It was rainy today while I was driving and a large truck that I could not see around was in front of me. The truck moved into the left hand turn lane and when he did that I realized the cars in front of him were 1. stopped 2. a lot closer than I had anticipated, so I slammed on my brakes. Well the brakes locked and I slid into the rear end of a PT Cruiser. I immediately put my flashers on and got out of the car to see if the other driver was okay and to see where there was damage to the cars. When I approached the car, a woman probably in her early thirties was there in panic on the phone already to the police. After making sure she was okay, I got back into my car and waited for the police to arrive. Needless to say since there was absolutely no damage to either us or the cars there was no report to be filed and we were able to go on our happy and safe ways.
The reason I was not going to share this story was because I did not think it was a big deal, but it has been with me all day and the reason is because this was the other woman's as well as my first accident ever. We both were inexperienced, I was able to stay calm but the other woman was not. Since she had never experienced this before she panicked and thought her car was totaled. When the officer had her get out and look at the lack of damage she became calm and realized the major accident she thought she was in was just a very minor one indeed. So again the reason I am posting this is because I have attached a link to ways to handle a fender bender of any kind. If you have never been in an accident please read this to know what to do if you are ever in an accident.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4456432_survive-fender-bender.html
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