It was about 3am on a Sunday morning when a friend was dropping me home after a late 'yum cha' session. At that kind of hour there is bound to be some mad drunk fellas driving at what they might presume as the speed of light, it always happens and that early sunday morning didn't prove to be any different. It was along the LDP highway we were in the slow lane taking our own sweet time as we were in no rush whatsoever to get home, and just when we approached the LDP underpass (at DU) a Proton Gen2 on the fast lane that was speeding hit a small puddle of water. And immediately the tail of the car swung...This was mainly because the underpass happens to be a tunnel that curves with little dips in the road. The driver must have not been holding his steering wheel tight, or if that weren't the case then he should really think about changing his tyres if he intends to drive that fast again.
So anyway, right after the driver lost control of the car (which was exactly right beside us) my friend was quick enough to press on the brakes. The Gen2 proceeded to skid, entering our lane and slam into the wall. However due to the speed he was travelling in the impact was not enough to stop his car and because the driver reacted to counter-steering the car, the car then swung right and slammed into the divider before finally swinging back to the left lane and slamming hard against the wall...and then and only then did it stop. As we passed the wrecked Gen2 in and underground tunnel we took a peek to see the condition of the driver and passengers, and we only saw a single person in the car who happens to be in the front passenger seat and was definately unconscious. Either the driver wasn't wearing his seat belt and got thrown into the passenger seat or that is indeed the passenger with the driver no where to be found. We were moving very slowly out of the tunnel when a man started to run in our direction (against traffic) on our lane...and to our surprise there was another accident that occured at the top of the underpass.
Talk about some live action shit happening right in front of your face. I know that we were both just dumbstruck when that happened, we just sat in the car that was travelling no faster then a crawl, and we just witness something that you'd probably only see in the movies. We were grateful however that the guy actually counter-steered his car (although bad for him), because if he didn't the car would have just spun out of control and the chances of his car turning to against ours would be highly probable. And if that really were to happen i wouldn't be blogging about this right now in the comfort of my own home...hell i don't even know where i'd be if that really happen. So lessons to be learnt, never speed on roads that you aren't familiar with...if he were to have known the road better he would have known that there was a small dip which can cause a driver to loose control at such high speeds. Another lesson is get better tyres la if you wanna ber-racing racing all, so small puddle of water also the car loose grip already meh??? Of course the best lesson to be learnt is don't speed la...so with that i'm gonna sign off with some words of wisdom.
So anyway, right after the driver lost control of the car (which was exactly right beside us) my friend was quick enough to press on the brakes. The Gen2 proceeded to skid, entering our lane and slam into the wall. However due to the speed he was travelling in the impact was not enough to stop his car and because the driver reacted to counter-steering the car, the car then swung right and slammed into the divider before finally swinging back to the left lane and slamming hard against the wall...and then and only then did it stop. As we passed the wrecked Gen2 in and underground tunnel we took a peek to see the condition of the driver and passengers, and we only saw a single person in the car who happens to be in the front passenger seat and was definately unconscious. Either the driver wasn't wearing his seat belt and got thrown into the passenger seat or that is indeed the passenger with the driver no where to be found. We were moving very slowly out of the tunnel when a man started to run in our direction (against traffic) on our lane...and to our surprise there was another accident that occured at the top of the underpass.
Talk about some live action shit happening right in front of your face. I know that we were both just dumbstruck when that happened, we just sat in the car that was travelling no faster then a crawl, and we just witness something that you'd probably only see in the movies. We were grateful however that the guy actually counter-steered his car (although bad for him), because if he didn't the car would have just spun out of control and the chances of his car turning to against ours would be highly probable. And if that really were to happen i wouldn't be blogging about this right now in the comfort of my own home...hell i don't even know where i'd be if that really happen. So lessons to be learnt, never speed on roads that you aren't familiar with...if he were to have known the road better he would have known that there was a small dip which can cause a driver to loose control at such high speeds. Another lesson is get better tyres la if you wanna ber-racing racing all, so small puddle of water also the car loose grip already meh??? Of course the best lesson to be learnt is don't speed la...so with that i'm gonna sign off with some words of wisdom.
"Ingat Jalan Raya bukan Litar Lumba"
No comments:
Post a Comment