We were involved in a car accident yesterday. No one, except the cars, was hurt.
Jon was driving. We went to PJ to have dinner, then to Kepong and when we got back to Cyberjaya, we met this ‘great’ driver – best driver we’ve seen in our lives!
The road was on a curve, and it was one of those typical two-way roads, with one lane on each direction, and a double-white-line in the middle. Let me say that again – double white line in the middle!
The driver was driving smoothly on our lane – across the white line; and there was no car on his lane, so he wasn’t overtaking anybody!
Common sense, and sufficient marks in the undang driving test, told Jon to always turn the steering wheel and evade to the left in an emergency situation. But this driver, being exceptionally brilliant, turned right - his right, which was our left.
We collided head-on.
Fortunately, both cars were on emergency brakes, so the impact was minimal. Jon got off the car, went over, and screamed at the driver. It was understandable, this was more than just crashing a car – it was Agnes’ car, and the responsibility to protect it was his.
The rest of us exited the car too, and checked the damage. Jon’s car was in better shape – only the lights, bumper, number plate and hood was damaged. We checked the internal stuff such as the engine and everything, and nothing was visibly damaged.
The other car was less fortunate. Apart from similar damages as ours – but in a worse state; it’s also got its windshield slightly cracked, and smoke was rising from inside the hood, it smelled bad.
The driver was a foreign student – a Black guy. Probably a student from MMU or Lim Kok Wing. He was apologizing profusely, explaining that, in his country, the steering wheel was on the left, and he wasn’t familiar with our roads yet.
Great reason – I bet he didn’t even have a driving license!
Minutes later, came a guy with another car – another foreigner, probably an Arab. Apparently, the Black guy’s car was a rental car, and this other guy was the person who ran the rental business.
The scene was ludicrous – we had thought that this guy would, like, totally defend the Black guy – after all , he was his client, and that was his car; but we were wrong.
He yelled at the Black guy in tones much scarier than Jon, the rest of us, and Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu combined, and ordered him to get into the car while he settled the matter with us.
The Black guy had said that it was his fault, and had wanted to deal with us himself; but the other guy was all like: “You just get in the car! Go now! I’ll settle this and you follow me afterwards!”
At one point, the Black guy got impatient with the other guy’s rude attitude, I thought we were going to witness a fighting scene – but the Black guy sort of gave in.
The other guy was also polite to us. He said he would take full responsibility for the damages and that he would compensate. He said that there would be no need to make a police report. All he wanted was we settle this fast, before the police arrived.
The intention was obvious, if you ask me – his car rental business was illegal!
He said that he had a workshop, and he could send it there for us and he’ll repair everything at no cost to us. We said no, obviously. Jon said that he would send the car for repair ourselves, and the guy said: “OK OK, no problem, you just send it for repair and give me the receipt.”
We didn’t trust him, so Jon demanded that they pay at least RM300 first, and we would settle any remaining costs later. The black guy said that he only had RM200, and the other guy was constantly rushing us to settle this so that they could leave before the police came.
I had a bad feeling about this; I’ve never trusted people in situations like this – but I guess we had no choice.
Jon took the RM200, got the contact numbers of both the guys, and we left. He said that he will get the money from them in the next two days.
We’ll have to see.
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