An accident under the traffic lights!

Someone jumped the lights and rammed into my moving car in the early hours of Wednesday, as I made my way to work. Until then, it had never dawned on me that an accident could actually occur under a traffic light which is very much in working order. One question I keep asking myself though is why anyone would ignore the traffic light and drive into another vehicle which clearly has the right of way?  But I guess I should be thanking God for surviving the accident in one piece. I was hit in the back passenger door by a four-wheel drive, lost control of my saloon car for a few seconds, and then managed to bring it to a halt without slamming into another vehicle. Everything happened very quickly. For once, I am grateful that I drive an old model which is way stronger than most modern cars. What I’m left to endure are the nasty headaches and the post-traumatic effect. My advice to motorists in Accra: never trust the person driving the other vehicle. The odd thing is that the people responsible for causing the accidents are most often the ones who survive unscarred. God help us.