Car Accident

Last week when I drove to Ann Arbor, I finally reached my second 88888. It was nothing special except that I took a picture of 88888 for my first car last time, so I wanted to do the same for this car as well:

(Yup engine light is on...had it checked and it was no big deal...)

Speaking of which, I have already put more than 5k miles on this car in less than half a year. Coupled with the miles I gained from my old car (>13k miles I think...in a mere 3 months!!), my total mileage (excluding those that I earned on other cars) would have let me complete about 70% of the journey circling the earth if I were to travel in one straight line.

That being said, having experience does not mean that you are less prone to accidents...conversely, as the Chinese saying goes: 上得山多终遇虎!

The accident occurred when I was driving Pei Ying, Huey Shann and Szu Ling to Meijer on Carpentar Road. It was raining, and I was driving on the outer lane of the southbound road. A cab cut into my lane from the right, and I was rather annoyed because he turned in rather abruptly. I did not slow down, and to be honest did not intend to due to my annoyance. Then it happened; the traffic in front of the cab stopped suddenly, and the cab tried to turn left in order to avoid ramming into the cars in front of him, but later decided against it and drove back to my lane. I hit my brakes hard, but due to the slippery road the car skidded forward instead of coming to a halt. My car finally dedicated its first kiss to the sweet ass of that cab.

I stepped out to check the damage, and thank god it was nothing serious. The cab's rear suffer a slight dent, and my left signal lights were shattered. The cab driver asked if I could follow him to Showcase Cinema, since there's where he's dropping of his customers. We went there, and had the police officer come and write a report. I could blame no one but myself for this totally avoidable accident, and I would like to apologize to my fellow passengers. Bright side: no one was hurt in this incident.

So yeah no doubt that ruined my day.

Epilogue: Firestone managed to find out a series of problems with my car when I sent it to them for the signal bulb fix and oil change. Fresh off from an accident, I decided to get most of the critical stuff repaired. Together with the citation (because ass-kissers are always at fault), I had to shell out a total of 1500 USD...yup right now I am still getting sporadic coughs of blood.