An Accident That Should Happen, But Didn't.. I Wonder Why
Have you had an accident that when you think back, you were actually the luckiest person in the world at the time. Any minor changes in the accident may resulted in you being ... well, dead.
Yesterday, there was an accident involving one of my tankers. Leaving the details out, I can say that the driver was very lucky. Any wrong action at the time, he will be dead for sure, plunging into a cliff nearby. The pictures above showed the trailer disconnected from the prime mover (the front part of a tanker). Alhamdulillah the driver was not hurt and all palm oil were recovered. Happy ending.
Back to the topic, I personally have had a lot of near (death) experience. Not that I am seeing the light or anything, like there's one time, I was driving back from Kedah to Johor. I am very sleepy at the time, suddenly I realised there's a lorry approximately 100 meter in front of me. I hit the brake immediately and manage to stop exactly behind the lorry. (the lorry was moving very slowly). Shocked, I headed to the nearest RnR and sleep for over two hour there. Apparently I'm down with fever, not any fever - the dengue itself. But that's another story.
In my opinion, there are two ways you can react to this.
- You will be braver, and eventually become those of Mat Rempit or Tokyo Drift material.
- or you can do this. Imagine that the near miss "fatal" accident is actually a warning given by the Almighty, probably it would sound like this - "If you doesn't change the way you drive or do things... that exactly what will happen in a day or two. Don't say I didn't warn you then."
Labels: accident, Experience, Islam