Sunday, October 01, 2006

Life is SHORT.. LIVE IT... SAFETY FIRST !

Well saw the date and realise i havent been blogging for a long time.
Guess i am bored of my own whining for the same thing over and over again....
Always no one to share my tots and feeling, joys n sadness with...
Nearly had a accident today while coming home from Bedok to Hougang via TPE.
Had wanted to find someone to share my near accident and hopefully hear some familiar voice to calm me down... But again... how can a loner find that SOMEONE? Noone was available for me again. So here i am relating to my NEW 19" Samsung LCD TV MONITOR what happens...

Today is a saturday and my colleagues had agree to meet up for a cycling session @ ECP. Dark clouds started to gather ard 12 noon and was raining DINOSAUR and GORILLAs by 1210... Had wanted to give up the idea of meeting up but resisted as i do wishes to have friends to hang out with. Check the online weather reports and it say will last until 3pm only. TOOK a bet as the rain started to quieten down also. 1240... Went out to send my dad to his work place so i can use the van. Upon reaching BEDOK i saw DINOSAURs and GORILLAs again and this time they are accompany by Ms WINDY and boy is she FIERCE.
When i came down from sending my dad to work, the rain started to quieten down again and i believe its a heavy downpour that was passing thru Singapore. (140pm)I take the regular route home via TPE. Was deciding on exiting via Old Tampines Road or via SENGKANG as i got to pick Kelvin up. Decided on SengKang as i am not really on time. Was driving at 65-70KMpH as the rain was pouring still(Getting heavier). (150pm)Den when i reaching the exit point i suddenly saw the Taxi BRAKES LIGHTs came on and i saw something below its Bumper knocking. Den came the Brakes lighs of the car in FRONT OF ME !!!! I STAMP DOWN !!!! I could feel the rough pebbles scratching my BARE tyres as my van jus wouldnt STOP !!!! My dad had warned me earlier as my van is TOO EMPTY and thus too LIGHT !!! No Friction for the brakes to work properly.... I skidded for like 5METERs !!!! For roughly ard 1-4M i was skidding in a perfect straight line. as i near the vehicle in front of me, I PANIC !!!! I am crashing into him soon IF i dun stop. I Check my Rear mirror, side mirror, realise the car beside and behind me are slow enuff and have sufficient space to brake, i STEER RIGHT with my van still skidding..... I stop JUZ beside the car... Phew... I MAKE IT .. den i saw her... Sitting on the ROAD... Quickly i park my VAN on the road shoulder and hurried down to help her... I believe she skidded. Carrying her to the road side she keep saying "pain" " pain".. "call my mama". Taking the number frm her, I call and her DAD pick it up. Told him the location of ware her daughter had the accident. By then there were like 4-5 people helping her out. Picking her bike up and checking her out and calling the ambulance. I decided i am kinda useless to be der since she is taken care of and decided to be on my way..
AM i being irresponsible??? TO me i felt she was taken care of thus i left... Not much i can help with either...By then the traffic had become a LONG DRAGON.... I dunoe if its becos of the location near the exit or issit singapore style.... KPO ! but by the time i pass by TPE again.. the traffic stretch as far as to Old Tampines Road Exit... For those who stay that area... u shd noe how far that is....
Looking back now.. its sometimes really difficult not to believe in fate... Maybe she did soemthing wrong and her god is punishing her seriously but not fatally. The cab had DRAG her bike for 2M or so... Imagine if she was on her BIKE or she was the one being DRAG.... Man i would still be trembling now...
So guys.. NO MATTER wat you do or WAT u planning to do... remember SAFETY FIRST. It may juz save ur LIFE.
When its RAINING DONT SPEED... and for ur info I M NOT SPEEDING !!!
BUT its my fault i miscalculate the effect of a LIGHT EMPTY VAN.
Now is oreadi midnite... but yet i still dread DRIVING even though i use to love it. IT may need some time to get used to for now... It was really scary to be NEALY involved in a accident and a very bad memory to have of a bike being drag and a bleeding ger who cant use her leg sitting in the middle of the ROAD.

I hope that the ger will be alright and all road user will look out for one another. NO MORE irresponsible/Reckless and "STREET-RACERs" drivers please.

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