Man...today...I almost had a bit of a wreck. Oh yeah and i'm a fucking idiot.
I was going to my school for a study session before this semester's finals. I'm traveling roughly 65mph on a two-lane highway and i'm passing an on-ramp.
Not much traffic. I'm stupidly eating a hot-pocket, as if i couldn't eat it when i got there. I was late. I was stupid. whatever. I'm never doing anything in a car besides driving (while it's moving that is).
Anyway, i'm passing this onramp and i see a white car and a BRIGHT red Mitsubishi eclipse merging onto the freeway.
I glance to my left and behind and merge into the fast lane, and let these people have a wide berth, rather than slow down. They've already met my speed... it's all good.
Two seconds later i'm edging up on the white car and the red car fucking tries to pass the white car BEFORE they are both completely on the freeway. SO this white car is halfway into the main lane, following the onramp as normal, and the fucking blondie chic is flooring it, right up to my rear quarter panel and halfway into my lane. It was like I wasn't even THERE.
When i looked over and saw her bright red car inches from my passenger door it scared me good...i brought the car over to the left a bit hoping she'd open her fucking eyes and stop approaching. I figure she got about 3-6 inches from my car and when she finally stopped accelerating i could see her whole hood..she had a good half a car length on me, between the supe and the white car.
So she romps on the breaks and i just go *OH FUCK* in my head realizing what just happened. I look in the mirror to see her swerving like crazy trying to regain control, smoke billowing from her tires. Thank the lord she never completely lost control or hit the cars that were near or my day would have been MUCH different, and MUCH more fucked up.:nono:
I exited at my offramp, which was less than 30 seconds from the place this happened, and the first exit. she followed me until i turned off to the the campus library... I don't know where she went and whether or not her choice of path was following me or just coincidence. She had someone in the car i think and they may have had a class today i dont know. We made eye contact about 3 times, and she rubbernecked at me as i turned off the main road, much as i did to her as i pulled from the stopsign at the end of the offramp to see if she was ok. This wasn't my fault (sorry if it came off like i thought it was) i just wanted to make sure she wasnt too frazzled.
I didn't stop, i wasn't sure if i should pull over and wait, to see what she would do or not, so i just kept going. She seemed ok so I didn't want to invite her to confront me. I wouldn't know what to say... I think the hot-pocket eating part of me felt bad but even though it wasn't my fault. There wasnt much road to the left of the white line its a grassy median with a barrier... 6 inches at best.
Anyway one close call like that is one to many. I couldn't keep my mind on my studies either. I just thought i'd share my little event, and tell you all, DO NOT to eat while driving. I could have reacted SO MUCH BETTER if i had been eating. ghaad.
I think I got lucky, and I'm glad i was at least aware enough to pull it to the left or she would have most certainly bumped into me and there's no telling what i would have done then with 1.5 hands and a partially distracted brain.
Fucking hotpockets. It seems they are TOO conveniently portable and i was to hungry to wait 10 minutes. gah:nono:
I was going to my school for a study session before this semester's finals. I'm traveling roughly 65mph on a two-lane highway and i'm passing an on-ramp.
Not much traffic. I'm stupidly eating a hot-pocket, as if i couldn't eat it when i got there. I was late. I was stupid. whatever. I'm never doing anything in a car besides driving (while it's moving that is).
Anyway, i'm passing this onramp and i see a white car and a BRIGHT red Mitsubishi eclipse merging onto the freeway.
I glance to my left and behind and merge into the fast lane, and let these people have a wide berth, rather than slow down. They've already met my speed... it's all good.
Two seconds later i'm edging up on the white car and the red car fucking tries to pass the white car BEFORE they are both completely on the freeway. SO this white car is halfway into the main lane, following the onramp as normal, and the fucking blondie chic is flooring it, right up to my rear quarter panel and halfway into my lane. It was like I wasn't even THERE.
When i looked over and saw her bright red car inches from my passenger door it scared me good...i brought the car over to the left a bit hoping she'd open her fucking eyes and stop approaching. I figure she got about 3-6 inches from my car and when she finally stopped accelerating i could see her whole hood..she had a good half a car length on me, between the supe and the white car.
So she romps on the breaks and i just go *OH FUCK* in my head realizing what just happened. I look in the mirror to see her swerving like crazy trying to regain control, smoke billowing from her tires. Thank the lord she never completely lost control or hit the cars that were near or my day would have been MUCH different, and MUCH more fucked up.:nono:
I exited at my offramp, which was less than 30 seconds from the place this happened, and the first exit. she followed me until i turned off to the the campus library... I don't know where she went and whether or not her choice of path was following me or just coincidence. She had someone in the car i think and they may have had a class today i dont know. We made eye contact about 3 times, and she rubbernecked at me as i turned off the main road, much as i did to her as i pulled from the stopsign at the end of the offramp to see if she was ok. This wasn't my fault (sorry if it came off like i thought it was) i just wanted to make sure she wasnt too frazzled.
I didn't stop, i wasn't sure if i should pull over and wait, to see what she would do or not, so i just kept going. She seemed ok so I didn't want to invite her to confront me. I wouldn't know what to say... I think the hot-pocket eating part of me felt bad but even though it wasn't my fault. There wasnt much road to the left of the white line its a grassy median with a barrier... 6 inches at best.
Anyway one close call like that is one to many. I couldn't keep my mind on my studies either. I just thought i'd share my little event, and tell you all, DO NOT to eat while driving. I could have reacted SO MUCH BETTER if i had been eating. ghaad.
I think I got lucky, and I'm glad i was at least aware enough to pull it to the left or she would have most certainly bumped into me and there's no telling what i would have done then with 1.5 hands and a partially distracted brain.
Fucking hotpockets. It seems they are TOO conveniently portable and i was to hungry to wait 10 minutes. gah:nono:
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