Post Accident Trauma
We got into a minor accident with the car on Friday.Ambrose was literally driving his first 200m with the car at the Cedar Point car park, getting used to the controls, when this crazy Chevy came out of a side road and got into our path, when it should have stopped. We slammed into the side of the other car, and our front bumper was slightly damaged. It was a good thing we were going really slowly, but the other car was going way too fast for us to react.
Looking back, I'm quite ashamed with how I reacted to the situation. Instead of being concerned with how everyone was. I slammed the dashboard, muttered some expletives and got out of the car to confront the driver, who turned out to be a young girl, about my age.
The cops happened to be in the area, and wrote up a report promptly, confirming that we were not in the wrong. It was such a frustrating morning.
All is not lost though. Interestingly enough, our insurance coverage could come up to be about 900 bucks, according to our mechanics estimate. We bought the car for 1000US, and if the insurance claim is approved, we could very well get back close to the full cost of the car. The damage done is merely cosmetic, so I don't think we intend to use the insurance money to repair it.
This whole incident has taught me how much more I have to learn when it comes to patience, and looking back, we were really fortunate to get away with just a damaged bumper. If Ambrose was travelling any faster, the other car would have smashed into the side of our car instead, and that could have been a different story altogether. I really have a lot to thank God for, for protecting us this far.
This comes on the heels of some really bad news we heard a few days back, before the Straits Times mentioned it. Apparently, a 21 year old girl from NUS on the same Work and Travel Programme that we're in, died in a car accident in Canada, while on the way back from shopping, to her work place in Alaska.
On another note, Jem, Jerald, and the rest of their UMich gang came down from Ann Arbor today. It was really good to see more Singaporean faces. It's only when you're abroad when you hold on to your national identity more.
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