Lane Change

WHACK!!!

I pull over and glance in the rear view mirror. Seeing the car that I had just drove by as they were pulling out of the parking spot. I put my blinkers on get a pen and paper and get out of my car. I walked around and inspect the damage. From front passenger door to the rear tire my car is dented and scrapped. The back passenger door seems to taken the bulk of the damage. Looks fixable, just feel stupid for not paying attention more. I try to open the back door no luck. Front door opens.

I walk back to the man who was in the truck. A black Ford Bronco, 1990. Frank, he is mid 50's dark complected Hispanic yet very American. He asks for my insurance & registration, I go back to my glove box to find my insurance, its expired great. But I figure it will be ok. We exchange information, saying little at first. Then I explain I;m from Indiana here at film school, he asks me what I want to do I say direct documentaries. I ask him what he does, he is an EMT, he asks if I was alright, I was like yeah, just feel stupid for changing lanes so fast. He was like yeah be careful. We inspected the damage, his car seems untouched a few small scraps on the bumper. The last thing he said was "I'm in the business of helping people" We shook hands then left.

Lesson:
So what did I learn in all this. BE PATIENT
The day started out like any other, hit the snooze sleep in for another 30 min, I need to work on that. I barely had time for devo, I just read some verses of scripture I have taped to the wall in our apartment. i grab my things and head out the door. Tim a fellow student at LAFSC is waiting in the lobby. Tim is interning on the same floor as me but with a different company, so we carpool to work now.

We are driving along jamming to some mewithoutYou. Traffic was not bad so we were moving a little faster today. the left lane was slowing down, I saw an opening in the right lane and figured I could get over, I quickly put my signal on then start to change lanes, and out of the corner of my eye I see a black truck pulling out of a parking spot, WHACK!!!!!

I stop my car. Get out and realize, it was my fault I changed lanes so quickly and didn't see him pulling out.

Thankfully, no injures, only some body damage to my car. The back right door is dented badly but it still opens. The wheel well was rubbing against the tire when I went over some bumps, but I managed to bend it back with a rubber mallet.

I am officially a red neck!