bang!

i brought mum and the maid out for dinner this evening. we were at the traffic light chatting away and waiting for the traffic light to turn green when… bang!!! a car rammed into mine from the rear. and the impact was so huge that everyone in the car lunged forward. mum got a rude shock and for a long while after that kept talking about it. as for the maid, she was similarly shocked but recovered much more quickly. thankfully, she was in the car to calm mum down as i went out to settle the issue.

it was a young lady that banged into my car. she walked out of her car totally dazed. i found out that it was the first time she had an accident and she had no clue whatsoever about what to do, what kinda info to collect etc… all she could say was i am so sorry i am so sorry, it was my fault i could't stop in time… and i had to take her through the whole process in the drizzle. 

her car was a mess. her bonnet was bend and steam was coming out of the radiator. and her air con stopped working and her car ramped into my bumper so hard that the car number got imprinted onto my bumper! as for my car, my boot was slightly dented and my bumper was scratched. from my initial glance, my car seemed to have suffered little damage. but i was sure the total repair cost would be costly cos looking at how the boot was dented and how the bumper had dislodged, some major knocking would be needed, or worst still, a total replacement of the boot. not to mention, the need to repaint at least the rear third of the car.

anyway, the inexperience of the lady came through when i suggested to her to let the insurance settle the issue. despite the total wretch her car was, she said… oh, can i check with my mechanic first and see if i want to settle this outside insurance. i was like… ooo… i really don't think you wanna do that… your damage looks like it will cost you quite a sum of money. i was sure it will cost her minimally 8-10k cos i had an almost identical experience with similar extend of damages to my car almost 12 years back. and back then, my car repair cost came up to 6.8k!

so… haiz… looks like i'm gonna need a time-break to repair my car next week… all the hassles. and oh yes, if i am not wrong, my insurance would allow me a replacement car during the repair period! let's see how things go… the silver lining out of this whole accident was that no one was injured. 

whew!

:-)