Hi everyone I'm Laura Adams and you're listening to the Money Girl

Podcast no matter where you might be listening to this, maybe you're in your car or you're exercising or working,

I'm so glad to have you with me. I've got a quick announcement before we get started.

The 10th annual People's Podcast Awards are starting up right now.

If you've been enjoying the show, I'd love for you to take a moment and nominate Money Girl for

an award in the business category.

Nominations are open just until February 2nd, 2015,

and I promise it's really quick and easy to do.

Just visit podcast awards.com and enter Money Girl in the business category.

Then the actual voting part will take place later if we get enough nominations.

And I'd really love to be in the running this year.

Again, be sure the running this year.

Again, be sure to visit podcast awards.com before February 2nd, 2015 and nominate Money Girl

and all your other favorite podcast for an award.

In today's show, we're going to talk about something that may have happened to you in the past

or could easily happen to you in the future, and that's getting involved in a parking lot car accident.

I remember the very first car crash that I ever got into,

and yes, it was in a parking lot.

I was backing out of a space and didn't see the other car coming down the lane.

Oops. As you know, parking lots are very busy places with hurried drivers pulling into and out of spaces, pedestrians making

their way to and from stores, teenage skateboarders ripping around, and the occasional

rogue shopping cart.

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