Accident

Last Sunday, an accident occured while we were on our way back to Malacca from Klang. It was raining on that night. We have just turned into the exit to the Ayer Keroh toll when suddenly we saw a vehicle lying horizontally and blocking the one lane road leading to the toll gate. I assumed the driver lost control of the car. There were one bus and two cars stopping behind the car. We have no problem stopping as we have already saw the car from a distance. Then suddenly, two motorbike came in very high speed. One narrowly missed our car and the second motorbike rammed into the back of our car with a loud bang. The impact of the collision sent him flying into the bushes.

We got out of the car to check on the person and also to inspect our car. We asked whether is he ok and whether he needs to go to the hospital or not. Luckily he sustained only minor injury. Then his friend who was able to avoid the crash came back. We checked on our car and noticed that the rear light and the bumper were broken. We asked for compensation. A professional assessment done on the spot estimated the cost of repairing the car to be around RM500. He said he is a student and has no means to pay the compensation. Then he called his brother on the phone to meet us after the toll gate. So, we retained his IC and driver's license and went to the meeting place separately.

We waited for almost 1/2 hour before his brother finally come. He brought along his damn fierce friend. The brother claimed that he is a policeman.We would have manage to get the compensation if not because of the interference by his stupid friend. After alighting from the car, he immediately rushed over to have a look at the damage and with his loud voice, he asked us to go to the police station to lodge a report. He said we have commited CRIME by retaining the student's IC. He was trying to intimidate us.

Since they want to lodge a report, we have no problem with that. We did not commit any offence since he is the one who came crashing into us. The only problem is that they will not pay any compensation. So we went to the traffic police station in Bandar Hilir. When we reached there, it was around 12.30 am. However, we were unable to lodge the report there as the police claimed that it is not under their jurisdiction. They asked us to go to the traffic police station in Alor Gajah which was so far away. For me, the layman, I would think that the accident happened in Ayer Keroh since it was at the Ayer Keroh exit. But they said it was still under Alor Gajah as we have not passed through the toll gate. We tried to persuade them to settle the issue without lodging a report. We have to go to Alor Gajah to lodge the stupid report and moreover, he will be blacklisted, and his points will be deducted and worst still, he have to pay for the RM300 compound if we lodge the report. We asked them to just pay the RM300 to us instead of paying for the compound. We have nothing to lose if a report is lodged. We will not be affected by the report. The only thing we will lose is time. But they refused. Since it was very late and the place is so far away, we decided to only go to Alor Gajah the next day.

Since the next day is Monday. we planned to go to Alor Gajah very early before leaving for work. But we were unable to wake up on time and thus decide to only go to Alor Gajah in the evening. On that day, his sister called. If I am the one who answer the call, I think we will have an intense shouting match. She asked why are we stopping in the middle of the road. What A STUPID QUESTION!!! The conversation was more or less like this:

Sister: Kenapa awak berhenti kat tengah jalan?

Hubby: Ada sebuah kereta terlentang di tengah jalan. Di belakang dia ada sebuah bas dan dua buah kereta. Mereka pun berhenti. Kalau saya tak berhenti, saya nak langgar mereka kah?

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She was also triying to show off. She really pissed me off. She said this:

Sister: Kalau report, saya tak kisah sebab saya kenal orang. Boleh settle. Tak ada apa-apa.

Her brother was the one who is at fault. Why the hell are they talking like he have done nothing wrong??

Since she like to show off so much, we just let her talk. When she have finished talking, we told her this.

Hubby: Lepas saya turun dari kereta, saya terus pergi tanya sama ada dia ok tak. Dia nak pergi hospital tak? Saya tak minta dia bayar dulu. Yang penting orang kena diselamatkan dulu. Duit boleh cari lagi kemudian. Tapi sekarang kereta saya betul-betul kena langgar. Total baiki kereta RM500. Awak cuma perlu bayar saya RM300. Yang lain saya bayar sendiri. Lampu rosak. Bumper pun rosak. Awak boleh tanya adik awak.

Finally, she agreed to compensate us RM300. Issue settled!!