Car Crash

    If you have ever been in a car crash before you know how scary it can be. Even the smallest fender bender can give you some post tramatic stress for a few weeks. I know I had some when I got into my crash last year in feburary. It was almost a year ago. My car was deemed totalled. On the plus side, I got to drive around my dads car for a month while he drove the rental since I am not yet 25 and am unable to drive a rental. 

    It was just another day driving to high school. I take an alternate route than everyone else because I get there much quicker even if it is a little bit of a longer distance. It is a two lane road, one lane traveling in each direction with a yellow lane marker in the middle dividing the two lanes. I got to the intersection where I turn off the street, left onto the road my school is located on, 248th Avenue. I was sitting in the left lane waiting for the light to turn green, once it did I crept up into the middle of the intersection to turn on the solid green light once traffic passed. I looked back in my rearview mirror as I saw a car approaching through my peripheral vision. And boom, they crashed into me just like that.

    They rear ended the back of my car, completely altering the bumper, trunk, and the rear frame. As soon as they crashed into me I told the girl I drove to school to call the police and I got out to check on the driver. He was dead asleep at the wheel. I thought he was knocked unconcious but after yelling at him seeing if he was okay a few times he slowly woke up. He crawled out of his window and admitted that he was sleeping. He was going around 40 mph when he struck the rear of my car. No one was injured though. The police came to write a report and deemed him at fault. On the court date, he did not show up and I learend this was he third crash in a few months. The state put a warrant out for his arrest for failing to appear. 

    Although getting into a crash is never good, it was a good thing to experienece for the better. I am very observent of my surroundings more now, than I was then, and take more precautions. On the bright side of it, I didn't have to pay for my new car, it was his insurance that did. I never thought someone would crash into me because they were asleep.