If you ride a bike, please DO NOT speed
I know it's shiok to speed on a bike, all the wind blowing and the adrenaline rush. But it only takes an uneven road or a slight brush off another vehicle and your life will be gone.I witnessed a motorcycle crash today on the TPE. Ok not really the crash, but the aftermath of it. The body was on the right lane, his shoe on the centre lane and his bike on the left lane. I don't even want think how hard the impact must have been.
10 seconds before the crash, the bike overtook my car as though it was stationary. I was travelling at 120km/hr mind you. So you can imagine the speed of the bike, I reckon it's around 200+. Within 3 seconds the bikes were out of my sight already.
I was thinking at that time "Crazy Bikers, ride until so fast. So dangerous, one day surely accident one". And true enough, i saw his body roughly 7 seconds later ? If what happened was because of what I said, then i sincerely apologise. I only meant it as a remark and I didn't want you to get into an accident. Really..
Anyway I was driving at the same speed when i suddenly saw debris on the ground. My mind instantly thought of the bikers. Thinking that the debris might have been from the bike, I took my foot off the accelerator. Then I suddenly saw a body lying infront of my car. I immediately jammed my brake and swerved my car to the centre lane(I was driving on the right lane).
I managed to avoid him, but i guess i must have had someone up there looking over me at that time. There were 3 points that were crucial:
1) I was able to brake in time coz i wasn't dozing when it's already 2.30am. (I guess it's the Minty Mocha I had at TCC just before i went back.)
2) I was lucky there were no cars in the centre lane when i swerved. If not another accident would have happened. Involving me this time.
3) I was lucky my car didn't skid when i jammed brake and swerved to the left at the same time.
My heart nearly jumped out of my mouth at that moment. I was this close to just running him over and effectively killing any hope of survival he had. Then I saw the car involved, the motorcycle did not crash into the car. More accurately, the motorcycle brushed against the car coz i saw a small part of the exterior of the door had been sliced. This kind of accident could have been avoided had the rider kept to the road limit and not speed. It's already dangerous enough riding a bike, but to speed so ridiculously on it, you are practically inviting the god of death to claim yr life.
I'm not very sure if he had any pillion with him, but i hope he doesn't as I don't think it's fair for the pillion to sacrifice his/her life because of the rider's irresponsibility. This is also the reason why I keep stressing that I don't wish to take pillions when I do get a chance to ride a bike.
So i beseech everyone who's riding out there, spare a thought for your parents even if you don't value your own life. Who would be the most hurt if anything were to happen to you ? They worked so hard to raise you up and yet because of some senseless thrill, you put your life in danger. It's a very irresponsible and unfilial act.
It's only when something like this happens then you will realize that actually as long as nothing bad happens to you and when everything else is peaceful and smooth sailing, is actually good enough. The other positive things that come with it are bonuses.
Imagine if I happened to be dozing off while driving and actually ran over him. There would be endless trouble for me. I guess the money that i donate to NKF every month actually accumulated some "ying1 de2" for me and because of that I managed come through the incident unscathed. If a guardian angel exists, she must have looked over me today and I thank her for that.
I hope the rider manages to pull through and I wish him all the best.
Good Nite Everyone !
posted by `Cloud` @ 5:10 AM
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