accidents - an unpleasant subject

[PhangNga_imp]

For me I have been riding for about 15 years. And I have a major accident once and broke my right collarbone into 3 parts. I have to say I'm quite defensive in riding especially in Bangkok's street. You can not trust that everyone on the road will respect and obey rules(if we have any). Until one day in the morning when I was riding to work and splitting lanes in heavy traffics in Bangkok rush hour and doing about 40-50km/hr. One scooter decided to cut the 5 lanes road from the most right to the most left "in front of a van." My luck was running out that day, It's impossible for me to see him because the van is blocking my vision. I crashed into him. Luckily enough not to be ran over by traffics because it was a green light. He was mad at me and accused my for being reckless. I didn't reply and let's the insurance handle everything else.

This experience teaches me that no matter how much I careful, there will be one day I will cross paths with... bad luck?

I attached a picture so you get the idea of splitting lanes here is what like. I talking about splitting a 5kms of bumper to bumper traffic. Sometimes i think it's like playing a Russian Roulette every day.

Ride safe.