Last week I had a run in with a garbage truck. Not a serious one, but it made an impression on my Subaru. I had given one of the volunteers from the nursing home a ride home, and after we had visited for a bit, it was time for me to head home. It turned out that it was garbage day, so the garbage truck was also slowly moving down the road. The men had a lot of work to do as there hadn't been a pick up for three weeks. As I was leaving, the garbage truck was just a few houses down from my car and was parked diagonally. I couldn't get by. After some time they had picked up a small area behind the truck so that one car could pass at a time. I didn't really want to do that because there was still a good amount of trash on the road including a few glass bottles... but soon other locals were choosing this route and I realized I needed to as well. I started to drive through and in my efforts to navigate through the pile well, I ran into the back of the garbage truck with the side of my car. The garbage guys just shook their heads at me, and then straightened out my mirror for me. Then, I backed up and continued on my way. In the end, the car has a few small marks and I will know better how to drive around the garbage truck next time. :-)
The Subaru
I like to think of this as a racing stripe rather than a scratch
This is the part that got stuck on the truck :-)
