My car was hit by a 53' trailer at work.
7 years ago
I am a truck driver now for the last couple of years for those that still don't know. The home terminal for me is in Bloominton, CA. So here in socal. Its an hour and half drive away from home here in Lancaster, so i drive there and back when not on the road driving the big trucks all over the western 11+ states. Anyways, Sometime within the last two weeks, my car, which is parked at the terminal with all the other cars and small vehicles, was struck by a trailer or possibly a truck making a turn going down the rows of trailers. The Damage was to the front end which included tearing and scraping the bumper, destroying the right side grill, breaking the front lense off the right turn signal, breaking the right side head light at the adjuster making it droop, breaking the emblem on the bumper, and causing the bumper to tear at the attachment points. There was debris from the turn signal a few feet away. I took a lot of pictures of the damage and included pictures showing the other cars in relation and where the debris was at. Being that it is sunday as of this discover and posting, there isn't anyone to get in contact with to inquire how to handle this issue financially. When I got home I got online and ordered all the parts plus replacements for the left side because if going to be new, need it to match. After shipping everything came to $530. The damaged parts, not including painting, was about $230 before shipping. I figure the bumper getting painted will be about 200 at most. hopefully much less. I'm having it shipped to my parents place because I trust them far more than where I live and there is room to work and tools there. I'm just going to have to find a place that can do the painting and quickly so i don't have to worry about taking a month to get it.
In other news, Monday I'm going to go see a dentist for the first time in decades. The last time I had anyone look at my teeth was in 2011 while I was in jail, but before that I think it was maybe 20 years ago now? I know it was when I was in my teens. I've got a front tooth that hurts when I bite into something or drink something cool. So its pretty annoying.
Also tomorrow, I plan on getting my car smogged and registration done, which is going to run me a total of $250. 50 for the smog, 200 for the reg. Thanks a lot California Democrats for raising the gas tax and reg fee's by up to 400%
Ug. Just sucks. I was planing on getting a 2tb SSD for my laptop, but that's going to have to wait.
In other news, Monday I'm going to go see a dentist for the first time in decades. The last time I had anyone look at my teeth was in 2011 while I was in jail, but before that I think it was maybe 20 years ago now? I know it was when I was in my teens. I've got a front tooth that hurts when I bite into something or drink something cool. So its pretty annoying.
Also tomorrow, I plan on getting my car smogged and registration done, which is going to run me a total of $250. 50 for the smog, 200 for the reg. Thanks a lot California Democrats for raising the gas tax and reg fee's by up to 400%
Ug. Just sucks. I was planing on getting a 2tb SSD for my laptop, but that's going to have to wait.
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Hopefully it gets taken care of by the offender's insurance or something.