After a hiatus from blogging, today (or rather last night, since it's already past midnight) was so eventful it deserves a page on this blog. Arggh, I got into a car accident! The 2nd one in my life...the 1st time I met one wasn't so bad. A van bumped into me when I was on my way to work, and he eventually paid cash for my repairs lah.
But this time round, I'm the unlucky one at the rear end =( Just left school and was driving back home along ECP....then suddenly I realised the car in front of suddenly stopped, & as hard as I jammed on my brake, I couldn't stop in time...and kissed the rear of the Toyota Wish pretty hard. Lucky no one was injuried though, but I was super distraught - called my in-laws immediately to seek advice on what I should do. Lucky one of my classmates was in the car (but unlucky for him though...i still feel so bad for wasting his time) and he helped me take pictures and note down particulars of the other 2 drivers while I was trying to sort out other stuff on my end. Coincidentally, there was a toll truck on the left side of the expressway, and the people were nice enough to suggest that I drive my car away from expressway and park somewhere with less traffic, and that they would follow me from behind. The truck even helped me blocked the traffic when I needed to filter lanes..such warm help from fellow roadsters, I really appreciate it - God Bless them!
Laterwards, I bumped into car driver #1 (there were 3 cars involved in the accident, mine takes queue # 3) at the shell station off bukit batok west ave 3, and then car driver #2 (the owner of the car which my dear Colt couldn't help smacking hard till its front sank in) called me and also turned up at the petrol station. I later found out that apparently, there were 2 other cars before car driver #1, and the first of the 2 cars actually stopped suddenly and switched on the hazardlights for no rhyme or reason. Then when the car pile-up occurred behind, a mechanic showed up and recommended drivers #1 and #2 a vehicle workshop and gave them namecards as well. So it seemed that the car accident might have been deliberately planned by some low-class workshop that is looking to earn $$ via underhand means.
But regardless whether the event was a set-up or not, it does not disregard the fact that I should have been a safer driver. The roads were wet (though rain has stopped) and I should have exercised extra caution. My father-in-law & uncle later told me that one should always try to keep to middle lane, and the extreme right lane is only for overtaking. Well...I will try to adhere to that rule, but sometimes cars in the middle lane go really slow, u know! & when I'm rushing for time...especially with the east-west route I have to take 4x a week to school....the drive is already so long, I just have to drive a bit faster. But point taken, I will try to be more careful in future.
Right now, I'm just stressing about my daily commute to school. Wah, public transport involving bus-long MRT ride-bus doesn't seem too appealing, yet it seems really extravagant to be taking cab to & fro, especially if I have to call cab after class. And it doesn't help that projects and assignments are due next week, and exams are scheduled the following week...so I need as much time as possible to do my work. But I'll see how, hopefully my insurance policy provides a replacement vehicle, and hopefully (fingers crossed) the car repairs will be completed quickly.
Sometimes I wonder why such 'suay' events must happen to me...why must add spice into my already very hectic student life. But I always believe (whether happily or grudgingly) that some things just happen for a reason, and I'd rather a minor accident occur then for something worse to occur. So that's my attitude to life...I may not like what has happened, but it could have turned out uglier, but thank God it didn't...at least no one was injuried, drivers #1 and #2 were pretty nice about it and even bothered to ask whether I was injuried..and lucky I also had the company of a nice classmate who helped me sort out stuff and stayed with me till my father-in-law and uncle arrived.
So I guess the 'morale of this story' is that some things happen for a reason, and hopefully everything cloud will have a silver lining!
But this time round, I'm the unlucky one at the rear end =( Just left school and was driving back home along ECP....then suddenly I realised the car in front of suddenly stopped, & as hard as I jammed on my brake, I couldn't stop in time...and kissed the rear of the Toyota Wish pretty hard. Lucky no one was injuried though, but I was super distraught - called my in-laws immediately to seek advice on what I should do. Lucky one of my classmates was in the car (but unlucky for him though...i still feel so bad for wasting his time) and he helped me take pictures and note down particulars of the other 2 drivers while I was trying to sort out other stuff on my end. Coincidentally, there was a toll truck on the left side of the expressway, and the people were nice enough to suggest that I drive my car away from expressway and park somewhere with less traffic, and that they would follow me from behind. The truck even helped me blocked the traffic when I needed to filter lanes..such warm help from fellow roadsters, I really appreciate it - God Bless them!
Laterwards, I bumped into car driver #1 (there were 3 cars involved in the accident, mine takes queue # 3) at the shell station off bukit batok west ave 3, and then car driver #2 (the owner of the car which my dear Colt couldn't help smacking hard till its front sank in) called me and also turned up at the petrol station. I later found out that apparently, there were 2 other cars before car driver #1, and the first of the 2 cars actually stopped suddenly and switched on the hazardlights for no rhyme or reason. Then when the car pile-up occurred behind, a mechanic showed up and recommended drivers #1 and #2 a vehicle workshop and gave them namecards as well. So it seemed that the car accident might have been deliberately planned by some low-class workshop that is looking to earn $$ via underhand means.
But regardless whether the event was a set-up or not, it does not disregard the fact that I should have been a safer driver. The roads were wet (though rain has stopped) and I should have exercised extra caution. My father-in-law & uncle later told me that one should always try to keep to middle lane, and the extreme right lane is only for overtaking. Well...I will try to adhere to that rule, but sometimes cars in the middle lane go really slow, u know! & when I'm rushing for time...especially with the east-west route I have to take 4x a week to school....the drive is already so long, I just have to drive a bit faster. But point taken, I will try to be more careful in future.
Right now, I'm just stressing about my daily commute to school. Wah, public transport involving bus-long MRT ride-bus doesn't seem too appealing, yet it seems really extravagant to be taking cab to & fro, especially if I have to call cab after class. And it doesn't help that projects and assignments are due next week, and exams are scheduled the following week...so I need as much time as possible to do my work. But I'll see how, hopefully my insurance policy provides a replacement vehicle, and hopefully (fingers crossed) the car repairs will be completed quickly.
Sometimes I wonder why such 'suay' events must happen to me...why must add spice into my already very hectic student life. But I always believe (whether happily or grudgingly) that some things just happen for a reason, and I'd rather a minor accident occur then for something worse to occur. So that's my attitude to life...I may not like what has happened, but it could have turned out uglier, but thank God it didn't...at least no one was injuried, drivers #1 and #2 were pretty nice about it and even bothered to ask whether I was injuried..and lucky I also had the company of a nice classmate who helped me sort out stuff and stayed with me till my father-in-law and uncle arrived.
So I guess the 'morale of this story' is that some things happen for a reason, and hopefully everything cloud will have a silver lining!
