Another first!

We got in our first (and hopefully only) car accident last night.

Mimi had finished a meeting with her volunteer group, SACS (Send a Child to School).

I met her on the walk back to the apartment from my office. We grabbed a taxi to go for dinner. It was rush hour. We thought it would be a slow drive as a result. No, we happened to get the Mario Andretti of BA for a taxi driver.
I had just commented how fast he was driving when he slammed on the brakes.....but not fast enough. The VW in front of us had stopped for traffic. We tapped his bumper.

The driver of the VW hopped out, took a look at his bumper and 'then the fight started'. He and the taxi driver start yelling at each other. The taxi driver never got out of the car. They just kept yelling at each other.
The taxi driver thought for a bit to drive away but he was boxed in by traffic and then the VW driver pulled out his camera phone and started taking pictures. Finally, our taxi driver provided his licence details and we finished the drive to the restaurant. The rest of the drive was a rant (in spanish) how he never touched him!

The whole time they were yelling at each other, the meter was running.

Our first car accident experience in Argentina cost us an extra 2 pesos - less than a buck.

Lately, we have been reading about some big vehicle wrecks here in Argentina, mostly on the highways.

I would say we were lucky.

Footnote: After we had finished dinner, two friends walked into the restaurant - we asked them to join us. They sat down and proudly showed us their new ARG driver's licences. After this ride, we wont be getting our licences any time soon!
B.