Parrothead Jeff

Driving home from work today, I had a rather unpleasant experience. I was involved in my first high speed accident on the freeway.

The basics are that I was in the next to slow lane and was getting ready to merge one more lane to the left. Turn signal on, I checked my blind spot and when I looked back ahead of me, there was a car directly in front of me who’d just cut me off and slammed on the brakes. I slammed on mine, but realized that no matter what, my Cavalier was going to merge with that little white car if I didn’t do something more. That’s when I swerved into the lane on my right side. On the good side, I missed the little white car. The bad news was that someone else couldn’t avoid hitting me along the passenger side. The other car was a silver ‘95 Isuzu Trooper. The impact sent him off to the right - directly towards the guardrail. He swerved back to the left, fishtailing, then back to the right across three lanes of traffic before getting it under control. We pulled over and called the NHP. Nobody was hurt and both cars were drivable after all was said and done.

I didn’t have a current insurance card on me, so I got cited for that as well as for an unsafe lane change with accident. NHP officer Rojas is to be commended for her courtesy and professionalism.

I’ve already filed a claim with AAA and I’m supposed to get a call from the adjuster tomorrow. I’m worried they’ll total my car as I don’t have the greatest credit and I don’t have much down.

I’m just looking on the bright side for right now - everyone’s OK and my car is drivable.

Hit the jump for pics of the Cavalier taken just after the accident.

I didn’t get any pics of the other car as the damage was on the left side and I don’t like standing next to freeway traffic.