on call today.
Our auditor from Boston called me this morning and asked me to send back some of the audited reports (today!) they sent me two weeks ago, which is a must such that they would be able to re-issue the same report.
I showered, changed clothes and did my regular routine, jumped to my car and head to the city where my office is. Got out of our driveway and onto Nottingham Lane, I did the regular stop at the corner of Nottingham and East Crown - look left-look right ceremonies, inching my way to make a left turn because it was a blind spot and because of this car parked right at the corner and should have not parked there in the first place!
Here’s another view:
I’m glad I was not running like crazy, instead I was just inching like a centipede because I don’t see anything and it’s just impossible to see just about anything. When suddenly, out of the blue came this car and booommm! It was really nothing more than a kiss on my front passenger side hood but because he was driving fast, the impact ripped my flood light.
It’s a 1998 Bonneville, a husband and a wife (probably in their mid-20’s) with 2 kids. Nobody was hurt and the kid, which I think is less than a year old is still sleeping and probably has no idea what had just happened. He was still sleeping when the wife got out of the car and thanks God! I am so thankful that no one was hurt!
The couple were very nice and we all chatted and exchanged pleasantries and everything (my brother-in-law came over). They live 2 blocks away from where we live. We called the cops that took about an hour or more than an hour to arrive. Their son stepped out of the car and started playing and I checked the baby at the back of the car and he or she is still very much asleep. We exchanged insurance information, driver license and all those regular information that you need to get when involved in an accident. I’m glad they were also with State Farm, so hopefully we would all not have any problem. Even the cops who arrived seemed very nice. She gave me a number to call (which I have just called a few minutes ago) to get the DC number, the number that I have to give to my insurance company. Since I didn’t get that number because the accident report was not online yet, I was told to call around 5pm today, I left a message with my insurance company and essentially told them about the accident and I left all of my insurance information to them.
In any case, what a day. I really hope everything is ok because, just like what Chris said, you never know. Sometimes, people change stories as in the case of his friend who was involved in a car accident, everything and everybody were ok, until he got a $1.5 million dollar subpoena or something. So, yes, I am still nervous about this whole thing given the fact that there was a baby at the back, which I made sure I get to visually check.
Here’s them impact on my car:
I decided to push the floodlight in, it was basically damaged and you could basically notice the lifting on the side.
Here’s a close up:
More closeup:
More…
Although from afar, you would hardly notice the damage. Essentially, my car is ok. I am still nervous about the whole thing and more nervous now because I’m sure my insurance is going to spike in the next month!
The cop did not gave me a police report. I was told to call the precinct. I’ll probably stop by either Sunday to get a copy. Here’s my car. It still looks fine.
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March 24th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
hala! thank God you’re ok and no one was hurt. call mo na lang po ang insurane company ng car mo. pero pogi pa rin naman ang car mo kahit na po may dent eh (and hole? hehehe. at mabuti rin po hindi iskandaloso at iskandalosa ang mga nasa kabilang sasakyan. naku, kung dito po yan sa lupang hinirang, sa ganda ng sasakyan mo, malamang hihingan ka ng sandamakmak na damyos perwisyos kuno ng kabilang partido hehehe
ang mga diwata mo dito sa pinas tiyak pong mahimbing na ang tulog ngayon. ganito pala ang dapat gawin para mauna pong mag-post ng comment dito sa bahay mo: stay awake until 4 in the morning hehehehe (sana hindi ako -i-hate ni chuva dahil nauna ako dito hehehe). kaninang 2am, naka-chat ko si ross saglit for the first time sa yahoo messenger! saya! sige, nagtimpla lang ako ng milo kaya po nakatakas sa work. balik uli ako sa work hehehe. o, ingat-ingat na po lagi ha? i mean, extra ingat (kasi alam ko namang keryful driver si ikaw)
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March 24th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Naku ano ba yan? Why do you stay so late? Are you working in a Call Center now? Kasi ganung oras di ba? Nilayasan mo na ba teaching position mo? O baka naman beti kwatro oras na work mo makabili ka lang nang balay ki C5 dun sa Jamboreelaya?
Ga-nerbyos pa rin lola mo! Alam mo naman mga accidents here besides prehas lang mga pinoy at merkano pagdating sa ganyan! Pero I hope matino naman yong bumangga sakin, ang tako ko lang is that me anak sila dun sa likod kasi!
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March 25th, 2007 at 9:43 am
buti na nga lang at mabagal din ang dating nung isa at mabagal din ang pasok mo dun sa lane kaya wiz ka-knowing-knwoing yung baby dun sa isang car.
pero pansin ko lang, parang maski-pops yata ang parking nila dyan? dito kasi, dapat kung ano ang flow ng traffic sa lane mo, dun nakaharap ang kotse mo. pero yang van na yan, wiz sya k na mag-park dyan. masyado syang malapit sa curve. (kala mo naman dami kong alam eh, ‘no?)
musta ka na mahal na reyna? nawala na tuloy yung raket natin dun sa kabila. mwehehehe….
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March 25th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Inang,
good to hear you are ok…talagang minsan maganda din ang “mabagal ang pasok”
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March 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
kiwi dito samin, tong lugar ko kasi na to eh nasa far northeast na po ako nang philadelphia, matitigas na minsan ang ulo nang mga tao dito. yang van na yan, di dapat nag park yan dyan, pero minsan? yong buong curve na yan, me naka park pa na kotse! nakakairita! blind spot talaga sya pero walang pakialam ang pulis kahit man lang lagyan nang stop sign, wizzzz!
kiwi chinugi yong raket ko! bwisit ako!!! mga cute nanay nilaaa!!!
ross, buti kami di ako paabante kundi talagan pausad usad else, siguro naging dalwa kotse ko!!
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March 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
it’s a lesson for everybody…depending on what side you are…
an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure…
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March 26th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
i’m glad you’re not hurt inc. the other people in the other car, ganda ng lexus ng tita reyna!!!i hate accidents–my husband & i were in a car accident in the past-no damage to our truck but the other driver hit the pole-went to ER c/o of neck injury, tried to sue us but thank God, she didn’t sustain any injury, we were very nervous–i understand how you feel. hi, bea, kuta,chuva & everybody!!!
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March 26th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I hate accidents…but I think there are people magnetized to accidents…
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March 26th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
eekkk! ako ito! sana walang magnet ang dapor koooo!!!! waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
i did had several minor fender bender accidents but the only two that’s sorta major to me are:
wan - i had a mazda millenia, driving in the rain off I-95 when this 6-wheeler passed by then there was the flying rock! yeap, me pakpak talaga! it hit the passenger side at basag kamo yong winshield, am glad tempered glass ang mga to so pinong pino yong glasses and i was not hurt. ayun sinoli ko mazda.
then, before this car, i had the Rx300, this was right after an ice storm in philadelphia and off vine expressway, i hit a black ice, then it was free-wheeling and i could see some guys ahead of me and cars then boom! one guy was laughing and said “dude, we were just waiting for you!”, i happen to be the 5th car in a 5-car pile up. no one was injured but we all had a great time making some jokes about the whole situation right there.
i know bea told me that, had this been in the philippines, it would probably be a completely different story, i mean, what if the other car happens to be the son of a politician or an artista or an officer of the AFP or a son of a cop or relatives of the mayor or even gloria or kris aquino or …. you know what i mean?
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November 12th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
ayan nakita ko na din ang LEXUS moooooooooo! antarush! ilang milyones nga ang bili mo jan?
malen’s last blog post..Eklavu lang na nag-SOLO flight ako sa Baguio
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