Crash

On the way to rugby practice with one of our new kiwis in the driver's seat we were speeding along a busy street when the trffic light directly in front of us turned to yellow. "Just go," chirped the passenger seat. "Yeah gas it," blabbed the backseat driver. At least it was a group decision that led to the car being slammed into. The moments before an accedient are a bit surreal, I have been in more accidents than I would prefer and I have noticed a commonality about the seconds leading up to the collision. Each time I have had the thought, "This shouldn't be happening." Unfortuanetly I made the bad decision to sit in the back of the jeep instead of cramming in the middle seat thinking, "I'll be fine back here." If I had riden with the driver before I may have been more cautious. I think that we almost rear-ended the car in front of us three times. At least I saw it coming so I could brace. That didn't stop a piece of the car from jabbing me in the side of the ribs to create what would later be nice bruise. And moments after the crash we were sitting on the side of the road with no bumper and no driverside front tire when a teary eyed kid, it couldn't have been his 16th birthday, approached the side of the car. He was alright, a least physically. Withing a couple of minutes it became apparent, to me at least, that he did not have insurance and most likely didn't have a lisence either. Within minutes after the crash our fearless leader, our rubgy coach pulled over in front of us. He took charge of the situation abeit poorly. Here is the outline of his plan. Forget about the crash, let the kid go, and abandon the car in a nearby parking after removing all the identification from the car. It was probably the best idea that I have ever heard for making a bad situation worse. The kid got off easy. I hope his mom gave it to him for crashing her car. So we were walking the five minutes to the field when the actual owner of the crashed car offered to give us a ride the rest of the way. I told him about what happened and what the plan was and agreed that it was a great terrible plan. So he ended up getting the car fixed during our practice and no one involved learned any real lessons.