On Tuesday, I was in a car accident. It wasn't too big of a deal (very low speed) but managed to do about $2700 in damager to my car. It wasn't my fault, but since Michigan is a no-fault state, I can get a maximum of $500 (mini-tort) from the other guy's insurance.
Fortunately my insurance covers the rest (which I guess is why I have it).
I didn't take a picture of the damage, but the body shop used a digital camera, so I'm going to see if I can get before/after digital pictures from them.
It was pretty crazy. I was driving south on Cedar and was going to turn left onto Mt. Hope. I got into the left turn lane and slowed down as the light was red. The guy who hit me was coming out of the gas station on the NW corner of Mt. Hope and Cedar. He was trying to get to the left turn lane I was in. There was traffic backed up past the gas station driveway. The people there made room for him to go through. A guy in a pickup truck waved him through at the moment when I was right there. He pulled forward into my car (hit the edge of the passenger side door and the panel behind it).
He felt pretty bad about it, but both cars were drivable afterwards and no one was hurt. It could have been a lot worse.
