Bumped!

Sufficed to say I have had better days.

Much preperation for a presentation on the importance of internet-campaigning to a number of constituency Labour party chair's this afternoon in Crawley.

If only I got there.

I set off at 12.45pm; stocked up with petrol on the Maidstone Road and proceeded up towards the roundabout.

It was busy; the Rochester Girls Grammar School had an event... traffic was heavy.

After getting past the first roundabout I was caught on the slip road above Junction 3 (M2) before it happened - my first ever car accident. You hear of these things, but never think, it could happen to you...

Luckily it was at low speeds, and involved a third party having tried to cut in front of three moving vehicles as the roads merge into one, causing us to all suddenly break. The culprit of course never stopped but left in his/her wake a trail of bumped cars - my Peugeot coming off by far the worst of it.

The police were on scene remarkably quickly and handled it very professionally, which is nothing less than can be expected from our thin blue line. Details exchanged, a curteosy handshake with the other gentleman involved in front, and company parted. It could have been so much worse... and I was grateful that actually, whilst my car has suffered damage, it is a financial cost rather than a human tragedy.

The moral of the story is be very careful; there are some lunatic drivers out there.