We were on the way to an auto body repair shop, and I will show you the road.
A long line of pedestrians (cattle) started to cross the road on a red traffic light. Fortunately, the lights were green for us, and I passed the leader of the line to avoid stopping and waiting for a long line of cattle to cross.
The left rear door of our car received a bang as you can see below, and it took place as a car pulled into park next to our car. The passenger in the car opened their door and the wind ripped it out of her hand, to smash the door into the side of our car. How do I know that it was a "her"? Well, we were not in our car at the time, but when we returned and saw the dent in our door, we went to the center's security office as they have cameras all over the place.
Now here is the funny or maybe not so funny thing, as on the camera screen we could see how the car was pulling in next to our car and how the lady opened the door to smash it into our car. The funny part is, that the passenger of the car then quickly closed her door, and the driver of the car pulled out and parked her car a short distance away. The security operator of the camera instructed us to go and lay a charge at the police station, but we didn't bother, as the lady did not do it intentionally.
Here you can see the dent, and luckily there was no tear or hole in the door, as then we would have had to buy a new door.
Okay, now let's get back to the road to view some landscapes.
It is always a pleasure to take a drive out as we love the views.
And after dropping the car off at the auto shop, a driver took us back home.
That guy on the bike had his kite in the backpack, and his board across his chest, on his way to the sea.
Two days later, we got the car back and it looked like new again. As you can see, they did a wonderful job on the door.
The only thing that troubled us about this accident story, was that the owner of the other car did not leave us a note about the accident, instead she parked in another bay not even far from our car. We saw them getting out of their car, and they walked around to look at their door. Not a very nice thing to do, but none of us can say that we have never made a mistake. And so, if we were perfect, then we could have kicked up a great ruckus, but that is not our way of doing things.
No need to wish the lady any bad luck, or hating them, simply because she will not have to cry when somebody else smashes their car door into her car, as she will be reminded of what she had done. That's why we rather forgave her and had the car fixed. No need for grudges, as grudges are a slow poison to one's mental system, and its cousin called hatred is an even worse poison for the self.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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