American Made Meets our Intergalactic Wonder and Wins

Last night Tyler and I were tearing the house apart looking for his money clip. It is such a pain to lose your wallet and we were trying to avoid all the hassle of cancelling cards and getting a new license. So we decided to jump in the car at about ten to go look at his work and the local grocery store. No luck at the work place so we jumped in the car really quickly to run to the store. As we were heading down main street we approached a light. We then saw a black Lincoln truck begin to make a quick lane change, but she didn't stop and turned into the intersection. We were already into the intersection when this happened, so obviously we crashed right into the car. Our car immediately stopped. Shocked that we both were ok (despite not wearing our seat belts....so so so bad of us) we jumped out. The Saturn was done. I was freaked out. The lady in the truck was not getting out. This frightened me a bit, but soon she jumped out completely unaware of what had happened.

This is where the story gets me angry....

I knew from the minute she stepped out that she was under the influence of something. She was slurring her words and didn't even realize that our car was crumbled in the middle of the road. The officers arrived, took our statement, and then paid very little attention to us. They said it was obvious what happened and we should just head home. I felt like we didn't get the kind of attention we needed.

This morning we had a lot to take care of. We first headed to the police department. Here they had no report filed. NOTHING WAS DONE! They confirmed that the women was arrested for a DUI. At this point I was just angry. Still very little could be done so I headed to work with a very sore back and pounding headache. I decided to look up her booking to the Iron County Sheriffs office. This was not a good idea. This is where I saw that she was also charged with NO PROOF OF INSURANCE.

This raises my next question: If she can't pay for this I have to make a claim on my insurance that I am "required" to have. However, I make this claim and my insurance company is going to punish me by raising my premium. How is it that just because she doesn't have it, she won't have to pay? Yet, we pay for our insurance every month and we could be penalized?

I have to keep reminding myself how very lucky I am that Tyler and I walked away with only a few bumps and bruises and a lot of soreness. We were being watched over and are so grateful that Heavenly Father was aware of us!

Now I will wish a farewell to our wonderful, reliable Saturn. She will be missed.