2008-10-17, 05:47 PM
Don't know where else to stick this, so here goes...
I was on my way home from work going up a 4 lane (two lanes both ways) road with no center divider, just a double yellow line, no island or anything. Speed limit is 30, I'm doing roughly 34 and I'm in the fast lane. Which means the fast lane on the OTHER side is right next to me whizzing by.
I come around a curve in the road and as soon as I come around the curve, right there in front of me is an 18-wheeler in my lane barreling straight into me almost causing a head-on collision. I jerked the wheel and swerve out of the way by maybe 2 seconds before the truck would have hit me. It happened f'ucking instantly and I still feel like it happened in slow motion. It was surreal. I'm so lucky there wasn't a car next to me (or behind me, he didnt hit anyone else as far as I know) or I wouldn't have been able to swerve out of the way. I had to pull over for 20 minutes to get my composure back...but I'm still a little shaken up 4 hours later. Truly a frightening experience...
Today I realized how fragile life is, and you shouldn't go around wasting time. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything with this thread, but I know I've been a bit of a douche around here. That's just me having a bit of "fun." Might not have been fun for you guys, but I usually get humor off of prodding others. Call me an internet bully but it's the internet after all and shouldn't be taken seriously. But I'm done with it, and probably entertain myself elsewhere. So all in all, I'm sorry if I ever truly offended anyone.
I was on my way home from work going up a 4 lane (two lanes both ways) road with no center divider, just a double yellow line, no island or anything. Speed limit is 30, I'm doing roughly 34 and I'm in the fast lane. Which means the fast lane on the OTHER side is right next to me whizzing by.
I come around a curve in the road and as soon as I come around the curve, right there in front of me is an 18-wheeler in my lane barreling straight into me almost causing a head-on collision. I jerked the wheel and swerve out of the way by maybe 2 seconds before the truck would have hit me. It happened f'ucking instantly and I still feel like it happened in slow motion. It was surreal. I'm so lucky there wasn't a car next to me (or behind me, he didnt hit anyone else as far as I know) or I wouldn't have been able to swerve out of the way. I had to pull over for 20 minutes to get my composure back...but I'm still a little shaken up 4 hours later. Truly a frightening experience...
Today I realized how fragile life is, and you shouldn't go around wasting time. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything with this thread, but I know I've been a bit of a douche around here. That's just me having a bit of "fun." Might not have been fun for you guys, but I usually get humor off of prodding others. Call me an internet bully but it's the internet after all and shouldn't be taken seriously. But I'm done with it, and probably entertain myself elsewhere. So all in all, I'm sorry if I ever truly offended anyone.