A Near Accident

Today was the last day of my finals!! Well, during this whole examination period I had the 'luxury' of driving to Uni. Nothing occured, I drove safely, reached uni safely, reached home safely.

Today... something extraordinary happened to me while I was driving. And I can guess that this happens to, like, a very small percentage of drivers who drive daily. On the federal highway, being the slow coach that I am, I drove on the most left lane following a lorry in front of me. I kept a safe distance, remembering what I learned during driving lessons about distance for 4 metres per second.. sth like that.

So there I was happily driving at 70km/h (Yes, I know. It's slow!!) behind the lorry. Out of the blue, some tube like things fell down from the lorry, on to the road, directly in front of me!!!

I got the shock of my life!!

I couldn't really stop.. and I couldn't switch lanes as there were cars and these tube things were rolling everywhere!!! So know what I HAD to do? I rolled over those stuff. I don't know exactly what they are. But I think they're made of hard cardboard like materials. It's bout 1-2m long, imagine your used toilet roll.. except way longer... So I drove over it la..

What could I do? Then the lorry stopped one side to pick up the stuff.. some I guess, would have been squashed by me.. I didn't stop. Not my fault. Theirs for not securing their property. In fact I can sue them should any harm befall me because of their falling stuff.

Anyway, I was a lone girl with a wira versus two men and a lorry. No way am I stopping to assess any damages. Even if it is their fault, which it is!!! My poor car... I think it should be hurt quite badly underneath.

I was shaking after that. Stopped by one side to calm down before continuing to Uni. Terrbile... haha. Thank God my bumper didn't get knocked off!

Comments

Lai Tee @ Grace said…
OMG!!
Dear, I hope nothing happen to you and the car.
That is dangerous!! luckily you keep safe distance...but still, it's unavoidable...highway some more..sure can't avoid 1..you should avoid lorry...whenever / wherever you drive..to avoid this dangerous 'accident' !!
Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:39:00 PM
chian said…
FINALLY, a post!! yay~ your exams had finished!!
try not to follow a lorry...I never like tailing behind a lorry...first, they're slow; 2ndly, u cannot see what's on the front; 3rdly, yeah, accidents like your case do happen..
Monday, September 24, 2007 1:02:00 PM
Kath said…
lai tee

Yea, I'm ok. Learned my lesson adi.. going to stick to middle lane of federal from now on. Haha. Car's ok.. sending for service soon.

Dark-echo

Yup, my exams are finally done with!! Hooray.. as long as I don't have to take supp. I will not tail tehm anymore or go near them.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:16:00 PM
JeNz said…
*hugs* glad that you are fine! really!! it's so dangerous..so don't tail them anymore darling!
Friday, September 28, 2007 2:15:00 PM
Kath said…
Jenny

Yea haha I definitely won't.. Keeping my distance and shifting to the middle and fast lane from now on..haha.
Friday, October 05, 2007 12:57:00 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

To Mr. KT

This post is written in honour of (no, scratch that), is written with the objective to give someone a piece of my mind. (Want my cerebrum or medulla oblongata?) Firstly, this person complained that I did not update my blog often enough. Then he said, "Kenny Sia updates everyday." Yeah right, it's not everyday la Tai Kor! And why compare me to him? I'm so tiny and puny in the blogsphere. Heh. Anyway, I'm super busy and super tired and has had no inspiration whatsoever to blog about anything till today. (Thanks to somebody...) Before I go into the second part, for all those who have yet to hear about it, (it's been publicized in her FB), my sister, Eileen is now formally engaged to her sweetheart of six, seven years. Congrats to my dear dear sister. Finally, eh? Hahah. The second part is related to this. Not referring to my sis, but me. Our good friend who complained that I don't update often, had the gall/balls (Grr...) to 'insult' me. When I sh
Read more

Of Vampires and Werewolves

I've never really been an ardent fan of the Twilight series(boo...says you). And I have no idea why some girls go gaga over Edward the vampire. He looks so paste-y with the bloodshot eyes (yea yea he's supposed to look that way). And bleah! I think he looked way hotter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Cedric Diggory . That, I can go gaga. But in Twilight??? The romance between Edward and Bella is fine. Romantic, mushy and cliched. Heh. But there's nothing much for me to shout about. (Sorry to the ardent fans, esp to my three sisters. Ha.) This year, the next sequel in this series is about to be released tentatively in November. Known as New Moon , the title is definitely appropriate since the werewolves play a bigger role this time. I didn't read any of the books in the Twilight series though my sisters finished the whole lot of it. So there's no doubt I have no idea of what's going on in the next book. But judging from this trailer of the next sequ
Read more

My Future???

After thinking for a while, (ok, not a while but many whiles) I have finally decided what to do after I graduate (hopefully) in May this year. I have narrowed it down to two options. Sigh. Either I continue my studies and proceed wtih Masters (God, help me..) or I apply for this work and travel thing to US for six months. Will see how it goes... see which comes first. If it's the latter, I'd most probably miss my Convocation. If the former is first, the latter will no longer be on my list. We'll see we'll see. :) P/S: Applying for masters has nothing to do with what the government has allocated to help the economy.
Read more