SO YEAH..
"WHILE" WE WERE IN TUCSON FOR OUR OLDEST-JD'S GRADUATION..
I "WRECKED"
OUR YOUNGEST-COLLEEN'S CAR..
JD HAD "2"-GRADUATIONS..
"1"..
FOR THE BUSINESS SCHOOL..
& "ANOTHER"..
FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA..
SO WE'RE DRIVING TO DINNER "AFTER" FRIDAY'S GRADUATION..
IT'S "ME"
& MY 76-YEAR-OLD MOM..
IN COLLEEN'S "NISSAN VERSA"..
ARIZONA INTERSECTIONS WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE "DIFFERENT"..
"FIRST
YOU GET A GREEN LIGHT..
FOR TRAFFIC IN "BOTH"-DIRECTIONS..
"INCLUDING" THE CARS TURNING "LEFT"..
SO..
YOU CAN "TURN" LEFT
IF YOU "HAVE" A GREEN LIGHT..
"&"..
THERE'S "NO" TRAFFIC COMING THE "OTHER" WAY..
& YOU "DON'T" HAVE TO "WAIT" FOR THE GREEN "ARROW"..
WHICH COMES ON
THE LAST "10"-SECONDS OF THE GREEN LIGHT..
SO..
MY MOM & I ARE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT..
IN THE LEFT-HAND TURN LANE..
TALKING..
& THE LIGHT TURNS "GREEN"..
NOW FOR "SOME"-REASON "I"
SEE IT AS A GREEN "ARROW"..
IT "WASN'T"..
IT WAS GREEN IN "BOTH" DIRECTIONS..
SO..
WHEN "I" TURN "LEFT"..
IT'S "ACROSS"
"3"-LANES
OF "ONCOMING" TRAFFIC..
THE CARS IN THE FIRST-"2" LANES..
RECOGNIZE ME AS SOME SORT OF "CALIFORNIA MORON"..
& "DON'T" GO..
"HOWEVER"
THE GUY IN THE "3RD"-LANE "DOESN'T" SEE ME..
& NAILS ME
AT THE PASSENGER-SIDE REAR-WHEEL..
WE "SPIN-AROUND"
IN THE "MIDDLE" OF THE INTERSECTION..
NOW "THANKFULLY"
MY "MOTHER" & "I"
WEREN'T "HURT"..
SLIGHTLY-SHAKEN..
BUT "NOT" HURT..
"&"
"IN" THE CAR "BEHIND"-US..
"WATCHING"..
MY WIFE..
MY MOTHER & FATHER-IN-LAW..
& MY SISTER-IN-LAW..
SO..
I "CRASHED"
MY "DAUGHTER'S" CAR..
WITH MY "MOM" IN THE PASSENGER SEAT..
WHILE MY "WIFE"..& "IN-LAWS"
"WATCH" THE WHOLE "BONEHEAD"-MOVE UNFOLD..
SO..
I'M EMBARRASED..
I'M "NERVOUS"..
THAT WHEN THE "STATE FARM" ADJUSTER CALLS TODAY..
HE'LL TELL ME IT'S "TOTALED"..
(THE TIRE WAS BENT "AWAY" FROM THE FRAME AT AN "ODD"-
ANGLE..
& THE "SIDE" AIR BAGS DEPLOYED)..
& IT MAKES ME "SICK" TO MY STOMACH..
THAT MY "IMPATIENT"..
"DISTRACTED"
DRIVING..
LED TO THIS ACCIDENT..
THERE'S A "LESSON" TO BE LEARNED HERE!
I WONDER IF I'LL LEARN IT?
