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Back around the first week of June, I was on my way back to my parents place with lunch. I was stopped in the road behind a semi that was waiting to turn. Before I knew it, the semi was moving in reverse and I was about to get hit. I started honking the horn to no avail. A deafening “crunch” coupled with the semi on my front end happened before I was able to get my own vehicle out of the way in time. Boy was I pissed.

The damage to my car was not as bad as it sounded from inside the car, but it’s still annoying to have been run over. The man driving the semi had not seen or heard me. But he also never said why he thought it would be a good idea to back up in the middle of a busy street. The reason I had not reversed my car instead of first honking the horn is because I saw a vehicle approaching behind me in the mirrors. I didn’t want to be a squishy filling in a Chrysler sandwich.

My poor car suffered a broken grille and scuffed up fender. The scuffing isn’t as noticeable due to the color of the car, but if you know where to look it stands out like a sore thumb. Fixing the damage should only cost about $300, but I’m going to let it slide for a while. It’s just cosmetic and the function of the car does not suffer. I’m going to take the “please don’t hate us” settlement check and use the small difference(the total minus $300 to fix my car later) to splurge on something fun like a bike rack or going to the theater to see a movie or two.