I Didn't Mean To, Really

So I did something bad. I think.  It was totally an accident.

Speaking of accidents…..I had one. I rear-ended someone.  They were in a pretty nice car (an Audi).  I say “they” because I will never know if it was a man or a woman, because the person didn’t stop.

I’m thinking that maybe he (let’s just go with that) thought it was a hit and run. Eek.

Let me back up to explain….

On Thursday I was driving home from work on a very busy street here in Arizona.  I was behind two cars.  The car in the very front all of the sudden slammed on his brakes and did a quick turn at a light onto a small side street.  That meant that the car in front of me had to slam on his brakes too.  By the time I reacted, it was too late, I hit him.  

My immediate response was to turn at the light, to get off the busy street.  I thought that the guy I hit (even though he was in front of me) would too since he hadn’t passed the turn yet.  Well, he didn’t. He just drove off.

I turned the corner and found a place to stop and just sat there and waited. I thought for sure he’d come back. I got out of my car and surveyed the damage, not too terrible thankfully. Just some light scratches on my bumper that I can hopefully buff out.

It would have taken maybe a minute for him to turn around at the next light so I waited about ten minutes and he still didn’t come back. I decided I would go look for him at some nearby parking lots (there was a small business nearby and a hotel across the street). Nothing.  The guy just disappeared.

I feel so terrible.  I wonder if he thought I was just leaving???

I really did sit and wait for him.  I just instinctively turned thinking there was a lot of damage to my car and I should get off a busy street!

Do I do the wrong thing?!?

(Also, I just noticed this will be my 100^th post. Of course it would be about something like this!)