In my 15 years of riding a motorcycle, yesterday’s accident was my first ever experience of falling from it.
I might be tired of driving the Toyota Innova from Malitbog, Southern Leyte to Ormoc city via Bato, Leyte then back to Malitbog from Ormoc, but then the accident was really due to the fault of the other guy involved with it.
Yesterday, after driving our family I immediately went to Liloan Ferry Terminal in Liloan, Southern Leyte to fetch my nephew who would be staying here in Malitbog, Southern Leyte on the rest of the days of the month of December 2007. On my way to the Ferry terminal, I was driving at the speed of 70KPH in a slightly curved highway near the Himay-angan crossing when a young man riding his bicycle suddenly turned left crossing my lane. I know I would hit him but I still tried to apply brake on both wheel. The motorcycle almost skids, but I managed to control it until I finally hit the pedal of the bicycle.
We are actually in a letter – T position during the impact. We’re just too lucky that the impact is not too heavy but it still threw us few meters away from the motorcycle and bicycle.
He stood up immediately and told me to get my motorcycle and check its damage. I then told them to forget about the motorcycle because all the damages of it can be repaired. Instead of thinking about anything else, I told them to check his body for any injury.
I can’t really believe that we both had no injuries, even scratches. But my Honda XRM motorcycle and his bicycle were all slightly damaged.
The young man asked apology from me. And I advised him to be careful and not to do the things he did. I also reminded him that the road he’s running was a highway not just an ordinary road, and that vehicles are normally running in high speed.
If what hit him was a 4-wheel vehicle, I wonder what will happen to him and where he is now.
