Friday, February 22, 2013

I saw a motorcycle accident today


I was out running errands, songthaew-ing around town. I got out of the songthaew and headed across the street. At one point, while in the middle of the street, I was forced to stop and wait for traffic to pass. When the opportunity presented itself I proceeded forward and stubbed my toe something fierce. It stopped me cold. I hit the bottom portion of a guard rail put up to direct traffic. Big toe on right foot (good foot) was screaming in pain. People on the street heard me and thought it was the bad leg as I had the brace on.

Now both feet hurt.

I popped into a movie store to check out the new rentals. I picked up three. They burn copies of brand new movies and charge 40 baht.

After leaving the store and heading back across the street, the same side I was dropped off on, I heard a bang, then a crash. I looked to my right and saw two motorcycles down. Two people laying on the street. A guy and a girl. The guy popped up first and pointed to the guard rail. The exact same guard rail I kicked with my foot. He said

 "It moved. Did you see it move"?
 
He claimed the guard rail moved or jumped into his path. He hit the rail and whet down taking another rider behind him down. -------- Is that possible? Did the rail really move. Was there a ghost pushing it in the path of on-comers like me and the guy on the motorcycle? After hearing that I turned my back and got the hell out of there. 
 
 
If the riders were injured it was just minor scrapes and bruises. Neither wore gloves but both had on helmets.
 
Back into a songthaew and on my way...



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