Accidents Could Be Expensive

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Formal Outline Assignment Nearly all of us have made mistakes while driving. Maybe we have driven too fast or gone through a red light. Sometimes these mistakes are harmless, but at other times they can be a real headache. My traffic accident was expensive, embarrassing and painful. First of all, the case of getting into an accident can hurt your budget. The ticket or citation, was really expensive, it cost me about $400 dollars out of my pocket. Also, the insurance premium went up for the next 12 months. Besides of that, I wasted a lot of time dealing with the process of getting different estimates and also to go to court. In addition to the expense, pride can also get hurt as people drive by and stare at the accident, causing a big jam of cars. Also, by instruction of the policeman we had to move to the side, because if not we would had cause another accident besides of mine. I even noticed that another guy passing by was filming with his cell phone. Also, it is really hard for people to admit to each other that they had made a mistake on the road. Also, a ticket made me feel like I was being punished for something you didn’t mean to do. The worst part of my accident was the pain. I went thru head injure, which from that had eight stitches to my head, headaches for several days, and also was nauseated the rest of the week. Besides of my head injure, also had a fracture in my left leg. Because of this, had to get a surgery in my left knee, this caused a lot of pain and therapy for a full year. It took me three month for me to be able to use my leg in the same way as before the accident. On the other way, I had to depend on people to help me walk the first two weeks after and beside of that, the pain pills made me drowsy and I had to take them every four hour even though they made me feel so bad. In conclusion, I’ll never forget this
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