There is a sound
17 October 2008 20:04![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denSo I'm driving home from work after picking up a well-read bat from a local book shop. (Travel section, Australian Touring Maps.) The afternoon was warm and dry, and the traffic was slowing down for a round-about. I saw the traffic stopping, so I stopped.
There's a sound you never really want to hear when you are driving; the sound of four wheels locked into a skid. There is something about the sound that you just know you're going to be involved. In the words of Batty Koda from Fern Gully, "This is gunna huuuurt!"
I pushed harder on the break, possibly to make the car behind me stop faster. It didn't work, sadly.
So this car
hit my car
quite hard.
In fact, he hit me hard enough to push my car
into the car in front of me
There is another sound that occurs when this happens. It's a dead slience broken only by cooling metal and the tinkle of glass.
The Police were called, of course. I was lucky because my pushing on the break had braced me against the seat and head-rest, so when the crunch happened I sank into soft Toyota seat and head-rest goodness. And when I hit the car in front I hardly stressed the seat belt. And the air-bags didn't go off. Which is nice.
My car is driveable despite the damage. The boot, bonnet and doors all open and close, and after a little work with 100mph tape
I was off. What you can't fix with duct tape, you can fix with a hammer. And if you can't fix it with a hammer then it's an electrical problem.
First stop on the way home was to buy some essential supplies.
The bat is fine. I remembered to put my hand on the box to stop it from going flying. I'll feed her then take her back down-town in my brother's car for release.
There's a sound you never really want to hear when you are driving; the sound of four wheels locked into a skid. There is something about the sound that you just know you're going to be involved. In the words of Batty Koda from Fern Gully, "This is gunna huuuurt!"
I pushed harder on the break, possibly to make the car behind me stop faster. It didn't work, sadly.
So this car
hit my car
quite hard.
In fact, he hit me hard enough to push my car
into the car in front of me
There is another sound that occurs when this happens. It's a dead slience broken only by cooling metal and the tinkle of glass.
The Police were called, of course. I was lucky because my pushing on the break had braced me against the seat and head-rest, so when the crunch happened I sank into soft Toyota seat and head-rest goodness. And when I hit the car in front I hardly stressed the seat belt. And the air-bags didn't go off. Which is nice.
My car is driveable despite the damage. The boot, bonnet and doors all open and close, and after a little work with 100mph tape
I was off. What you can't fix with duct tape, you can fix with a hammer. And if you can't fix it with a hammer then it's an electrical problem.
First stop on the way home was to buy some essential supplies.
The bat is fine. I remembered to put my hand on the box to stop it from going flying. I'll feed her then take her back down-town in my brother's car for release.
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 09:17 (UTC)**big hugs**
AAMI love
Date: 17 Oct 2008 09:23 (UTC)Even so, my car is bent and I'll be without it while it's at the panel beater's.
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 11:08 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 11:31 (UTC):-) xo
you poor dear!
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:15 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:18 (UTC)(Taricha, not -really- stalking you from Skyrates...)
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:46 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:22 (UTC)I'm glad you're okay, and that the bat is too.
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:54 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:36 (UTC)Glad you and the bat are all right! *Hugs*
And yes, duct tape can fix anything. From holes in a couch to temporary joist repair for faulty plumbing.
First time I have sen is used on a bumper!
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:37 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 19:25 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Oct 2008 03:07 (UTC)The police have one.
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 07:51 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Oct 2008 08:49 (UTC)8)
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 13:13 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 12:55 (UTC)Glad you and bat were ok...although she's probably muttering to herself something about having stopped to look for directions and next things she knows she's in a car accident!
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:15 (UTC)well I am rather glad that neither you nor the bat were hurt..
that would suck...
btw, according to Jackie Boyce, Monika (from ltuae) died while on hols in germany 8-(
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:18 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:19 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:26 (UTC)Beer was probably an excellent idea. Muscle relaxant, after all.
Good luck with the car and collecting on the other guy's insurance.
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:46 (UTC)What was your jackass's excuse?
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 00:42 (UTC)I'd have thought the line of stationary traffic in font of him might have been a clue.
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 03:08 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 13:57 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 17 Oct 2008 22:30 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 16:08 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 18:08 (UTC)I have to say, though, that you blokes have got the most AWESOME police cars. Light bar AND bubble-gum machine, 4x4, push bar and a winch on the bumper.
"That's not a
knifepolice car? THIS is aknifepolice car!"no subject
Date: 18 Oct 2008 00:34 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Oct 2008 18:13 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Oct 2008 03:54 (UTC)Where did the accident take place? Was it someplace I'd driven through/around a fair bit?
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 04:28 (UTC)http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=-32.249915,148.611331&spn=0.002028,0.003455&t=h&z=18&sid=114486564936720584558.0004597f7cfd7db8a5f22
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Date: 18 Oct 2008 05:26 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18 Oct 2008 13:43 (UTC)Nobody around here seems to pay attention to what they're doing when they drive. They're either blatting on the cell phone, eating a sandwich, in an animated arm-waving argument with the person in the passenger seat (gesturing with both hands!) or they're driving a Buick... which almost always means they're at least 98 years old and no longer able to SEE the road, let alone pay attention to it.
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Date: 21 Oct 2008 07:00 (UTC)no subject
Date: 21 Oct 2008 09:57 (UTC)