What can I say, there I was driving in the left hand lane slowly moving up behind the only other vehicle in sight. It was a dark blue Chevrolet Suburban that just barely fit within the narrow lanes. I had held back for several blocks a bit timid of pulling alongside of the large vehicle, but I was coming up on the intersection where I had planned to turn. I finally turned on my blinker, eased over into the right hand lane and continued.
The Suburban was driving pretty slow, so I carefully began overtaking it. The curb lane was also very narrow and had a number of asphalt patches and potholes making the driving there a bid hazardous. Concentrating on staying in my own lane I noticed I was running pretty much side by side with the Suburban. Suddenly I noticed its right hand turn signal begin flashing and then suddenly it veered into my lane.
I immediately pulled as far right as I could while slamming on my brakes but, in spite of my evasive action, I heard a loud "Pop!" The two vehicles came to a stop with the Suburban actually turned sideways in front of me. I climbed out of my car and was a bit surprised that the damage was so minimal, just a dent above my front wheel and a bit of paint scraped off my mirror. Of course the Suburban had only a couple of scratches.
The driver of the Suburban turned out to be a rather large woman with long blonde hair with deep black roots. I could tell by looking at her face she was a beautiful woman at some time in her life, but now, the years of too much sun, smoke and alcohol had left her face wrinkled, pockmarked and blotched red. She was wearing a tank top that just barely contained her bra-less breasts.
"Okay, I guess I need to see your driver's license and proof of insurance," I said, figuring all the paperwork was going to be just a formality. It was obvious who was at fault.
"I don't have any proof of insurance, I'm from out of state and I keep it in my car's glove compartment. The Suburban is a rental," she replied.
"Okay, well I guess it's pretty obvious who is at fault here."
"What do you mean?"