My third auto insurance claim

[cjsmith]

In just about twenty years I've had three auto insurance claims. The third one is this morning.

Nobody's hurt, not even the pedestrian who marched out across the on-ramp, but my rear bumper is all folded in, and the guy behind me is going to need a new bumper and hood.

It's not a new car any more.

Comments

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

And did the pedestrian even stop to see about the accident, or did they just keep going?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wandered off, oblivious. She was old, and she may also have been "differently realitied".

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Wow -- that is rather spectacularly oblivious!

I'm glad no people were physically damaged! *hugs*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

People wonder why I think "oblivious" is a bad thing. I think car accidents are a bad thing, and that's just the tip of the iceberg with oblivious people! (At least she wasn't a driver!) Fortunately there are no injuries, and we both had insurance, so that's good.

[rampling.livejournal.com]

You mean that to some people "oblivious" isn't clearly dangerous? I mean, it's one thing to be sympathetic (I generally am), but even if they're not meaning to be dangerous, they can be extremely dangerous to themselves and others.

So, you're saying some people are oblivious to the dangers of oblivious people?!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

One person to whom I grumbled about obliviousness got all defensive and angry. He had a RIGHT to be oblivious, by golly, and my assertion that people should wake up and know what was going on around them was HARSHING HIS MELLOW.

Personally, I believe that that's beyond lazy and moving into unethical. Everyone else has to pick up the slack for people like that, from little ways like moving aside on a sidewalk to larger ways like going to get our cars repaired. But I don't have to respect that guy's opinion. I just have to not hit it with my car. :-)