Pop! Car Bang Me.

If you are driving along a straight road, the traffic light at the junction ahead of you showing green, what do you do?
I went straight through.

If, as you are entering the junction, you notice a car barelling down from the opposite lane and suddenly turning into your direction at high speed, what do you do?
I anticipated a collision.

Now I ask you:
If you have the right of way on a straight road, and this car turns in at a high speed, without signalling, and smashes into the side of your car, sending you skidding/swerving/spinning (I can't remember which) about 10m diagonally down the road. Who is at fault?

According to logic, the driver who smashed into your car.

According to the Malaysian justice system, NOBODY.

Pictures to follow.
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update:

Look at the following pictures and tell me if it seems like the car that hit me was moving at a "slow, cautious speed" as claimed by the driver.

And if you have doubts about my claim that the accident was entirely due to the other car ramming into mine, take a gander at the front of my car after the accident - notice that there is no damage?

On the night itself

On tow

Not a pretty sight, nor an experience I would like to repeat.

At least I'm alive.

Physics On The Brain

Newton's 3rd Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Action:
Tuesday, 230107, 1545hrs - 1900hrs
Had the most active day of the year thus far (2006 possibly included) - went to the gym for an hour or so, came back and immediately hopped on my bike for the first time in over a year. I fixed it up a couple of weeks ago, but apparently not sufficiently so (it only functions on the higher gears - not a very pleasant nor easy thing), therefore I have to KSH it sometime soon. Cycled until I couldn't take the irritation of high gears anymore and proceeded home, when Jinn, Ernest and Ah Mai flagged me down from within the park without my house.

So there I was, innocently dismounting my bike and propping it up against a bench when they point something out to me. Picture your typical park: people playing futsal, children running around, sounds of children laughing, the occasional jogger, the guy masturbating under the bamboo with his pants around his ankles, the... ! asdfqwertybbq.!! The guy was sitting right there doing his thing as though it was the most natural thing in the world.. I mean, sure you always see birds in a park, but this is something new. So being the good, upstanding moral citizen he is, Jinn calls the cops, who arrived promptly and acted swiftly in letting the man go. Just like that, they allowed him to climb in his car and drive off. Kudos to our local law enforcement, outstanding job once again. Don't their actions reassure you and make you feel safe?

Seterusnya, I left. Then I went for a quick jog. Gym, cycling, jogging. Back to back. Ouch.

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Reaction:
Wednesday, 240107
I slept in, until around 12 whereupon I woke up for lunch, after which I climbed back under the covers and slept til 6. Not the most productive of days, but at least now I know not to try repeating the day before again for a while.. aching muscles is not a pleasant way to spend a day.

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Yes, I am aware that I'm a horrible blogger. Never could get the hang of it. How long will I last this time around?