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February 07, 2004

It's been a long time, been a long time

Okay, so I haven't been keeping up with this thing. So what, it's mine and I can do with it what I want.

I was in an accident at the end of January, on the 28th to be precise. I was on my way to work when this lady spun out of control in front of me. I ended up hitting her rear driver side tire, which banged up my car a bit. Not as much as what I thought it'd be, considering that it was only around $1600 worth of damage. I was really lucky.

I picked my car up from the shop on Friday, and was blown away by how good my car looks. It almost reminded me of the day that I bought it. The body shop did a fantastic job, as she looks like she just rolled off the assembly line. The only thing that she needs now is to have the roof redone, which will apparently cost me about $300, and my car will be as good as new.

Speaking of cars, while mine was in the shop, I got a rental car from Enterprise as part of my insurance coverage. They gave me a Saturn sardine can. I joked with Neal and Bill that in order to get the door open, you had to pull out this huge key, insert it vertically in the trunk, and start turning towards the front of the car. While the car itself looked very nice, it was very crammed on the inside and had absolutely no get-up and go. I definately missed my car.

Getting back to the accident ... the night prior I had removed my little envelope that had the registration, title, and insurance card in it. I forgot to take it with me the next morning, and sure enough I ended up in an accident. When the officer asked for my license, I immediately saw the envelope sitting on the buffett in the dining room and my heart sunk. I dug through my wallet, found an insurance card and handed it to the officer ... only for him to come back and tell me the card I gave him was expired. As a result, I received a citation for not having insurance on me while driving ... BLEH.

Cops need to have a system that allows them to verify the following things:
1. That a person's tags AND registration are valid.
2. That the driver's insurance is valid.

The only thing that a cop can verify is the tag on the back of the car, which thankfully I had the mindset to go and get my tags redone two weeks prior (they were due in December). Otherwise, I REALLY would've been up shit creek without a paddle.

Posted by ed at 01:15 PM | Comments (0)