the stick, the stone and the puddle

the following day i spent about an hour sharing my story with icbc, and during this i try to provide as many details as possible, including that the other driver tried to drive away and was stopped by the witness. on top of this, it seemed to me the other driver was impaired, quite heavily. however, at that time it did not occur to me to contact the police…this little detail only occurred to me next morning. anyhow…icbc ruled on the thing quite quickly, 100% the other driver’s fault…

anyhow, this post is not so much about the accident itself, but a gesture received by yours truly. after the icbc thing was concluded, i decided to call the witness and thank him once more for his action on the respective night…and offered to buy him a beer as a sign of recognition for his involvement (keep in mind that the icbc case was closed, thus this would not interfere with his statement…). anyhow, the witness thanked me for taking my time to give him the updates and graciously refused the offer. however, he took time to mention ‘you’ve received a nice gesture, so all i ask instead of the beer is to pass on the gesture when the opportunity occurs’. overall, it’s great to see that nice gestures are still possible and that people will help another in need. appreciate the effort he put in stopping the other driver from taking off and staying with him until i managed to pull my car behind them. amazing gesture not only on the night of the accident, but after-wads as well. so for this…i will finish this with a ‘thank you!’