My car was hit by a small truck on the back this morning (the driver was a middle age Caucasian woman). When heading to the south on Harvest Hill Blvd around 8:30am, I saw a car in front of me stopped to let a boy came out, I stepped on the break to slow down my speed (limit 60), then she hit me. It's not serious, her car was fine, but mine had two cracks on the back.
The woman was so mad and rude, she yelled at me: "why the fxxk you slow down your car suddenly? I didn't even have time to step on my break!" I told her because the car in front of me was stopping, she said: "I didn't see it! Why you did that? are you crazy?" (at that time the car was driven away already.)
Then she asked me to get my insurance. I said: "What are you going to do with it? You hit my car on the back." Then I asked her to give hers to me too.
At that time, somebody horned, she yelled at them madly "Fxxk you!!" :D
Since my car was pretty old (the 2001 Impala I got from my friend many years ago), I was thinking ignore the cracks, but that woman persisted that I should report to my insurance too.
After exchanged information, she seemed calm down a bit, then she said: "You shouldn't slow down your car suddenly, you know. That's all I want to say. And I am sorry about the accident."
I didn't know what to say, so I said: "I am sorry about the accident too."
I talked to my car insurance agent afterward, and he said I should report to the insurance right away and get my car repaired. I called the insurance, the lady told me: "It's not your fault, you shouldn't need to pay anything." :)
I told the story to Angela when I picked her up from school in the afternoon, she said: "I can understand the lady's response, and although she was pretty rude, she's still quite nice. Somebody can act much worse." :D
