A video of an accident between a Mercedes car and a motorcycle went viral on Nov. 13, 2017.

The accident happened in the morning of Nov. 6, 2017, at the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) towards Tuas.

The video was uploaded on ROADS.sg, a community Facebook page, and garnered over 2,000 shares.

Negative reactions towards Mercedes

After watching the video, most of us would have blamed the Mercedes.

That's no surprise, considering most of the comments on the post shared the same sentiments:

"A lot of monkeys on the road nowadays... why must swerve... before hand can see the white car already like one idiot stopping in the middle... so cannot slow down ah"

"How can the Mercedes don't even know the front traffic is in stop? He should have slowed down. Hope the rider is okay."

"By the way... Maybe driver busy on phone until last minute brake to stop left side without looking out for the biker. Biker not wrong, driver is wrong!"

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Victim speaks up

But one comment stopped the blame game for good, and it came from the biker himself.

Identifying himself as Ruzaini Hashwam, he gave a thorough account of what actually happened.

No "luxury car owner attitude"

Unlike the general assumption that the driver was using his phone or had possessed a "luxury car owner attitude", Ruzaini believed that the driver reacted out of "full panic" to avoid hitting the car in front of him.

He also mentioned that the Mercedes driver kept checking on his wellbeing and apologised profusely.

Not entirely the Mercedes' fault

While the driver felt guilty and gave no excuses, Ruzaini thought that the accident wasn't entirely the Mercedes' fault.

According to a few other drivers who stopped to help him out, they mentioned that another car had suddenly jammed its brakes in the right lane during peak hour,  forcing other cars to swerve to avoid a collision.

He counted himself lucky.

"I just thank god the driver also hit the car behind if not it could have been a totally different story from having some abrasions, bruises and sore neck."

If there's anything we can learn from this, it's to not to jump to conclusions.

Or in the words of Ruzaini himself, "stop cursing until you know the full story."

Top image via ROADS.sg