Two days ago, I was driving on my way work. I stopped the car to wait for another to park in a side lane. The photo on the left, from Google Maps, shows the approximate crash place (red square).
The car before me had to stop to let another to park in the side parking lane, thus I stopped as well. The guy behind me didn't see me or had no time to react, so he hit me. The strike was at low speed, I think, because I bounced slightly forward but I didn't hit my head back against the seat. Due to the impulse, my car hit the car before me too. Curiously, my car had the biggest damages in the rear-right side and it may be declared total loss because the reparation cost may be larger than its actual market price.
As usual, one may tend to think about what would have happened if... I don't believe destiny is written, and this event did not change my mind though. I don't usually take that route, but I did it several times before. That morning, my regular route was atypically congested, so I decided to take an alternative path instead. I also decided to stop or not to let pedestrians cross the street. In all, I'm sure that a simple variation in that sequence of events would have not led to the accident.
As final conclusion, we all improvise our own destiny... Every second.
