after going to visit my dad this afternoon, my daughter and i were headed to irvine to pick up a new computer for her. on the 91westbound, there's heavy traffic but we're moving along. some asshat decided he wanted to find some secret route around the traffic, so while he was in the fast lane, he decided to go left onto the shoulder around the traffic. unfortunately he had nowhere to go and had to slam on the brakes. in the process of him being a dork, he swerved right back into the lane where another car already was. car #2 had to slam on his brakes and moved right to avoid being hit. lane #2 was right where i was driving, and while i slammed on my brakes, i had nowhere to go (since i didn't want to be a pinball). i hit his back right with my front left. we were able to pull over to the right hand shoulder. he was a 20 year old kid and was wearing pajama pants, really fuzzy ones. he felt bad, but he and i were both caught by the clown who was in a hurry. we exchanged info and took pictures, and called CHP to take a report. i get to spend tomorrow morning with my insurance agent going through a stupid process that shouldn't have happened.
the moron who caused it all never stopped and drove off scott-free, likely unaware of what he caused by being in a hurry during heavy traffic.
no one was hurt, and my car was drivable enough to get to irvine and back to home. today was also my 28th wedding anniversary with my wife. not how i wanted to end the day.