Car Accident #1 - aaaAAARGH! BLAM!

[samvara]

Friday night: Driving driving driving - BIG GREY ROO SHAPED THINGY BLAM! aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAHH.   Tiny, calm inner voice: Your brakes have locked. Take foot off, put foot on, pull over to side. Shake lots. Admire cloud of steam.

Doofus says it took no time at all and what I actually said was "Fuck" so all the screaming was in my head.

Drove South late Friday night and hit a big grey 'roo on the Albany highway about 50kms out of Armadale. The 'roo was toast, which was a relief as I have no idea how to administer mercy and was dreading finding it gasping out it's last pain-filled breaths. Had an awful vision of having to sit nearby knowing I was responsible for slow dying agony. That being said carrying it off the road was no fun either.

Have never killed anything before - mosquitoes don't count - it was self defence and I was afraid for my life! *cries like a girl*

Of the eight cars that drove past in the next two hours, six of them stopped and offered assistance. Am feeling very good about the rest of the world right now. The third one even had a mobile telephone with coverage with which I called a tow-truck and we then spent a cosy hour playing Animal, Mineral or Vegetable? and assuring passersby that we were OK. Doofus failed to get "Armadillo" until I was reduced to giving steadily less cryptic clues. Hehe. "Dave" the truck driver was a lovely man who told stories about terrible accidents he had visited all the way home then undercharged me for the tow. Sad to say: 3rd party, fire and theft does not cover furred parties (tee hee), does not cover towing. Backpay covered towing, currently own expensive pile of scrap metal. 

Left SMS's for people who might be able to drive me the next day then crawled into bed.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

Am glad that you are okay and that you have a tiny inner voice that knows what to do in emergency.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Thank you, am grateful for inner voice too.

Do you think making references to Spinal Tap -

Marty: Let's talk about your music today...uh...one thing that puzzles me
...um...is the make up of your audience seems to be ...uh...
predominately young boys.
David: Well it's a sexual thing, really isn't it. Aside from the
identifying the boys do with us there's also a re-reaction to the
female.....of the female to our music. How did you put it?
Nigel: Really they're quite fearful - that's my theory. They see us on
stage with tight trousers we've got, you know, armadillos in our
trousers, I mean it's really quite frightening...
David: Yeah.
Nigel: ...the size...and and they, they run screaming.


was too obscure a reference?

[ironed_orchid]

Do you think making references to Spinal Tap was too obscure a reference?

Yes

OH MY GOD!

[mr-booboo.livejournal.com]

*HUGS*

Are you OK? Any ouchies? Are you sore? Are you OK?

Re: OH MY GOD!

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Was shaken (not stirred) but am physically fine, car took almost all of the impact - and the poor 'roo.

Thank you for the love, was too busy on the weekend to feel sorry for myself and feeling calm about the whole thingy right now.

[haunted-attics.livejournal.com]

wobowikkles! Ahh! Just saw the icon of your car. Shit, you poor thing. I'm relieved you're OK, and god, just having to think about a situation where the kangaroo wasn't already dead.... ::shiver::

*Hugs you*

I'm happy that you ended up having a fun time anyway.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Nodnodnod, between this time and the next time I drive at night I want to know how to do the mercy thing - have had some ghastly suggestions from my evil baby brother.

Mmm hugs, thanks for the support.