Holy F**king Sh*t!

2000DV4.8 · August 7, 2008

All I have to say right now is holy f*cking shit. Wow. I'm glad to be in one piece.

So I'm driving with my friend on the way back from the spring shop after picking up new leaf spring and shackle bolts. I was in the middle lane of a 3 lane highway. I was going with the flow of traffic, about 70-73 mph, driving my mom's 2001 Subaru Outback, since my truck has no springs at the moment.

I'm just minding my own business, not doing anything wrong, just driving. I periodically check my mirrors when I'm on the highway, just out habit. I glanced up in the rearview mirror, then as I'm looking back down in front of me, I hear my friend say 'woah' and I see some dumb f*cking lady in a bright blue Dodge Caliber (ugly piece of shit. The car was too) about 6" away from the passenger side fender and getting closer. No blinker, completely oblivious that I was there.

Between my friend saying 'woah' and me being so surprised that the dumb bitch was so close to me (and being a fairly inexperience driver, only been driving 2 years), I panicked. I slammed on the brakes, and turned the wheel to the left, probably harder than I should have.

I feel the rear end slide out to the right, I'm thinking "oh shit", turn the wheel back to the right, over corrected. Crap. Then I turned back to the left, overcorrected again. Ass. The car swung all the way around and I was going backwards in the left lane. I slam on the brakes again, the car stops, and THANK GOD everyone behind me had moved out of the way, and stopped. There were about a hundred yards of skid marks, and everything smelled like burning rubber. I didn't hit anyone, and noone hit me. So with about 15 cars stopped in the middle of the highway, and everyone staring at me, I just tuned around.

Then I floored it to try to catch up with uglyCaliberbitch. I see her, and... Get this... SHE'S F*CKING GETTING OFF AT HER EXIT. Why the hell would she move out of the right lane, into the middle lane, with nobody in front of her, a f*cking quarter mile before her exit? My friend convinced me not to follow her, so I just leaned on the horn as I went by her. F*cking bitch.

So I still have a clean driving record, and I didn't wreck my Mom's car. And I gave the 15 people behind me a good ass story to tell at dinner tonight.

Oh and I have new shackle and leaf spring bolts.

tobias · August 7, 2008

That's why you shouldn't wear flip flops while you drive.

J/K. Glad to hear you and the car are in one piece.

Darkanion · August 7, 2008

Glad you're alright, man!

sillyazz · August 7, 2008

Glad your alright rookie.

2000DV4.8 · August 7, 2008

Thanks guys, that was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I still can't believe nobody slammed into me.

Glad your alright rookie.

Hah. JERK.

thecraft · August 8, 2008

Did you get her license plate number? Report her ass.

Gray Ghost · August 8, 2008

Jersey drivers!!!

sillyazz · August 8, 2008

Thanks guys, that was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I still can't believe nobody slammed into me.

Glad your alright rookie.

Hah. JERK.

Thanks

2000DV4.8 · August 8, 2008

Did you get her license plate number? Report her ass.

I was too busy trying to not die when I saw her the first time, and when I caught back up to her, she got off the highway right away, and I didn't follow her.

Jersey drivers!!!

It's people like this dumb bitch that gives us all a bad name. Or was that comment directed at me?

Thanks guys, that was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I still can't believe nobody slammed into me.

Glad your alright rookie.

Hah. JERK.

Thanks

Welcome.

svensk · August 8, 2008

HAHA you were damn close to an Epic FAIL!

99silveradoz71 · August 8, 2008

Almost had an old timer in a Grand Marquis back up and take out my neighbor and I in his 04 Silverado crew earlier today.

pennzoil29 · August 8, 2008

I've noticed lately, that there is an epidemic or something going around where some people just don't know how to drive. The road rage has definately come out of me this past week. Some drivers are just flat out stupid, and by all means do not belong behind the wheel of a vehicle. Glad your alright Dan.

D&SYukonDenali · August 9, 2008

Glad to hear you are OK.

Zembonez · August 9, 2008

Jersey drivers!!!

LOL!

Good thing you were lucky!

D&SYukonDenali · August 9, 2008

I've noticed lately, that there is an epidemic or something going around where some people just don't know how to drive. The road rage has definately come out of me this past week. Some drivers are just flat out stupid, and by all means do not belong behind the wheel of a vehicle. Glad your alright Dan.

I notice that to this week.

I was on my way to work early Thursday morning, driving through some nasty road construction on I94 just crossing into IL from WI. With the construction, they have yield sign on the on-ramps to the highway. I go into the office fairly early in the morning (~5:30 AM) so traffic was not jammed, but it was moderately busy. So I'm in the right lane (they have it down to two lanes, with the third being express seperated by a concrete barrier), with cars behind me and along side of me, no really ahead of me doing about 55 mph. I see this mini-van coming on the on ramp when his brake lights light up and he is slowing down as he approaches the merge. I figure he is yielding; Wrong assumption. He decides to merge at about 20 mph. By the time I realize he is not coming to a complete stop, I'm committed, I can't slam on the brakes because of the car behind me (following fairly close), and there are cars along side of me does not allow me to quickly change lanes. We end up going three-wide on a 2-lane highway with no real shoulder. I don't know how I did not trade paint with both the van and the little 4-banger on my left. Thank god for the 6.2 because just hit and got out of there as quick as possible. Needless to say, it took couple hours before I could actually focus at work.

Sorry for the long post.