Today was not my best day.
So, here it goes.
It's about 12:30, it's sunny, roads are dry. Everything is fine, I'm with a friend of mine listening to kickass tunes perhaps too loud in the bright, flashy orange Cobalt. I'm waiting inline in a lane that joins the highway about 40 meters away, the woman in front of me is accelerating, I look back behind me, everything is clear, no oncoming traffic. So I accelerate, than I hear my friends shout "watch out!", I look in front of me, jump on the brakes as hard as I can seeing the woman decided to slam the brakes for no reason, but to no avail, BANG. I looked behind me for about a second, no more. I was accelerating, she was too, there was no traffic. Why did she brake? I have no idea. If the way was clear for me to go, it certainly was for her too. I can see the Cobalt's hood is not shaped round anymore, which is not a good thing. At that point in time the only thought I have is: F**k. The woman doesn't even react, she leaves and disappear in the distance. She leaves. It's criminal y'know.
There's a lot of traffic waiting behind me so I pull out of the way, accelerate carefully to about 50 km/h to eventually stop the car on the side of the road when possible. That's when the hood pops open, hitting the windshield, thankfully not breaking it, but blinding me, I put the hazards on and slowly brake taking care not to be hit from behind, I'm forced to stop the car in the middle of the right lane on the highway since I don't know where I'm going, I quickly go out, close the hood, hear that it closed properly, thankfully, and I manage to get back home at about 60 km/h.
Results: Well, between $2,500 and $3,000 in damage, furious parents, I have to pay them $500 cash to cover the insurances, and said insurances will raise by $700 next year.
I'm furious.