Never want to drive again....
Last night I was driving home from my moms house at around 9:45. I was going down route 2 in the left lane doing 60mph. The roads were wet from the ridiculous amounts of rain we've been getting, but there were no other cars on the road and I felt pretty safe.
Suddenly a gray car came out of nowhere and flew past me in the right lane going at least 80mph, probably more. Before I could even finish thinking "how stupid..." the car slid sideways, started to spin, hit the guardrail on the right and bounced back towards the left and me! It flipped over, wheels and other assorted pieces flying through the air. My first instinct was to slam on the breaks, but warning signals went off in my head(slam on breaks in the rain? NOT GOOD!)so instead I swerved to the left a bit.
This entire time, which was probably a few seconds, hundreds of thoughts went through my head. If my car gets wrecked Im screwed...If I get hurt Im screwed!...If Im in an accident it is NOT MY FAULT!...
The gray car missed me by maybe a foot. All I could think was, "how did I get out of that untouched?" Then I realized the person in that car had to be in really bad shape, if they even survived. I pulled over and dialed 911. Ive never dialed 911 before...
When I got off the phone I sat there shaking and trying to catch my breath. As I calmed down I realized I was sitting in the exact same place that I had ended up in my moms truck when I lost control of it driving to faire rehearsal...was that two years ago?
I realized how incredibly lucky I am.
Suddenly a gray car came out of nowhere and flew past me in the right lane going at least 80mph, probably more. Before I could even finish thinking "how stupid..." the car slid sideways, started to spin, hit the guardrail on the right and bounced back towards the left and me! It flipped over, wheels and other assorted pieces flying through the air. My first instinct was to slam on the breaks, but warning signals went off in my head(slam on breaks in the rain? NOT GOOD!)so instead I swerved to the left a bit.
This entire time, which was probably a few seconds, hundreds of thoughts went through my head. If my car gets wrecked Im screwed...If I get hurt Im screwed!...If Im in an accident it is NOT MY FAULT!...
The gray car missed me by maybe a foot. All I could think was, "how did I get out of that untouched?" Then I realized the person in that car had to be in really bad shape, if they even survived. I pulled over and dialed 911. Ive never dialed 911 before...
When I got off the phone I sat there shaking and trying to catch my breath. As I calmed down I realized I was sitting in the exact same place that I had ended up in my moms truck when I lost control of it driving to faire rehearsal...was that two years ago?
I realized how incredibly lucky I am.