A little whisper in the dark

Consequences

Its so easy to be carried away when you drive - the car is an extension of you, detached, but it amplifies your actions, yet remains under your control.

Most of the time, that is.

Recently one of my friends was involved in an accident where an out-of-control car ploughed into them as they were walking home on the sidewalk. It wasn't hard to figure out what had happened, I've experienced the effects of driving too fast down there. So it hits hard, when they tell me where that accident had occured.

It so easily could have been me losing control and ploughing into some innocent pedestrians on the side of the road. I was just lucky the car remained faithful for me. The amount of distance I cover a month is far and beyond what my other driving friends in Brisbane do, and I consider it nothing less than a minor miracle that I've thus far remained unscathed and unharmed from road incidents. If nothing else, just pure odds would dictate my number would come up sooner than the rest, wouldn't it?

But somehow me and my little old red car motor on, sometimes, when I'm alone in the car, I talk to her, I like to think that she listens, and that she does her part to keep me out of trouble, as long as I do my part and think of the consequences of doing something stupid when I drive.

Ultimately the problem lies between the steering wheel and the seat, and often it is too late for regrets, too late for guilt trips. I'm just lucky to have learned a lesson without paying for it, but at the expense of someone I know.

I wish you well.

posted by Chung Leong @ 1:17 AM