poor betsy
i had quite the scare yesterday. i was headed to home depot in my truck to get some insulation for my house. well first i stopped to get gas at the station just down the street, like a mile. as i was pulling out i noticed my parking brake light was still on. so i pulled to the side and checked the parking brake and it wasn't on or anything so i started back on the road. well my truck just felt weird. so i pulled into another gas station like a block away. something was wrong with my accelerator pedal and i was braking kind of funny. so i called my friend victor who lives nearby and is really good with cars and asked him if i could stop by so he could look at my truck. not a problem. i get back on the road when i now know that my accelerator pedal is not working. i took my foot off the gas but my truck is still speeding up. i try braking a bit but the truck decides nope stop that we're speeding up again. i am freaking out cuz i cannot stop. basically i start pulling off the road and braking and my engine is very angry cuz it wants to go fast. i had to just turn her off going 50 mph. the cable to my accelartor pedal had broken while i was driving. i called victor crying hysterically. i was fine. i didn't get into an accident thank god. we called a tow truck and betsy is parked out front now. victor bought a new cable yesterday and when it's not super cold out, he'll come by and fix the pedal. it was a horrific event for me. but to be honest, i feel like my truck was trying to tell me something was wrong before i got to the highway. i am so glad that i was able to notice that my truck felt different and no one was hurt. it would have been horrible to be on I95 and not able to slow down.