Younger son in car accident

As if I haven’t got enough on my mind at the moment, Tony, my youngest  crashed his car last night.

I didn’t even know he was out. He went outside to do some work on the car and then took it for a run without telling us. We were sitting quietly after having tea when the phone rang. Hubby answered and came back and told me Tony had broken down.

"He can’t have done. He’s out the back." I said

Hubby started rushing around and I asked what was wrong with Tony’s car then he just blurted out, "He’s crashed it, but it’s ok he’s alright."

It turned out he was going too fast round a corner to find a Land Rover in the middle of the road waiting to turn right. He braked hard but, realising there wasn’t time to stop, he kept his head and steered round it scaping both the Land Rover and a car coming the other way. It could have been so much worse.

He came home really upset. He was going to see a flat today with his girlfriend but now felt he had ruined everything as his insurance will surely go up and his car isn’t drivable. He said he had wrecked his life. I pointed out that he was ok and so were the other drivers and that was what really matters. Now he has to learn from this and stop driving too fast. His brother pointed out that it’s only money and he has a job with overtime available. He can get by. His dad and I praised him for keeping his head. If he had hit the back of the other car it could have been much worse.

I am also wondering why there wasn’t room for him to steer round the other car on the left. The insurance company brought that up when he called them, but we’ll leave it to them to sort out. All three drivers decided not to call the police as no one was hurt.

His dad took Tony to town today where he got a bus to his girlfriends. They are still going to see the flat. She was very mad with him when he called her last night, which is understandable, but I really think she should be glad he is ok, I know I am.