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First Traffic Accident Witnessed

Around 9-9:30pm, my colleague was driving a Hyundai and we were 3 mins away from home on the highway in Tampa, Florida; just when we made our second last turn before going back to our Rocky Point Island, I experienced my first closed encounter with an accident and so as in America! Our car was making a left turn while another car in the inside lane was trying to go straight. As you will imagine, the vehicles "kissed"! We were very lucky that the speed of both of the car was rather slow possibly due to the steep turn and also the unfamiliarity to the local traffic for both drivers.

Since that was the first accident my colleague had also, so he wanted to make sure everything is done correctly though it only created a small scratch on the left side of the car and thankfully nobody was hurt. So we ended up pulling both cars off from the highway and waited on the grass aside the intersection or the "venue", and waited for the cop to come. Of course, my colleague made calls to the Police Department and so as his insurance company. It was funny that since the intersection is between the areas where the State Police (highway patrol or whatever it is called) and the local county police; thus he was being diverted for a few times. Anyway, the cop finally came after a long wait. After a brief understanding of the accident, he decided to file a traffic form for us (for the insurance!) and basically letting everybody go.

Well, afterall, all what I could recall is waiting and waiting; but it was a "good" learning experience, as I would never know how it actually should be dealt with. And it was good that we learnt it from a minor collision.

posted by CalvinCK @ 10:30 AM