Yep, I did that
It was bound to happen to me. 16 years without a legit car accident and it happened today! But… not totally my fault.. I swear! It was Sunday and my usual drinking water refill station was closed so I searched for one I vaguely remembered in San Jose. The thing about Historic San Jose is that the area around it all looks very similar and some streets have no street signs. I drove around for twenty five minutes looking for Aqua Monde and finally came to a T on a side street. Traffic was coming from both directions.. On my immediate left was a large Chevy truck parked temporarily and illegally in a red zone. The truck was huge.. biggest truck ever.. that’s not true but it did block my field of vision. I looked left, looked right, pulled out to turn left and all of a sudden a car is right in front of me and I T-Bone the poor guy. Of course he speaks no English and is fuming until I show him “Chevy, Blanco, No Visiones” as I point to my eyes. I pull out my cell and make a few unsuccessful translator search attempts before reaching a knowledgable friend that instructed me to call my Mexican insurance and wait for an adjustor. While we wait, the guy offers me gum and cracks jokes understanding that it was a total accident. Adjustor comes, I tell him it’s my fault. He says if I want to fix the minimal damage to my car it is a $500 US deductible. To repair the other guys car, it is no out of pocket expense! I paid $375 for one years worth of insurance. Two months later get in a wreck and it costs nothing? Sent me on my way and took care of everything else!
Nothing major.. I hit the brakes but my damn flip flops slowed me for a split second!
Both super cool guys… They do insurance the right way in Mexico!
Knocked off my license plate and some scratches to the bumper..
I was pulling out and turning left.. I swear there was a large truck parked in front of that car in the red zone blocking my view.. I swear!