A dreary start...

[jay]

Rain, a large branch down in the backyard, late to work (took James to the dentist)... and then was in a traffic accident on the way back. I was driving down Middlefield in the left lane, and some guy just pulled out of an apartment complex's driveway, left into oncoming traffic. I hit the brakes, but it was wet... the guy pulling out of the driveway also had a fogged windshield and his car was plastered with leaves, so he probably couldn't see well, but he finally noticed and tried to stop, halfway across the 4-lane road... too late. Sigh. No one hurt, minor sheet metal and bumper damage on both cars. One more annoyance with insurance companies ahead...

Comments

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

Eep.. glad everyone is ok.

It's nasty out there. How bad is 101?

[geekchick]

Sorry you have to deal with insurance again, but I'm glad you're okay.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're safe.

I once spaced out and saw a green arrow as a green light, on a very windy, very rainy night, when I was too tired to drive. As I moved slowly into the intersection, the car turning left across from me blew his horn, and I stepped very carefully on the brakes, and was on top of layers of leaves. Brakes were irrelevant. I did stop, but too slowly. Fortunately, the person turning accelerated out of my way, but eep was that nerve wracking. I ended up stopping right in the path of that left turn lane. Weather like this demands extreme care, and it sounds like the person who pulled out of a driveway with crappy, fixable visibility didn't take that into account.