Yes folks its another driving story...
I'm roaring down the Penchala Link at 100km/hour at around 1am on my way home from a Smirnoff launch party when from out of nowhere a motorbike bursts into my lane. I get freaked and swerve right to avoid him...coming too close to the highway divider so I swerve left. As my car fishtails on the highway I hear my rear bumper hit the divider. Finally I'm able to come to a full stop in the middle of the highway facing the opposite direction, almost a full 180 degree spin. I quickly drive to the shoulder lest other speeding cars come down the highway. Thankfully there are no other cars immediately following me. A kindly motorist stops to check how I am. And I was just so happy to tell him I was ok!
Tha damage to my car is a cracked tail light and a scraped bumper and just now I filed a report at the police station in town for the insurance claim, which was another adventure in itself. I'm hardly in the city so I drove aimlessly for about 40 mins until I spotted a motorbike-mounted cop pull ahead in front of me. I started chasing him down, honking my horn and blinking my lights, wondering at the irony of a civilian chasing a policeman through the streets of KL. Finally he notices me chasing him (I think I scared him a bit), and after he pulled over, I got him to escort me to the police station (may hagad ako!).
At the police station, a "friendly" hustler helped me park and tried to suggest that I not file a report since I would get fined RM 300 for my carelessness, but rather I should just have the damage repaired by his shop for RM 500. I almost said yes because it sounded so deliciously anti-establishment when my brains kicked in and I realized that the repair would cost me RM 200 more than the fine. Duh.
The reporting system is pretty efficient, you type in your report in the "Car Accident Reporting System" or CARS for short (smart name, aint it?) instead of handwriting it and handing it to a policeman for typing which is the typical Philippine practice. Of course I didnt get fined at all, I was just asked to come back another day for the report accompanied by the digitally taken photo.
Just when I think its over, I try to find my way back home, squinting at signs along the way and of course I totally miss seeing an island on the road. I hear a "BAM!" when my car takes to the air and lands on top of the island. Its easy enough to get off.
If the planets are in retrograde, may they get back on track soon! Sometimes too much action isnt a good thing.
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