testmeat photoblog

so i was driving home from work yesterday, i got to a fairly big roundabout and stopped at a red light in a lane going straight ahead. i looked to my left and saw a big lorry in a left only lane indicating my way, he then proceeded to act on his indication and drove into my side, crushing my wing mirror and scraping the front, left side of my car. as i sounded my horn, he stopped and i moved forward to get out and inspect the damage. my wing mirror was hanging by a thread and a big metal chunk had come off his lorry. he got out as well and proceeded to have a go at me for damaging his lorry. i think he was arguing that because he had indicated, he was allowed to change lanes so it was my fault for being in his path. i say i think this was his argument as it turns out he was from ecuador, driving a spanish lorry and didn't speak a word of english. the next 45 minutes spent trying to exchange details wasn't particularly fun. still, i'm impressed that my little fiesta managed to come off better and take a chunk out of his truck!

as i made this black and white, here's the original image