Hi guys,
Pretty pissed off at the moment but let me tell you what happened yesterday. Had training to do at the Cape Town Lodge which ended at 3pm.
Left the parking bay, turned into Buitengracht. Driving at 60-70 km. Still in Buitengracht, about a hundred meters ahead there was an intersection and I see a black Renault Clio. Now the driver decided to take a chance and cross the intersection but then his car stopped half-way across the rd because he sensed he wouldn't make it ! Fuck. My car slammed into his, at around 50-60 km's ! The impact of the crash was immense.
Both of my air bags went off. Smoke everywhere. It felt like there was a small explosion in my car. After around 3 seconds after the impact, I couldn't breath and got out of the car due to the build up of smoke. I had these burn marks on my arm, not sure how that happened but it must have occurred sometime after the air bags violently blasted out.
The guy asked me if I was okay. No, I wasn't okay. I was fucking upset. Admittedly, his car was more badly damaged than mine given that I hit him on the side. I fractured my thumb and had a few burn marks. He was not injured. I couldn't drive my car. I assumed there was a fire in the car due to the smoke but it was the air bags (have never been in an accident so I didn't know what the smoke was).
So you guys can imagine, I'm in Town, in Buitengracht, in the middle of traffic, scorching hot. Both cars are just in the way, I'm unable to move the car. His car is fucked, can't move and we are both just waiting for a tow truck to sort this out. Around 45 minutes of hell later (people swearing at us and pulling fingers and asking us to get the hell out the way ) a tow truck came along. We exchanged information.
The guy was an Indian, his uncle came along to help him out and told me not to worry, that accidents 'happen'. It really pissed me off. I did not vocally say anything as I was still in shock, but deep down, the guy was in the wrong.
Phoned my insurance company (Budget Insurance) and they are tell me an assessment will be completed on Tuesday. My car is a white BMW E90. Only the front of the car was damaged (I think), the front bumper was sort of fucked, the sensor on the front looked messed up and a couple of big dents in the paint work. Both air bags went.
So that was my day yesterday. How was yours ?
Pretty pissed off at the moment but let me tell you what happened yesterday. Had training to do at the Cape Town Lodge which ended at 3pm.
Left the parking bay, turned into Buitengracht. Driving at 60-70 km. Still in Buitengracht, about a hundred meters ahead there was an intersection and I see a black Renault Clio. Now the driver decided to take a chance and cross the intersection but then his car stopped half-way across the rd because he sensed he wouldn't make it ! Fuck. My car slammed into his, at around 50-60 km's ! The impact of the crash was immense.
Both of my air bags went off. Smoke everywhere. It felt like there was a small explosion in my car. After around 3 seconds after the impact, I couldn't breath and got out of the car due to the build up of smoke. I had these burn marks on my arm, not sure how that happened but it must have occurred sometime after the air bags violently blasted out.
The guy asked me if I was okay. No, I wasn't okay. I was fucking upset. Admittedly, his car was more badly damaged than mine given that I hit him on the side. I fractured my thumb and had a few burn marks. He was not injured. I couldn't drive my car. I assumed there was a fire in the car due to the smoke but it was the air bags (have never been in an accident so I didn't know what the smoke was).
So you guys can imagine, I'm in Town, in Buitengracht, in the middle of traffic, scorching hot. Both cars are just in the way, I'm unable to move the car. His car is fucked, can't move and we are both just waiting for a tow truck to sort this out. Around 45 minutes of hell later (people swearing at us and pulling fingers and asking us to get the hell out the way ) a tow truck came along. We exchanged information.
The guy was an Indian, his uncle came along to help him out and told me not to worry, that accidents 'happen'. It really pissed me off. I did not vocally say anything as I was still in shock, but deep down, the guy was in the wrong.
Phoned my insurance company (Budget Insurance) and they are tell me an assessment will be completed on Tuesday. My car is a white BMW E90. Only the front of the car was damaged (I think), the front bumper was sort of fucked, the sensor on the front looked messed up and a couple of big dents in the paint work. Both air bags went.
So that was my day yesterday. How was yours ?
