{"id":177,"date":"2011-01-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=177"},"modified":"2011-01-20T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T08:00:00","slug":"three-car-pileup-whilst-waiting-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagan-gerbil.net\/?p=177","title":{"rendered":"Three-car pileup whilst waiting in traffic…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SANY0056\"<\/a>I was involved in my first car accident as a driver last week. It was a bit of a shock, and I\u2019m glad to say that no-one was hurt and the car wasn\u2019t too badly damaged. I was in traffic, sat waiting behind a car that wanted to change into a very busy lane. The car behind me didn\u2019t want to wait, and tried to move around on the other side… as another car came up behind it and smashed it\u2019s front as it came out. It was pushed into my car, at the back.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Jen and Freddy weren\u2019t in the car (I was on my way to pick Fred up from nursery) and my passenger (Jen\u2019s Dad) was fine, and took control for me. I was a bit too shocked at first to know what to do.<\/p>\n

I certainly wasn\u2019t expecting that to happen sitting still, and obviously the insurance companies have agreed that it\u2019s not my fault. One of the other parties is offering to have us repaired free of charge (with a free courtesy car) at one of their approved repairers, without touching our no-claims bonus or paying the excess or any of that. The car\u2019s booked in to be seen this week, and probably repaired the week after. Having seen the damage in the light now, it\u2019s not too bad and should fix up nicely (fingers crossed!)<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t actually looking behind me just before the crash to see if one car pulled out inadvisably, or the other car was driving too fast, or any of that. But it\u2019s nothing I could have done anything about it – except possibly try to go around the car blocking my lane myself, in which case I\u2019d have been hit, my car would have been a write-off (the front of the car was mashed completely, spread across the road), and I might not be quite so happy to get back into the driving seat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was involved in my first car accident as a driver last week. It was a bit of a shock, and I\u2019m glad to say that no-one was hurt and the car wasn\u2019t too badly damaged. I was in traffic, sat waiting behind a car that wanted to change into a very busy lane. The … <\/p>\n

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