To understand this you probably need to remember that we drive on the left. Had a car crash yesterday. I was dumb. I admit it. I am driving around a bend to the right, kids in the back of the car and the car in front pulls to the right hand side of the road. I am moving much faster than it (elderly lady) so I brake and pull over to the left - just as she turns left into her driveway. I smash into the side of her and all hell breaks loose. We are all thrown forwards, Amelie is screaming, I just didn't know what to do!

I pulled over and tried to get out the car but my door wouldn't open. I try to ascertain if the kids are OK but I am really confused. The lady driving the other car comes over (she was fine) and I apologise for not getting out but my door is stuck. She says that she was indicating. I say I believe her, I just didn't see it. I saw her pull right and assumed she was turning right. I was trying to find a pen to give her my details when some fat ******* from a garden opposite comes flying over and starts shouting at me.

'Get out the ******* car. You caused the accident and you don't even have the decency to get out the car. It's your fault. I saw everything. The person behind is always to blame.'

Amelie was crying so bad and I ust didn't know what to deal with first. The lady, the man, my baby. I was pretty scared.

I said to him, 'Excuse me, would you mind going back to the other side of the road as I am pretty scared and feeling threatened by you.' He did, but he came back twice more to have another go. Amelie was fine. I climbed into the back and she was just scared too and angry at me. She shouted to get out the car so I got her out and finished writing my details for the lady. In NZ you don't have to be insured so I think she was relieved that I was. My car didn't look too bad, some bad scratches on the front right but the whole front right side had been distorted back slightly, stopping the door from opening. Her car was much worse.

Amelie wouldn't get back in the car so I sat at the side of the road for about 20 minutes whilst the angry muthafucka from the garden stared at us. I was so scared to drive home.

Now I don't want to drive at all. Someone is picking Jake up to take him to school today and I am wagging Playcentre. I have those people coming to stay today anyhow so it will be nice to be home.

I so don't want to drive again!

I know it was my fault but I was a bit pissed that nobody asked if me or the kids were alright. It's not like I was an ******* about it.

Now we have over $1250 in insurance excess to pay with this being our fourth claim in three weeks thanks to the two thefts. The car theft was two separate claims and the phone a third. My car excess is huge as I have only recently learned to drive. Hubby is not happy. I am even less so as I feel guilty about it too.

At least the kids were fine in the end though.

Claire xxx

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Okay, what a bunch of a$$holes for not asking if you and your child are okay! Who gives a crap about the cars, those can be replaced, people however cannot. Why do people have to be such wanker$? Accidents are going to happen, regardless of how good or bad of a driver you might be. It's just a fact. All you can do is be as prepared as possible, and seems to me you were, hello, you have insurance, it's not like you were just going to drive away. I am just glad to hear that everyone is okay.

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Glad to hear everyone is okay. That is what all matters.

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im so sorry ther we d**** about it!

im happy to hear you are all fine!

people here tend to swerve the oposite direction they are going to turn like if they dont have enough room and their car is too big or something....

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I'm sorry, Claire. I'm glad everyone is okay. It's so scary to be in a crash.

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I'm so sorry, Claire! I'm so thankful everyone is okay!

To me, it sounds like she shouldn't have swerved into the right hand land before turning left. People kind of do that here and it drives me insane.

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I read through your post last night. I was so overcome with anger towards that man that I could not post.

I have been in 3 accidents, 1 was a pretty big one. My car door wouldn't open either but everyone was ok. It was a few years ago, but I totally kwym about being shaken. How could you not be?
I can not believe that he had the ardascity (sp?) to come up to you like that. How scary and out of control for everyone to witness! But the big thing is that he was not involved it was between you and the other lady.

I want you to know that accidents happen to everyone. Just take sometime off from driving, but you can't go through life thinking that you don't want to drive b/c you are scared.

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lmao how did i miss this! its sopose to say " im so sorry they were d***'s about it"

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I thought I responded to this yesterday. Ack.

First of all, I am so glad no one was hurt.
Second....I have no good advice on the car fear/anxiety as I suffer from it quite a little. Ok, more than quite a little....but that is not the issue here. YOu will get past the nerves/not wanting to drive. I have had a couple little 'oops' incidents after which I was definitely skittish. It will get better.

And....if it is possible, I'd file a complaint or something w/the local law enforcement against that a-hole. Holy crap, that is an assault.

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oh claire I am soooooo glad everyone is ok. Accidents suck but they happen. Don't stop driving because of it though. I know what you mean about being scared to drive but i bet you are a good driver and the lady swerving to the right just through you off. She shouldn't have done that anyways. I can't believe that man did that. I would have been too scared to ask him to leave. I mean did he not see you try to get out???? guess he didn't see everything!!!!! plus you had a small child in hte car and for him to do that was WRONG!!!! I mean wow. People are crazy. Again I'm glad to know everyone is ok and no one got hurt.

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