Car accident
Crashed the car two days ago. The road was all ice, with just a bit of snow covering it. Raining, very cold, awful weather. I went out to return the books to the library and a DVD to the video store. Several times when I hit the breaks I felt that the tires are not rolling, that the car is just sliding. I even looked at the tires to see if there something wrong with them. All this to say I was extra careful and driving really slowly.
On my return, a block from my place I took a left turn. The car just didn't change direction at all, just kept straight. I was sliding. I released the break pedal, didn't help. For a millisecond I was just sliding, with no control over the vehicle, basically just sitting there like a passenger. I had time to see recent parts of my life running before my eyes ;), I thought about my two kids, I thought about my wife and the last thing I thought was something like "Looks like I'm gonna crash... can I be any dumber?".
...then I hit an electricity pole.
The whole situation happened so fast and I felt so, so stupid. I mean I had my winter tires on, I was extra careful, because I felt the road was slipperly, I was driving very slowly (fact is, the air bags didn't even deploy). Haven't been drinking or smoking or anything. And I was just a block from home...
Today my neighbour cheered me up: "Don't worry, there are only two types of cars - crashed cars and those that will crash" 
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December 2nd, 2005 at 2:43 pm
That’s too bad, but the way you describe it - may i admit - did bring a smile on my face.
“thought about my two kids, I thought about my wife … then I hit an electricity pole”.
What were those recent parts of your life you thought about then? Was it really something special or were you thinking about that letter you would have wanted to post or the dishes you wouldn’t be able to finish.. before the end….
December 2nd, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Hehe, didn’t think about the dishes (although I should have, I mean c’mon, someone has to do the dishes
)
I thought more along the lines of “Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!”. I was angry on myself for letting this happen, like “so now these kids will have to grow without their father”, something like that. I guess these were the pictures - just some faces and scenes from the recent past. (The big kid is two and a half)
December 10th, 2005 at 10:10 am
Sorry to hear that. Glad that you’re alright.