9x21 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 My first born, seventeen year old had her first car accident today. Pouring rain, coming home from baby sitting, she got t-boned crossing left across an intersection in town. Thankfully, she is fine! All the years of worry come to a head when that phone call came! She's OK and nothing else really matters. As for the old Explorer, not so much! We'll be needing another primary go to match vehicle real soon! Take nothing for granted, Days like this focus our perspective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineshootah Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 My first born, seventeen year old had her first car accident today. Take nothing for granted, Days like this focus our perspective! Glad to hear she was ok. Hearing that call must have been difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCK Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Glad she is ok, I dread our kids starting to drive and the oldest just got his temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameplayer Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Excellent news that she is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Know what you felt..been there, done that with three of them..my oldest thought it was his obligation to run into something if it did not try to get out of the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 She's OK and nothing else really matters.Take nothing for granted, Days like this focus our perspective! The things that truly matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD Niner Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Been there, done that! Four times in fact. Trust me, those kinds of calls do not get any easier. I'm glad your daughter is well. The damage to the vehicle can be repaired or it can be replaced. That your daughter is safe is the only thing that is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Glad to hear she is ok. All you can hope for is that when they wreck them, they don't get hurt. Both my kids had accidents in their first year. My oldest son rear-ended a car and totalled mine, exactly 1 week after getting his license. (also uninjured) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Glad she is alright! I've decided that when my daughter reaches the age to where she will likely get a license, (given that there are still gasoline and not pixie dust powered vehicles at that time), she will be driving the heaviest, beefiest, tank-like, metal monster (with airbags) allowed on city streets. Mass seems to equal survival in the physics equation of car wrecks. Maybe by then, the $12.88 per gallon cost of gasoline will limit her trips as well as she gets to fuel her ride on her own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 (edited) Glad to hear your daughter is okay. I remember when I got my call when my (then) 17 year old got shaken up by a bee in the car and drove off into a ditch. One never likes to be reminded of the mortality of our children. Never. (Edited because I have the basic grammatical skills of a three year old.) Edited July 20, 2007 by Neomet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 So glad she is ok!! Both of my sons have had rollover crashes..both were pretty much ok.. and at about 17 18 years old. Those are real hard phone calls to cope with. Chalk up one more for guardian angels. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Glad to hear your daughter is alright. All these posts give me one more thing to dread about my kids growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 John, Glad to hear she's okay. Not glad to hear she had any accident at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmd Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 John, Happy to hear your daughter is OK. So it looks like Dave L. will have to be you match chauffeur. C-you in VT.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Glad to hear she's okay. That's really all that matters! If there's a good thing about it, it may be that she's less likely to be intentionally stupid while driving now that she's seen what can happen. I was in a pretty bad accident when I was 18 (not my fault) and it certainly calmed me down just as if I'd been doing something dumb...it also reinforced seatbelt use as I would have been going to the hospital/morgue rather than riding in a wrecker if I hadn't been wearing mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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