wow factor

Woke up and said to Louie "lets go to the coast and play in the ocean".

It's 1.5 hours away. You go up the Great Dividing Range and descend down the other side to sand, surf and cool breezes.

We were 15 minutes from the water's edge when a young woman and her 5 year old kid came flying up the mountain at a speed, agreed by victims and onlookers alike, of at least 140 klm's and hour.

My first chill of fear was seeing her emerge from the bend, on the wrong side of centre and wrestling the wheel in panic.

She hit two 4 wheel drives before collecting me despite evasive action and then slammed into a 4 wheel drive behind me.

No sand, surf, cool breezes or car...
...just some photos by one shaken puppy.

Two other wiped out vehicles are in front of this photo

My Honda Accord - note that wheel...

...it belongs to the car that hit me.

The car that caused it all smashed into it's final victim.

The good news:
It seems that everyone is OK though the driver and her son were taken to hospital with an Ambulance driver saying it was precautionary.

Follow up:

The 5 vehicles held 15 people. The potential for heart breaking damage and loss was extreme.

Don't drive if your angry, agitated, frustrated or a victim.
All that and controlling a car is too much for anyone.

Update:
I just found out that my car is a write off, so all I get is a cash payment based on the age of my car, not it's personal value to me for reliability, comfort and sheer driving pleasure.