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Saturday, 23 April 2011

Evil on the Highways

What I am going to relate may have been stale news to some. However I am not going to leave 'any stones unturned' because there may be someone who is still not aware of the dangers other than the usual accidents caused by sheer carelessness of some drivers.

My jaw almost dropped off in surprise when I was told the first time because it had never occurred to me such things could happen. Whether they are whole truths or half truths, I suppose we shall use our discerning abilities to decide.  However, it is always better to prevent than to cure, so beware! 

I was told that some road accidents were 'planned'. The culprits behind these 'planned' road accidents were, as suspected by some policemen and some quarters who had the genes of Sherlock Holmes, none other than the car workshop mechanics, towtruck operators and fellows of related business.

A few fatal accidents were quoted as examples of 'planned' ones. In one, the survivor reported that the accident happened when the driver rammed into the divider and rolled over to the other side of the road while trying to avoid a tyre appearing from nowhere and coming towards their vehicle. Their vehicle was knocked into by an express bus which could not stop in time, killing the driver and two other passengers. What a heinuos act!

Another case which had just happened at the beginning of this month, involved three Indian nationals who purposely 'swiped' a Chinese man's car. The Chinese man offered to send the 'injured' man to the hospital but while on the way to the said hospital, the Indian national wanted to go home instead. The Chinese man , unsuspectingly, obliged and when he reached the 'injured' man's house, a group of about four men came out and grabbed hold of him. They shoved him into their house and forced him to give them his ATM card. He waited in the house while one of them went to withdraw money from a nearby machine. Later they took him in his car and abandoned him somewhere in the outskirts. His car was found in another spot. He was lucky to be alive for he could have lost his life if the Indian nationals were 'more evil'.

It reminds me to be careful while travelling alone in my own car on the highway. Someone who is on the motorbike or in a car may be your next enemy with 'planned' evil intentions.
Let's pray you are not the victim of the 'more evil' kind, who will not consider taking another's life a big deal. This 'evil' kind must be high on drugs or pills. Only God can help them!