A Little Accident

This photo is of the man who crashed into my car on his motorcycle. We are busy exchanging insurance information in the photo.

What happened is that I was driving home from Home Depot with a trunk full of flowers when the cars in front of me stopped suddenly. I'm careful about maintaining a safe following distance, so I had no trouble stopping in time.

Just as I came to a stop, I heard someone honking their horn behind me. I glanced in the mirror and saw a motorcycle flying towards me. It was obvious that he was not going to be able to stop. There was no place for me to go to escape him; traffic was stopped all around me, so I just waited for the impact. I didn't believe that I would be injured. My concern was that since he was on a motorcycle, he could be badly injured or killed and I really didn't need that.

I don't remember feeling any thud, but I heard it. In my mirror, I watched him fall off his bike and disappear below the horizon of my mirror. This was so bad. I turned off my engine and got out of my car. Some guys jumped out of a truck and helped him stand and put his bike upright. I was so relieved not to have to deal with blood, broken bones or guts lying all over the road. I asked the motorcyclist if he was okay and he said that he was.

Since he was okay and his bike looked okay, the next priority was getting out of traffic. I asked him where he would like to go. He said that he didn't know. I said that there was a parking lot up ahead and he said that he would follow me. When I got in my car, I noticed a police car pull up behind me. I ignored it. I drove to the parking lot with the cop car and motorcycle driver following me, hoping all the while that the cop didn't think that I was fleeing the scene of an accident.

The cops were nice. They just made sure that everyone was okay and watched us exchange information. Well, they also ran our plates and driver licenses, but I guess that is part of their job. Neither one of us was wanted for anything and we both had proof of insurance, so it was a smooth transaction.

The motorcycle driver had a tiny cut on his nose, but was otherwise fine. His bike suffered no damage. The wheel of his bike went through my rear bumper, so that is going to cost some money to replace. The insurance will take care of it. I just hope that my insurance company doesn't raise my rates because of this.