I was driving along one of the back roads of NW Ohio yesterday minding my own business. Of course I was looking for the deer that will run out of the fields as soon as the harvest starts, but I didn’t see any of those. Now in the normal course of driving one usually expects to have their own side of the road. For some strange reason the driver of a grain filled semi decided he needed to drive down the center line. There was plenty of room for him on his normal side, seeing that I only had to get my passenger side tires in the grass when he flew by. As Maxwell Smart says, “He missed me by ‘this’ much”. The ‘this’ happened to be about 2 feet at most. Not an enjoyable experience at all.
So after sitting on the side of the road for about 1/2 an hour or so, I continued my drive to see my daughter. I really was hoping that I could relax enough to enjoy the evening and them maybe drive home. As noted in my last post, I was able to relax.
In my years of driving, I’ve only had a few close calls. Each one affected me in the same manner. My nerves were a tangled mess for at least an hour or two. Only one of the close calls was my fault, and my reaction to it kept me from repeating my mistake. Now I am talking about life/death close calls, I’ve had my share of little fender benders, but the big ones scare me. And there I was taking the back roads hoping to avoid the traffic on the more populated routes.
Well, today there are three drivers that avoided a major accident, because of the alert action of two drivers (me and the guy following me). I wonder if the truck driver even saw us. I doubt it, since he kept right on truckin’.
So, I guess I’m just saying, “It is great to be blogging today, heck it is great to be doing anything today.”
Drive safe.
WOW… honestly, I don’t recall any calls that close. But glad all are safe.
WOW is right – Thank God for your safety. These country roads scare the daylights out of me, as do Chicago expressways. I don’t think my kids are going to be allowed to drive in the country until they’re moved out of the house.
Of course, roadways of any type can be dangerous – we had a close call just outside of Fort Wayne and another one recently elsewhere in Indiana. So again, thank God for your actions and those of the other drivers involved… well, not the semi driver. Shame on him, hopefully he didn’t run anyone else off the road. I wish there was enough $ to build semis their own highway system!!!
Thank God! I’m just glad to be reading a story of an accident that ‘DID NOT’ happen. Sorry for the scare.
Glad you’re ok!!!