Got into my first car accident yesterday. In Paramus, I had to stop behind a Honda CR-V who wanted to make a shady left hand turn (double yellow line, but there are no signs that say you can’t do it. I’m not sure if you’d get pulled over if a cop saw you…it’s a super shady turn to want to do). It was raining and a Pontiac Aztec didn’t stop in time and rear ended me.

I heard tires screech, then silence, then POW *shattered glass flying*. I first thought a grenade went of near my car, it was such a weird sound and physical sensation. I didn’t move too much, the entire car shook as the energy shot through it from back to front. My lower back feels tweaked, but I think I got pretty lucky. The other driver was fine and her car had no damage. The spare tire was shoved a couple inches into the door, so the glass is totally gone and the door is dented in all around the tire. Not sure if the spare got messed up, it probably did though. I’ll find out tomorrow. I was surprisingly calm through the whole thing, but it was such a shock, that’s what’s sticking with me. The woman was really upset, she admitted it right away that she was in the wrong.

Pain in the ass having to go through the insurance system, hopefully everything goes smoothy and I’ll have my car back into new condition. Figures, the day after I finally get the tire pressure light to completely reset. That was annoying and now this. Hey, no hospital and my car still works fine so any moaning sounds kinda silly.