I’m alive!!!
No kidding… I am! Usually that doesn’t feel as spectacular, but two days ago a 40 ton truck hit me and smashed me into the car in front of me! Pretty much turned my whole car into a pile of scrap metal! And I got out of it with a lot of bruises (from the seatbelt) and sore muscles and a concussion, but nothing else!
Have to say – I never really cared about cars… but now I love my little car! I had a Mercedes A Class (the ooooold one), it has this “sandwich concept” where the engine is mostly under the passenger room and in case of a crash it slides under it completely protecting the passenger room by lifting it upward… well – I’m very happy to report: the concept works well! Almost want to locate the engineer who thought that up and kiss him or her!
I only bought the car because I got it cheap and its economic… but it turned out it was a good choice! To quote the firefighter: “You had a guardian angel on every free seat and probably a few more in the trunk!” With any conventional build car (except one that is extremely big) I would have probably lost a leg or two or my life or… don’t even want to think about it!
So yeah…. it’s fucking good to be alive!
So here is my homework for everyone reading this: Enjoy your life! Hug someone you like today! Or give someone a little bit of joy! Do something nice! Take some time for yourself – go eat an ice cream in the sun… or whatever little thing you like to do but never get around to do! And enjoy it!
ViVe
Wow! I was starting to wonder why there hadn’t been any files in a little bit, but I guess that’s a really good reason… Guess you made a good choice! I’m lucky, I haven’t been in any major crashes at all, although someone almost sideswiped me just an hour ago….
Yikes ~ !!! So glad to hear you were not more seriously injured. What a fantastic car design. I had not heard of this type of safety engineering.
WOW! That was close! Sorry to hear about this accident (and your car!). Now await for the new file!
FYI: Will you buy a new car later on or choose to travel with public transport?
So sorry to hear about your accident but I’m glad that you emerged relatively unscathed. It must have been frightening while it was happening.
Great to hear you are okay, I hope the muscles heal up and you are back to your normal self 🙂
I am glad you are ok!
wow. glad you made it out okay.