Crash...
Had been to Bandipur with my friends over the weekend. The trip was eventful, mostly in the good way but there was one moment early on the first day that threatened to ruin the fun. We had a road accident on the way to Mysore... the damage was almost totally only on the car, not to mention the (injury to the) confidence of my dear friend who was driving at the time.
Now that I look back at it, considering I was the closest to the damage it seems more like an ordinary event rather than something that should have scared the life out of me.
The accident involved a truck that was making a 'U' turn. We were traveling at a good speed at the time and even honked a few times, he had clearly shown the turn indicator but for some reason stopped for a moment. This made us think that he would wait for us to pass, then he started moving slowly forward... couple of seconds later we were breaking hard but not enough and crashed right into his left wheel.
I was sitting at the front left seat at the time and now that I think back to the incident, this accident could have been far more serious if it wasn't for some quick thinking from my friend Suhas, who was driving at the time. If we had missed the wheel and hit the 'belly' of the truck, most certainly the people in the front row would have been crushed!
The positive of the whole thing was that it got me to test my sense of humor under extremely stressful conditions. I was making jokes about "seeing the light" about 5 min after the accident :P
Well so much for the damaging part of the trip, will upload pics form the trip a bit later(got some good ones this time :D ).
Now that I look back at it, considering I was the closest to the damage it seems more like an ordinary event rather than something that should have scared the life out of me.
The accident involved a truck that was making a 'U' turn. We were traveling at a good speed at the time and even honked a few times, he had clearly shown the turn indicator but for some reason stopped for a moment. This made us think that he would wait for us to pass, then he started moving slowly forward... couple of seconds later we were breaking hard but not enough and crashed right into his left wheel.
I was sitting at the front left seat at the time and now that I think back to the incident, this accident could have been far more serious if it wasn't for some quick thinking from my friend Suhas, who was driving at the time. If we had missed the wheel and hit the 'belly' of the truck, most certainly the people in the front row would have been crushed!
The positive of the whole thing was that it got me to test my sense of humor under extremely stressful conditions. I was making jokes about "seeing the light" about 5 min after the accident :P
Well so much for the damaging part of the trip, will upload pics form the trip a bit later(got some good ones this time :D ).