What's next?!!

Yesterday, I nearly missed hitting a guy on the road. Today, I rear-ended an SUV. Makes me wonder -- What's next?? :-S

I was on my way to Venkat's. I was in front of Lalbagh Gate, where two roads cross: one going towards Jayanagar/Banashankari and the other going towards JC Road. I was going towards Banashankari and the SUV (I dont remember which was going towards JC Road). The traffic police wasnt regulating traffic. I just crossed the road behind the SUV and turned back to look if there any other vehicles crossing over to JC Road. A split second later, I turned forward, only to see the SUV right in front of me - stationary.

Grabbed hard at both the brakes. That didn't help. I ended up rear-ending the SUV. Actually, I didn't hit the SUV at 90 degrees, I hit him at an angle. Luckily, I didn't fall off the bike. I was too shaken up and very afraid to look at the damage done to Blurr, that I didnt stop. Just rode on to Venkat's.

Once I got to Venkat's, I got off my bike, and walked over to the front to survey the damage. I was expecting broken mud-guard and broken fairing. But all I saw was a badly scratched mud-guard. Most of the scratches were not very deep. I was thinking that I'd have to get it re-painted. That's when Raghu came up, saw the damage, called the Polish-guy (I dont know his name), and asked him to polish the mud-guard.

I wasnt too sure if it would help. But once the guy polished and buffed the mud-guard, it was difficult to find the scratches. And I was relieved.

The worst thing about the accident was the speed at which I was going when it happened: ~40kmph.

I just hope the events of the last two days are not the start to a freaky trend! Fingers crossed.