Car Accident
It was after an exceedingly stressful day that I was in a 5-car pileup on the Interstate. A pickup truck in front of me hit the brakes suddenly, and then I hit mine. And then, the lady behind me hit me, and the two cars behind her hit each other and then her, pushing me into the truck in front of me. 5 cars, stuck in a domino effect. Every one of us unable to prevent the accident from occurring.
My description makes it sound a lot worse than it really was, of course -- no one was hurt, do real damage was done, and the whole thing wound up being a big inconvenience to everyone involved. One of the guys was even annoyed that I called the cops since it was going to take a chunk out of his evening. But isn't it wonderful that we could all be in a 5-car pileup and be annoyed that the paperwork was taking too long?
Here are some of the many things that could have made the accident much more serious, and potentially fatal to some of us.
1) A semi could have been involved.
2) Someone could have hit their accelerator instead of their brakes out of panic.
3) The roads could have been icy or wet, resulting in less traction.
4) The accident could have spilled over into another lane.
5) It could have happened at a much greater speed.
6) It could have happened a quarter mile earlier while we were still on the curve of a bridge.
7) Someone could have not been wearing a seatbelt and been more seriously injured.
And so on, and so on.
But nope. Hardly any damage, either to ourselves or collaterally. We all lived to be annoyed. I'd call that the best car accident I could ever hope to be in.
Let's hope the next one is just as easy.
-SJJ
My description makes it sound a lot worse than it really was, of course -- no one was hurt, do real damage was done, and the whole thing wound up being a big inconvenience to everyone involved. One of the guys was even annoyed that I called the cops since it was going to take a chunk out of his evening. But isn't it wonderful that we could all be in a 5-car pileup and be annoyed that the paperwork was taking too long?
Here are some of the many things that could have made the accident much more serious, and potentially fatal to some of us.
1) A semi could have been involved.
2) Someone could have hit their accelerator instead of their brakes out of panic.
3) The roads could have been icy or wet, resulting in less traction.
4) The accident could have spilled over into another lane.
5) It could have happened at a much greater speed.
6) It could have happened a quarter mile earlier while we were still on the curve of a bridge.
7) Someone could have not been wearing a seatbelt and been more seriously injured.
And so on, and so on.
But nope. Hardly any damage, either to ourselves or collaterally. We all lived to be annoyed. I'd call that the best car accident I could ever hope to be in.
Let's hope the next one is just as easy.
-SJJ