The Accident no.2 by sandra46
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The red Yaris on the right is mine and Flavia's, and the orange bus on the left belongs to the Public Transport Company of the city of Padova. The scene: the traffic light at about 100 metres from our apartment. The action: the traffic light was yellow, but across the road there was a jam, so Flavia, the driver at that moment, decided that, were she to go on in a wake of the car in front of us, she risked to be stuck in the middle of the road when the green light opened for the others. So she jammed the brakes on and stopped. The bus, that was tailgaiting us very closely, also jammed the brakes on, but first, it was a bit too fast, because it relied on our 'going in the wake' to pass during the yellow light (actually what we call a dirty yellow, almost red). And second the bus driver forgot that the bus air brakes make the bus jump forward, so he hit us lightly with the screen sweeper. He made a small dent under our backside screen sweeper. Since we didn't abuse him with nasty remarks about his family tree, he insisted to give us his name and reported the company insurance. In the end the insurance mechanic repaired the dent and also a number of scratches that were there before the bump for free.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (52)
Tako_Yakida
Sounds like it was a fun accident. ;-)
photosynthesis
A common rear-ender & fortunately at very low speeds (I was once rear-ended at over 70 miles per hour & that wasn't fun). A yellow light can mean different things to different people - slow down & stop or speed up...
bobrgallegos
Great POV of the accident!! Glad it was minor with no injuries.
magnus073
That is what happens when people follow to closely, nice pic here Sandra.
Feliciti
cool shot of this...and good all it's ok !!
brycek
Nice shot..glad all are ok!!
flaviok
Narrativa e captura magnifica minha amiga, aplausos (5)
dochtersions
I'm so glad all turned out well, and your car is fixed even more then it was before.
durleybeachbum
What a FAB image, and a nice story!
Leije
Aesthetic photo, fun story !
clbsmiley
Glad you both are safe!! And the Yaris repaired. :) Cool closeup image too. :)
Radar_rad-dude
Traffic accidents will always happen. Inattention or lack of quick reflexes cause so many problems for drivers. You are very lucky to have such a minor scrape. So many many times it ends much more tragically. I was driving home just the other day and there had been a terrible accident right in front of a highschool. There were three ambulances there and three fire trucks and the cars looked like scrap metal. Speed and inattention for a split second. All it took I am sure. A most excellent photo, Sandra! Glad it turned out so well for you both!
jayfar
All's well that ends well and all because you kept a level head!!
eekdog
ooops, sorry i bummped you. cool shot my friend.
claude19
an event ... well explained and photographed long ago (20 years) than nouis no longer have a car because French motorists are real cows to milk, yet happy if they do not have parking tickets, the price of fines is independent of the monthly income!
bazza
Vehicles approach far to fast at times, thank goodness it was only a small dent and you both were ok..
cricke49
wow that was mighty fortunate for you and very gracious for the bus driver and mechanic to rally in your defense, awesome photo capture!:)*5
drifterlee
Cool shot and a close call!
Faemike55
Fantastic photo and wonderful story with a happy ending
jocko500
could have been worse here. cool shot and now you got some stuff fix for free too.
West_coaster07
Awesome work Sandra!!! Lol...glad you didn't abuse him with remarks about his family tree!!
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
angora
man, what an adventure! it could have been so much worse! so glad it wasn't!!! pfff
Richardphotos
you all were fortunate to have not been injured.years ago a city bus hit me on purpose.luckily I had a witness and the bus company paid for the pickup to be repaired
whaleman
Happy that the outcome was good! Nice photo by the way!
renecyberdoc
i like the way you write about not abusing family tree etc. i know a few bad words in italina from my time in the construction.lots of italian workers worked in the construction at the time i was in in the late s a fine breed of people and very bad language muahahahah. they called me also names in relation to my family tree hehehehehe
erlandpil
Nice shot good capture erland
JuliSonne
Ends well - all good!
Bothellite
Two wipers discussing something... Funny shot, attention grabbing.
bimm3d
wonderful photo!!