Yesterday, as I was pulling into my parking space at work something happened and I accelerated when I should have been braking and crashed my car into the building where I work. I still don't know what happened but I think that probably my foot slipped off the brake. I have always heard about people who do this kind of thing and plow into a storefront but never understood how it could happen. Now I do. I'm really hoping the car people will tell me my brakes went out or something but it was probably my fault. Having this happen where you work is pretty embarrassing but everyone was very nice, even the police who didn't give me a ticket. I have been really upset by this and didn't sleep at all last night. All I could do was replay the accident in my head. My car is currently at the shop waiting for an estimate. Since it is 12 years old there's a good chance they will just total it. Until then I have a rental. I couldn't stop crying this morning but after talking to my friend MC I feel a lot better. The good thing is that I didn't hurt anyone and I didn't crash into an office or anything and the damage to the building appears to be minimal. If I had been one parking spot over I would have gone into the director's office or if it had been a few seconds later I might have hit someone who was walking on the sidewalk.
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I'm really sorry.
I don't know why car accidents are so traumatic, but they are, at least for me. I got mildly rear-ended a few years ago, twice within the space of a month (one time without damage, one time with about $2000 worth) and it was months before I could drive without being terrified of the people behind me. And I wasn't even hurt in either crash.
Also, that really is a scary-sounding type of accident, since you're not sure how it happened. I didn't mean to gloss over that.
From now on I'm parking in a different spot so if this happens again I will just run into grass or a fence. I doubt if it will happen again because I'll be extra careful though. I can't afford a new car. Sigh.
I just got to read this. I would of been so scared and quit driver for days or maybe even weeks. I have panic attacks when I drive. Hard for people to believe considering I travel all over with the Red Cross and have to drive in big citys. The worse for me was Boston. The tunnel from the airport on to the main highway scared me to death. Then to make it worse the rental compony gave me a SUV.
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