Hit and Run...

Today I was involved in a hit and run. Besides some back and neck pain we're all okay - thank goodness. Here's what happened. I was driving Katy to her Gymboree class and I looked in my rear view mirror and noticed a white pickup truck switch lanes into my lane. You could tell he just wanted to go faster and that the car in front of him was going too slow. My first thought was, "oh, he's going to be disappointed because I'm about to turn right and he's going to have to slow down again". I proceed to turn on my blinker and then slow down. I looked in my rear view mirror again and this time I think, "wow, he's going pretty fast, he better slow down". I never thought he would hit me though. Before I knew it he slammed into the back of me with his huge truck and pushed me off the road and into the grass. I looked out my window and as he's driving away he looks me in the eye and then keeps driving. I was bawling. I get out and check on my kids, who seem to be fine and then called the police (who by the way, took 30 minutes to get to the scene). Luckily there was a witness who got his license plate # and got a description of him.

I am just shocked and appalled that somebody could hit me and then take off. It's not like he didn't know that he hit me. The sheriff is supposed to go to the home where the car is registered tonight, but who knows if he still lives at that address or if that is even his car. My feeling is that if someone is willing to risk being charged with a hit and run they were either drinking, on drugs, in a stolen car, have no insurance, have other tickets or warrants or they are just plain stupid. Please say prayers that the police catch this creep and throw his you know what in jail!

I was driving our Mitsubishi, which is 9 years old, but I was planning on driving it into the ground for the next year or two until we succumb to buying a van. However, I have a feeling that the adjuster is going to tell us that the car is totaled, because it will cost more to fix it than it's worth. We'll see, maybe I'll get that van a lot sooner than expected! It was nice having no car payments though!