Thursday, April 16, 2009
Guilty Conscience
Well as many of you may already know, I do not enjoy driving one little bit. Quite frankly it scares me to death still!! Yes I know after a year and a half I am still afraid some crazy drunk person is going to jump in front of my car while I am driving down the freeway!! Anywho on with what I am trying to get to...this morning I had to be at work by seven meaning I had to be up by five thirty and out of the house by six thirty. The roads in town were wet and slushy due to the recent mid-April snow storm! I got to the freeway and the on ramp was the same as the roads in town as usual upon approaching the freeway I decided I had better take it slow today because the roads looked wet but not too icey. I was just driving along around 60 MPH with the rest of the traffic, there was a white SUV traveling behind me and was gaining on me, as they went to pass I saw them turn on their blinker and then all of a sudden I looked in me rear view mirror and they were flying across the freeway in the total opposite direction they flew down and almost hit the fence, they didnt roll just slid way bad!! It was then that I realized how icey the roads really were they werent just wet, I didnt dare stop in fear that I wouldnt be able to start going again, so I just kept traveling and called UHP to let them know about the slide off. My heart was racing from just watching, I feel bad for the person in the vehicle and I am sure glad it wasnt me because im sure they would've had to do CPR on me from my heart stopping!! I couldnt believe the toll watching this person slide off the road took on me throughout the day, I honestly could not stop thinking about it!! The thought that I should've stopped and made sure they were okay and made sure they had a phone kept running through my mind, I kept thinkking I sure hope they got some help, I sure hope they didnt get hurt because I didnt stop...I am now still kicking myself because I didnt stop and make sure they were okay!!! Next time something like that happens (hopefully there isnt a next time) I will definitely stop even if it seems silly!!!! I guess that is all for my random blog post of the day TA TA!
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You're so cute. You get points for calling and letting someone know that they slid off. You've got to think of yourself first! (And prepare yourself for my insensitive two bits:) If they were driving too fast for the conditions and especially people in SUV's who usually think they don't have to slow down no matter what the weather looks like, they probably deserved to slide off and maybe it will be a lesson for them in the future. Wow, am I a jerk or what? So don't beat yourself up about it. Glad you got to work safely! The end.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mist, you made me smile!! I have kinda started feeling the same way, after a while of thinking about it I am just happy that they werent a little closer and hit me too!!
ReplyDeleteyou know, after you are in an accident......and i was too when adam was on his mission......you just get kinda paranoid....you don't mean to but it is a sense that is just in you......like misty said. don't feel bad.......if you had stopped, maybe you would have gotten in an accident too or worse yet, caused another accident.
ReplyDeletedriving slow was your best measure and calling it in.
you did the right thing.