Second Accident

Busy Streets

Today was my fourth day in a 5-day driving course. I've finally managed to go for a longer trip, with my driving trainer, around 1 PM when the streets are fairly busy.

Scratch

Apart from the minor scratches I had caused by the end of our trip back home today, I was driving fairly OK. The problem was that he was on the cell phone at the time of this accident which did not give him a chance to provide me with early warning to avoid bumping into the car on my left side having gotten too close to it.

Damage

The external bumpers of the car on my left were detached from the car from the right side all the way till the other side except for a part that was hanging from the far left. This caused the bump or friction to make a great sound. I was a bit shocked and wanted to stop on the right side of the road having though I caused the guy on my left great damage. The trainer told me not to stop and that it was the mistake of the one on my left because he came to close to me from the back. I was relieved, yet perhaps not completely convinced, that it was the other drivers mistake and not mine. Perhaps I should learn and practice defensive driving in the future to avoid accidents in such situations.

Trainer

Despite what happened, I believe that this has been the best driving trainer I had ever had and I did have many (maybe 7 or more, at least 5 of which were paid driving trainers). He is highly experienced in both driving and in teaching others how to drive. I have learnt a lot from him and I'm glad I got to know about him and actually took the course. He is a bit more expensive than the other driving schools but he's worth every penny. Just considering that proper driving training could help you avoid some serious accident in the future which would have costed you a lot of money will make you realize the value of investing in such driving lessons.

Lesson

Thank God today's 'accident' was nothing but a minor scratch at the back left side of the car. Perhaps I can take today's incident as a further learning lesson to avoid serious accidents in the future. I should practice more to avoid the mistakes of others and to maintain a distance at all times from cars at my left and at my right sides at the same time. Yes I should have learnt from my first accident, yet I still do believe today was a considerable improvement. I just need to work on it a bit further and be a bit more careful when driving.