Sunday, August 3, 2008

Forget TURBO, NOS and SUPERCHARGERS !!

So here's a story of what happened to me ytd.
It was about 8pm when i came back from pc fair with ben ytd, and i was driving back to subang on the federal. So the right lane was quite smooth hence i changed laned and was driving at a constant 100kmph. all was nice and mood in the car was jolly.

Suddenly all hell broke loose when one b!tch of a thing driving a white wira just stoped for no apparent fu*king reason. The car behind the b!tch managed to stop in time but the 3 other cars behind were of a smaller gap and every other car after that had to press their brakes to the full end.. i knew this coz i could hear the multiple tyres screeching.

Immediately, ben shouted and called me to stoped... Moving at a speed of 80 or 90, i had just 100meters or less to come to FULL STOP.
thanks to fast reflex of both me and ben(not joking, not bragging), i pulled my gear all the way down to 1 and slammed the brakes, while ben pulled up my handbrakes and i moved my car a little to the left hence avoiding the car in front of me by a few inches.
It was seriously just a matter of inches !!

I am not kidding when i tell you that i almost crashed into a car in front of me..
and thankfully, there was no car behind me.

My car skidded, swerved and almost totally crashed.. im really glad and thankfull to everything.. the coincidence, the reaction, the luck... but not the noob driver who wants to speed with a 95" wira without knowing how 2 drive.

So.. after deep and long thought, i'd just say this.. forget the turbo, forget the nos, forget the turbochargers.. and forget about everything else that helps get ur car move from 0 - 100kmph in 3.5seconds..
If you have enough money.. invest in something that'll help slow your car from 100 - 0 kmph in 3.5 seconds instead.. it'll probably save your life one day !

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was not your fault in the first place....remember the 2 seconds and 4 seconds rule?? I think this incident really show us how dangerous driving can be, even more dangerous than cancer, tuberculosis, HIV, or an amok Andrew. We love you Andrew. WE really do. =)

Anonymous said...

By the way, its Kin Man as Anonymous. I din know how to put name at first.

Janning said...

my my! words of wisdom! erm i'm talking bout your last line. it is indeed...wise! *hormat!!!* =)

andrewL said...

You have no idea how lucky i am to come out of this unscratched..
its like a miracle.. all the coincidence..
nowadays i respect and treasure life a little more..
coz i feel like the days im living today is like a gift.. seriously...

after this incident i just feel like anything can happen anytime. i might die tmr, mayb day after, nothing is certain..

ppl say "dont live life with regrets"...
i think that its fine if you get to live life with regret, coz as long as ur alive, you get a chance to correct all the mistakes u've made..
the real issue is to die with no regrets.. and anything can just happen to anyone at anytime..
So the next time any of you ppl decide to take an action or NOT take any action.... think about what i said

Janning said...

another post of wisdom.. =) well done drew.. =) and indeed...what u said is nothing but truth.. =) heheh. i've said it to you already and i'll say it again, i'm just glad you're ok. =) thank god!

iC3_sHiN said...

Glad you are safe
~ai xin~

Anonymous said...

Hey Andrew..glad that you're safe. It was a really close call. Wise words indeed..! Usually something significantly bad has the miraculous power to turn our minds around. =| Drive safely ya!