I was in a car accident on Friday, May 13th. What a lovely 'friday the 13th' it was. This has been the most traumatizing, irritating, frustrating, drawn out mess. I just want it to be over.
I was traveling in my lane approaching an intersection at which I wanted to make a left turn. I saw a black pickup truck begin to move out of a parking lot to my left so I held off moving into the center turn lane. I then went to check where he was so I could complete my action and in that instant he collided with my left side wheel, turned across the front of my car where we collided again and he continued across the two lanes and ended up in the ditch on the opposite side.
My insurance has determined, rightfully, that I was not at fault. I learned today that his insurance has determined a 50-50 fault. WTF! I was driving defensively. I held off in anticipation of his moves. I was rightfully in the driving lane and he came in contact with me IN MY LANE. How is any part of this my fault?!
I have lost my car. I'm making 3x week visits to a chiropractor. I've had to quickly purchase a new to us vehicle in horrible market for car shopping. I have had to put in more work hours. I can't miss work as a self employed person I can only work slower and give up my evenings and weekends to catch up. I was being the careful driver and I'm being made to feel that this is my fault.
I can't begin to express the frustration, the anxiety, the sadness, the anger that I am dealing with. I just want to crawl in bed for a month and speak to no one. I want this nightmare to end. I did all the right things and I'm being punished. I've been out on the road twice today and I see cars carelessly driving around. Since I was alone I screamed out loud hoping to release some of my tension. I don't drive like those people and yet, here I am dealing with this insanity for something I didn't ask for.