My wife phoned me on the car accident involving my son's car with a motorbike. I remained cool and calm after learning that all of them were safe except some damage to the vehicle that needs to claim insurance for the repair. To me, car accident is a learning process for every new or young drivers. Driving skill is not about how good you avoid to hit other people's vehicles but rather how to anticipate and avoid being hit by other reckless drivers. Since it is called an accident, no matter how careful you are, it is hard to avoid, perhaps the extent of the damage or the seriousness could be reduced if we had exercised a little bit extra care when we drive our cars around! It is better to be safe than late, and the famous Malay saying: "Biarkan lambat, asalkan selamat!" brings home the point. Therefore the driving of a car to avoid accidents is testing your patience, training you to remain cool and calm, not letting emotion to overwhelm you to become overly aggressive in your driving under all circumstances!
If we have owned enough number of cars before over the years, most likely that you would be almost insensitive to minor scratches here and there, which I deem is unavoidable especially in today traffic condition. Of course it is human nature to wish that your vehicles could remain blemish free, but it is just a question of getting used to an imperfect world of driving and owning cars in big cities! For new and young drivers, I always prefer them to drive 2nd hand vehicles before switching to brand new ones! In this way, they could lessen the pain of seeing their beloved brand new cars being knocked out of shape!
If young drivers have never gone through the process of an accident, requiring him or her to report to the traffic police, settling summons for being at fault, learning the process of insurance claims and sending the vehicles to workshop for week long repair, they would never realize the trouble and hassle of involving in any car accident. In doing so, they could become mature and more careful drivers next time! They pay a price now of going through all these troublesome bureaucracy for being involved in a minor accident, perhaps this would serve to remind and help them to avoid fatal accidents that could even save their lives in the future!
Last but not least, pray to God everyday so that He would always watch over our safety wherever we go and whatever we do. Do not stop your tithe offerings, what you owe God would eventually have to pay back in very different and unpleasant ways!
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