According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 710 persons were killed in various road accidents in Lagos between January and November last year. This is the story of how I was almost added to these statistics.
I had never been involved in a car wreck before. I had only seen it on TV and heard a couple of stories from my friends about their personal experiences, but .
I never thought it could ever happen to me. My dad had told me several times that no matter how good a driver you are, hope and pray that you"re never in the wrong place at the wrong time. I didn't really think of what he said until last fall.
It was a rainy Sunday morning in Lagos, Nigeria. It was cold, damp and dark. My dad and I were on our way back home from church when we stopped at a red light. All of a sudden, we heard a loud crashing sound and it sounded a lot like something had hit us, so we got out of the car to see what was wrong. To our shock, there was a man at the back of the car. There was a huge dent on the trunk and the man was lying on the ground next to a motorbike. His hands were bruised and he looked like he had lost consciousness and he was lying face down. I was so scared that he was dead that I started to panic. My father told me to calm down and get back in the car and then a couple of people gathered around and they started trying to revive the man. After a while, he started showing some signs that he was regaining consciousness so a couple of people helped him off the road and put him down on the side walk. They poured some water on his face and started talking to him to see if he was alright and he started talking. And I thought," thank God he's alright". The impact of his bike against the car had seriously affected his senses. He could barely speak and for a moment, he couldn't remember where he was. My dad asked him what had happened but before he could explain, the ambulance came and he was taken to a nearby hospital.
Wrecking My First Car It happened so fast I can hardly remember what really happened. ... Out in the middle of no where, on some back roads, we were going home in my first car that my dad had built me, a 1967 Volkswagen Bug. ... I had no control over my car. ... Wrecking my first car has taught me a bunch of responsibility. ... Being in a car wreck has influenced me in many ways. ...
During my first two periods, everything remained normal. ... Little did I know, a couple of miles down the road, I would have my first car wreck. ... Damages to my car were shocking, compared to the other lady's car. ... They helped change the flat so I could drive my car home. ... Now, that the whole thing is said and done, I feel blessed that the wreck wasn't any worse than it was. ...
Imagery of a Horrible Occurrence As I grew up my parents used to tell me that everything happens for a reason. ... In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In stanzas two and three of Auto Wreck, Shapiro portrays a stiff, lackadaisical atmosphere. ... This line is very affective due to the fact that if another car accident were to occur who would survive? ... In conclusion, Karl Shapiro's, Auto Wreck, has a lasting impression on the reader. ...
Imagery of a Horrible Occurrence As I grew up my parents used to tell me that everything happens for a reason. ... In the poem, Auto Wreck, by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro uses vivid details to display to the reader a disturbing car crash. ... In stanzas two and three of Auto Wreck, Shapiro portrays a stiff, lackadaisical atmosphere. ... This line is very affective due to the fact that if another car accident were to occur who would survive? ... In conclusion, Karl Shapiro's, Auto Wreck, has a lasting impression on the reader. ...
The reason why I chose to write a paper about this topic is because over the summer I had a friend who died in a fatal car wreck. There was no alcohol involved but it got me thinking about how many car wrecks there were in a day. ... Almost every other day while I am driving I see a car wreck. ... That is when most fatal car wrecks occur. ... My life has been changed by fatal car accidents more than once. ...
I was in a potentially fatal car accident; most people told me not to worry about it that it was just a wreck, but it changed my whole outlook on life. ... The grinding noise the metal made while sliding down the road has to be one of the most terrifying sounds I have ever heard, the smell of the headliner melting from the heat of cab grinding on the road was awful, when I first smelt it I thought that the truck had caught fire. But all I can remember after that is coming to upside down with my left leg somehow wedged between the dash and the road, it took me what felt like hours to get my le...
The front end of my jeep had hit the other car directly in the passenger side door. ... The other car had practically wrapped itself completely around the front of my jeep. ... I had to figure out some way to tell my father that our car had just been totaled. ... While in the police car, many different things were going through my head: Was there any way that I could have avoided destroying my family's brand new jeep? ... At first, I could only see this accident as being negative, but almost immediately after it occurred, I saw it as having a lot of positive outcomes. ...
Everyone in the car was asleep except for me. ... Instantly the car was thrown to the other side of the highway, and all the windows in the car shattered. ... "Are you guys alright, you just hit me in my drive way." ... He asked the lawyers who there first witness would be, and of course that was me. ... That was my day in court. ...
In the first stanza of the poem, Shapiro speeds up the pace by using repetition: "beating, beating" and "rocking, slightly rocking." ... He refers to the ruined cars as "empty husks of locusts, to iron poles." ... The witnesses, who are not used to viewing such horror, are unable to handle the sight of the auto wreck. ... He creates a magnificent type of imagery, which played in my mind like a famous movie. ... The poem, "Auto Wreck" is not just about a mere car accident, but a certain death, which we all face inevitably. ...
