x1000. This is how I got into my first car accident in Ohio when I was 18. On a rainy day during rush hour traffic, I was in the middle lane waiting to turn into a gas station.

I wanted to wait and didn't have any issue staying there until traffic cleared up, but the driver of an ambulance stopped in the opposite lane nearest to the middle lane and refused to move and let traffic go through.

It put a lot of pressure on me and people started to get angry, and thinking I was clear, I decided to go. Unfortunately, I didn't see the car that was trucking at 40 mph in the far lane. It smacked right into the side of my car and where my mother was sitting in the passenger seat. Both of us were OK, but shaken up and really upset because it could have been avoided.

I admit it was a poor decision on my part and I regret it a million times over, but it was a really pressuring situation. I was found at fault for it, too. Personally, I think the ambulance driver should have had some form of liability for creating the accident, because he was obstructing traffic and refused to let up, even when we were pleading with him to just go.

EDIT: I never go when people wave me on. Ever since that accident, I don't care if people think I'm an asshole, but I don't budge. One t-bone accident is enough.