they have been telling me i needed new tires all winter. i ignored them cause i can find a zillion things i would rather spend money on. but after this morning, i think i will get new tires.
(this was posted on facebook too. but i like having a record here cause i read thru here more often and its far easier to find old entries)
my car spun out on the higway and the snow on the side was deep enough that it wasn't going anywhere without a tow truck according to the firefighters on the scene. i called for a tow truck and it was going to take two hours.
then the cops showed up a while later and tried to push me out to no avail. and then my battery died. while all this was happening, another car crashed into the fire truck. there were two other cars still stuck from earlier too.
the cops decided they were calling for a tow themselves (from the same company i called) to get cars off the road. in order for the cops to do this, they had to write me a parking ticket.
the cops then decided its actually not their jurisdiction and demanded cops from a neighboring city come deal with the mess. they argued back and forth for nearly an hour while 3 of us sat crammed in the back seat (their car was fucked and mine was dead with a window that wouldn't shut).
by time the cops finished arguing and called the tow truck, it was already on its way from my original call. so i ended up not getting a ticket or impounded. but the tow truck only wanted to pull me back onto the highway. he said if i wanted a jump for my dead battery, i would need to call back my insurance for approval.
the tow guy helped push the cop car out of the snow while i called my insurance to tell them i needed my battery jumped too. at this point i told progressive i simply wanted my car towed to my apartment instead. i then called my boss and said there was no way i was coming into school today.
the good thing is, my car is fine (minus the dead battery and tires which need replacing) and i am fine (minus slightly stressed).
(this was posted on facebook too. but i like having a record here cause i read thru here more often and its far easier to find old entries)
my car spun out on the higway and the snow on the side was deep enough that it wasn't going anywhere without a tow truck according to the firefighters on the scene. i called for a tow truck and it was going to take two hours.
then the cops showed up a while later and tried to push me out to no avail. and then my battery died. while all this was happening, another car crashed into the fire truck. there were two other cars still stuck from earlier too.
the cops decided they were calling for a tow themselves (from the same company i called) to get cars off the road. in order for the cops to do this, they had to write me a parking ticket.
the cops then decided its actually not their jurisdiction and demanded cops from a neighboring city come deal with the mess. they argued back and forth for nearly an hour while 3 of us sat crammed in the back seat (their car was fucked and mine was dead with a window that wouldn't shut).
by time the cops finished arguing and called the tow truck, it was already on its way from my original call. so i ended up not getting a ticket or impounded. but the tow truck only wanted to pull me back onto the highway. he said if i wanted a jump for my dead battery, i would need to call back my insurance for approval.
the tow guy helped push the cop car out of the snow while i called my insurance to tell them i needed my battery jumped too. at this point i told progressive i simply wanted my car towed to my apartment instead. i then called my boss and said there was no way i was coming into school today.
the good thing is, my car is fine (minus the dead battery and tires which need replacing) and i am fine (minus slightly stressed).
