Being in these Sasa debates for a few times til now, I believed everyone of us had chaired and became the timekeeper of the event. Doing so, we had a chance to listen to a portion of the debates that had been going on for the past two days.. and to be honest, (if you really listened to the debates and verdicts), for the winning teams, its the points and the righteousness of their points and thoughts that won them their debate.
For what happened just now, I wasn't very clear as I was busying calling my dad. Seemingly, everything was settled ( for the meantime ), but I would guess that the samsengs would make a least one last call to try the get the most out of us.
Together with Lenard, we went home and together with my family, we took things to the negotiation table at the living room.
This is my side of the view at that time,
Firstly, I wasn't panicking at all in the car, I didn't know that we actually got hit. When I saw someone approaching, with my deep yet blurry sounding voice, I warned us to lock the cars immediately.
I hope you guys will remember this.. and equally, I am also basing my own driving experiences in what had occurred just now.
1.
As the people behind were panicking, it came to my mind that 'Wait, didn't that guy hit our bumper, who's at fault now?' It really REALLY came to my surprise that they even dared to open their mouth ask for compensation for medical fees. Are you fucking kidding me. Though that, its a normal behaviour for us to get scared as due to our current situation of fitting 8 people in the car.
My dad's counter:
It's probably a scam. They hit your bumper, therefore they were clearly at fault. It weren't logical and legit if we were to put things like 'Breaking the rules on the road' and being involved in an actually 'Accident'. Both situation actually involved different mechanism whereby 'Hey, although we were having 8 people in the car, we were driving at 30km/h.' We CLEARLY DIDN'T make a sudden stop anyhow and they were at fault to not take notice of our car. So even if they reported us about having 8 people in the car, there weren't a direct relation to the accident we are having. So there's nothing to be afraid of.
2.
When I was making a phone call to my dad, I heard a lot of panicky voices and some really dangerous decision-making like 'Get down the car' and 'Oh shit, It's my fault'.
Counter:
For those of you who had not met this type of situations yet.. Please REALLY BEAR IN MIND that the first thing when you hit someone or someone hits you, no matter intentionally and not intentionally is to calm down and drive to the roadside. If someone hits you from the back, first thing you guys should do is to look in the mirror and RECORD DOWN the number plate. It is the paramount procedure for every occurrence in accidents. Next, if someone approaches you, just wind down your screen and try to negotiate it or delay the conversation to somewhere bright or crowded in people. Don't ever come off your car, even if they forced you down. Try to delay matters or if possible, convince them to settle the incident at the nearest police station. This is to ensure you can buy some time for yourself to call and get your parents involved and avoid unnecessary engage with the unknowns.
Scams like this always happens. We often hear and glance through the newspapers with topics and headlines highlighting the incidence of 'Fake accidents' resulting in things known as car robbery. We were actually lucky to have 8 people in the car according to my dad. They didn't get the chance to really make a move. Let's just say what if they came up with parang? The world its not nice you know.
Also, think properly. If his buddy was injured, don't you think he would care more about the buddy then to get that rm 300 medical fee? Would that let us go that easily? What about the broken lights and broken parts and bits of motorcycles? From that, my dad came to the conclusion that
1) The injury was fake
2) They were trying to scam us for a sum of money, seeing the condition we had been in
3) The whole scheme was planned
For me, after the lecture from my dad.. I'm sharing this view here to everyone of you who had yet to involve in something like this. Most of you seasoned drivers might know this already but I doubt that any of you who wasn't in this shit before would be able to think rationally when this really occurs. Always bear in mind that, whenever someone bangs you and there's a group of suspicious people coming your way.. Just get the number plate and go. No people would bang your bumper for nothing, unless its drunk. So always keep yourself on your toes whenever your driving and really, CHILL and MAKE A QUICK THOUGHT.
I had been through one myself and obviously I panicked. Luckily my mom was trailing me right behind and I managed to escape even the negotiation part.
We all know when we are right and when we are wrong.. nothing happens without a reason. Don't jump to the conclusion so quick. If there weren't calm people among us just now, we would have considering paying the RM 300 for an accident that they had clearly created.
That's all for tonight, I wish all of you happy holidays. (:
*Every lesson learnt = experience gained in life
