I went out with Mom yesterday, shopping for new shoes. I thought it'd be a good idea to take her car, because the Mustang is really, really bad in rain (oh yeah, it looked like it was going to rain). Bad tires, dig? So, we took Mom's car. I drove. We looked around, but couldn't find any shoes that'd fit me (size 14 is kinda hard to come by). So, I was going to just take Mom back home, and then go down to 10's house to take her grocery shopping in the Mustang. That was the plan. What wasn't planned was the part where this dumb, senile, old woman decided to stop right in the middle of the road. I was driving in the right lane, coming down a hill. I saw this car sitting there, in my lane, not moving, with its left turn signal on. I was going 65 miles per hour down this hill, so I reacted by getting over in the left lane to go around this idiot. I knew I wouldn't be able to stop in time, if I stayed in the right lane. So, there I am in the left lane, attempting to pass this woman. What did she do? She got over in the left lane, and was going to make a U-Turn, just as I got over in the left lane. No need to look in your rearview mirror to see if any cars are coming there, Grandma! So, I slammed on the brake, but it was too late. I rear-ended the old bat.
We stood there, and talked to the hag for, like, and hour before the police got there. After a couple minutes, it was obvious that the woman had no idea what happened. "I was turning off to go to the bank, and you just came out of nowhere, and hit me." One: there was no bank nowhere around! Two: get in the left deceleration lane if you're going to make a left turn! Don't make a left turn while you're in the right lane! We were going South. She was making a U-Turn to go North in the right friggin' lane!!!
So, yeah, the woman didn't know what she was doing. She was planning on telling the cops her side of the story, and she didn't even know what her story was. I was starting to worry. I'd always heard that it's your fault if you rear-end a car. But, I knew the wreck wasn't my fault, because this woman was an idiot! Cue the eye-witness. Yes, it was awesome. Just as the cops were sitting in their car taking all of our information, an eye witness showed up. I talked to her for a couple minutes. She said that the senile woman almost caused her to wreck right before I came over the hill. She saw the senile woman cut over in the left lane, and saw me hit her. So, I told her to go tell the cops what she saw, because "That crazy old woman don't know what she's talking about." So, she talked to the cops. The deputy got me over to the side, and, basically, told me not to worry about it, because the eye witness told him everything.
It's cool that everyone is okay, and no one was hurt. It sucks that I screwed up my mom's bumper, but I'm guessing that the insurance will take care of everything. The old woman's back bumper just got a little scratch. That didn't make a lot of sense. Mom's Cavalier has a loose headlight, and the bumper is scratched, and kinda lop-sided... "Oh well, oh well, oh well."
