kwc
01-16-2004, 02:27 PM
AAAAARRRGH! My first new car ever, only 11 days old!
I was leaving work at a new clinic and missed a turn, then pulled over onto a small street to catch my bearings, then decided to make a 3-point turn and go back. Well, when I backed up, I didn't get more than 2 feet and bonk! Splash!!!!!!!! Big geyser!!!!
So I drove around the block to get out of the way of the water (of course, no parking allowed on the street I turned onto), crawled in back to look for my cell phone and then waited through the phone tree of the "non-emergent" police line, then reported it. No less than 2 police cars and a dept of water truck and scores of families and little kids coming and freaking out! And the first police guy accused me of leaving the scene!!!!! Ummm.... OK, I'm dumb, but not dumb enough to park half a block away and to call and report MYSELF!!!!!
Of course, this is my 6th car but my first new car ever, and my first accident! AAARGH! I guess I had to do it in the most public way ever! I don't know how much the city will charge me for the hydrant and damage... hopefully no one's property was damaged by the water but I am sure we will get a bill if it was.
But, fortunately, DD was not in the car as I was returning from work, and the car, as I was probably only going 5 mph, has only a bit of damage (though DH wants a new bumper as it is our only new car ever). My parents, who were watching DD, were very sweet, and helped me to laugh about it as the whole thing was very cartoon-like. And I had been dreading that some of the people coming out of the houses would be my patients (as it was so close to the clinic) but fortunately it was dark!
So, please, go ahead and laugh, some good should come from this!
Karen
I was leaving work at a new clinic and missed a turn, then pulled over onto a small street to catch my bearings, then decided to make a 3-point turn and go back. Well, when I backed up, I didn't get more than 2 feet and bonk! Splash!!!!!!!! Big geyser!!!!
So I drove around the block to get out of the way of the water (of course, no parking allowed on the street I turned onto), crawled in back to look for my cell phone and then waited through the phone tree of the "non-emergent" police line, then reported it. No less than 2 police cars and a dept of water truck and scores of families and little kids coming and freaking out! And the first police guy accused me of leaving the scene!!!!! Ummm.... OK, I'm dumb, but not dumb enough to park half a block away and to call and report MYSELF!!!!!
Of course, this is my 6th car but my first new car ever, and my first accident! AAARGH! I guess I had to do it in the most public way ever! I don't know how much the city will charge me for the hydrant and damage... hopefully no one's property was damaged by the water but I am sure we will get a bill if it was.
But, fortunately, DD was not in the car as I was returning from work, and the car, as I was probably only going 5 mph, has only a bit of damage (though DH wants a new bumper as it is our only new car ever). My parents, who were watching DD, were very sweet, and helped me to laugh about it as the whole thing was very cartoon-like. And I had been dreading that some of the people coming out of the houses would be my patients (as it was so close to the clinic) but fortunately it was dark!
So, please, go ahead and laugh, some good should come from this!
Karen