Nov 25 2009

Sometimes You Just Wish It’s Burnout: This Morning’s Highway Accident

Published by tokyo_nights at 11:26 am under Musings, Sony PS3

I bore witness to an accident around 7 this morning on the LDP highway. A car was speeding on the fast lane into the bend right after the Kelana Jaya LRT station, before hitting the central divider, blowing out the two driver side tyres, damaging the undercarriage and trashing the front bumper.

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There were sparks as the car grounded to a halt, and I saw all of this in real time through my rear view window (I first noticed the car as it was going really fast). This is more like something I encounter in Burnout Paradise (the video game) where car crashing is de rigueur.

The highway was slippery after last night’s rain and what was going through the driver’s mind, hugging the inner lane and going through the bend at high speeds? That’s a recipe for disaster. I saw how the car twitch when it got too near the divider; it was probably the driver reacting but that was too late.

I hope that the chap is OKAY and that the incident didn’t cause a traffic jam for the rest of you guys this morning.

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3 Responses to “Sometimes You Just Wish It’s Burnout: This Morning’s Highway Accident”

  1. IMCurtain.comon 25 Nov 2009 at 11:30 am

    Nine Over Ten 9/10 » Sometimes You Just Wish It’s Burnout: This Morning’s Highway Accident…

    I bore witness to an accident around 7 this morning on the LDP highway. A car was speeding on the fast lane into the bend right after the Kelana Jaya LRT station, before hitting the central divider, blowing out the two driver side tyres, damaging the u…

  2. kitkaton 25 Nov 2009 at 11:54 am

    wa…the roads are so slippery and wet…we should all drive slowly and steadily to avoid accidents……hope the driver is ok…

  3. tokyo_nightson 26 Nov 2009 at 12:32 am

    @kitkat: yeah. but seriously he shouldn’t be speeding in the first place

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