MudHog
04-24-2004, 01:55 AM
Dear All,
Just collected my V last nite and this morning damned nearly butt kissed a Volvo V50 test drive car out of SM motors.
I was happily headed towards IKEA with my wife and kids along Alexandra Rd when this test drive V50 (just started advertising in ST this a.m. no less) came blasting out of SM straight into the middle lane I was on - - no signal.... nothing at all ! KNN... has not even owned the car yet, just test driving and already behaves like a dick !
OK, family on board.... keep cool... don't want the young boys to learn F-words from daddy yet...... Slow down and keep a distance.......
Then the dunghead started signalling right when he passed KM and his brake lights came on. I thot the f@rker was slowing down to turn right at the traffic light but he came to a DEAD STOP in the same lane, 100m before the traffic lights, 3 lanes away from the right turn lane. He was PARKED while I was still approaching. I had to stand on my brakes and evade hard left.
The moment I swerved off, I heard a really REALLY loud crunch.
Oh F@RK ! ! !
I thot I had hit the bastard. Or worse, someone on the left lane !
But looking in the rear view mirror, I saw a motor bike rider on the floor behind the Volvo. Quickly stopped before the left filter road to LengKee, hazard lights on, then got off to see if I could help. The biker was clutching his leg but a van driver had stopped and was helping him already. I remember some first aid lesson that if too many people crowd around a casualty, it causes anxiety that leads to shock. So I helped direct traffic a little bit instead.
The girl SE and the blur f@rk driver were walking about talking on their hand phones. They might have checked on the rider before I got there but I did not see them check on the man while I was there. Both were blur and pale as heck and walking about nervously. But when I asked, at least they had called for an ambulance already. I didn't stay too long as traffic sorted itself out quite quickly and what's more, I have my wife and kids in the car on a busy road side. Family responsibility beckons.....
The poor biker must have been behind me and when I 'siam', he went straight into the parked V50. You know the sickening part? The Volvo was hardly scratched in the bumper. By law, the biker was 'salah' because he hit the car from behind but this is really "wan ong".
I was just telling my kids that daddy is learning to drive the new car. I was just getting used to the size of the V but this incident has really given me some confidence of the V's steering response in tight situations. But this was not how I wanted to find out.....
Still "HENG... AHhhh..."
Just collected my V last nite and this morning damned nearly butt kissed a Volvo V50 test drive car out of SM motors.
I was happily headed towards IKEA with my wife and kids along Alexandra Rd when this test drive V50 (just started advertising in ST this a.m. no less) came blasting out of SM straight into the middle lane I was on - - no signal.... nothing at all ! KNN... has not even owned the car yet, just test driving and already behaves like a dick !
OK, family on board.... keep cool... don't want the young boys to learn F-words from daddy yet...... Slow down and keep a distance.......
Then the dunghead started signalling right when he passed KM and his brake lights came on. I thot the f@rker was slowing down to turn right at the traffic light but he came to a DEAD STOP in the same lane, 100m before the traffic lights, 3 lanes away from the right turn lane. He was PARKED while I was still approaching. I had to stand on my brakes and evade hard left.
The moment I swerved off, I heard a really REALLY loud crunch.
Oh F@RK ! ! !
I thot I had hit the bastard. Or worse, someone on the left lane !
But looking in the rear view mirror, I saw a motor bike rider on the floor behind the Volvo. Quickly stopped before the left filter road to LengKee, hazard lights on, then got off to see if I could help. The biker was clutching his leg but a van driver had stopped and was helping him already. I remember some first aid lesson that if too many people crowd around a casualty, it causes anxiety that leads to shock. So I helped direct traffic a little bit instead.
The girl SE and the blur f@rk driver were walking about talking on their hand phones. They might have checked on the rider before I got there but I did not see them check on the man while I was there. Both were blur and pale as heck and walking about nervously. But when I asked, at least they had called for an ambulance already. I didn't stay too long as traffic sorted itself out quite quickly and what's more, I have my wife and kids in the car on a busy road side. Family responsibility beckons.....
The poor biker must have been behind me and when I 'siam', he went straight into the parked V50. You know the sickening part? The Volvo was hardly scratched in the bumper. By law, the biker was 'salah' because he hit the car from behind but this is really "wan ong".
I was just telling my kids that daddy is learning to drive the new car. I was just getting used to the size of the V but this incident has really given me some confidence of the V's steering response in tight situations. But this was not how I wanted to find out.....
Still "HENG... AHhhh..."