Friday, February 08, 2008
finally i have something interesting to blog about. At the carpark near my apartment block, i found these fresh tracks on a pretty steep slope up next to another block. that made me curious about what happened.
So, i went to investigate on my way back home lastnight. I happened to have my camera along with me, and managed to get a picture. By looking at the steps, you can roughly guage how high and steep the slope is.
From my investigations, it appeared that there were no fragments of the car and paint left behind at the scene. but i did find a chrysler minivan nearby with the bumper smashed and somehow tells me it was that car.
The driver must have either been new or unlicensed, and speeding in the carpark. and just before turning the corner, which was a bilndspot, the driver didnt have time to stop, and instead hit the curb, bounced upward, and landed while hitting the pole, causing the car, which had it's wheels possibly turning right, but quickly straightened when the driver saw the incomming car. and so the far was probably flying to the right, thus after hitting the pole, bounced toward the right, but by that time, the driver must have tried to correct the wheel, so he went up the slope pretty straight. there was no sign of accelerating or braking at all, the tracks would have been deeper. because there was a sideway skidmark of the right tyre to the line where the car started it's uphill climb.
And near the top, the skidmarks suddenly turn left. the railing was observed to have been tilted, so the right side of the car must have hit the railing, causing it to both stop and veer to the left, then the brakes must have been applied, where the darker skidmarks appear to be going downwards, in another angle.
i measured the width of the tracks to be around 1.8 to 2 meters, and appears to be that it was a car because of the weight at the front where the engine is. I should have taken a picture of the car. maybe i will later, if it's still there.
Maybe his shoe got stuck on the accelerator pedal, or he was angry. i wonder..
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