...which may have caused a slight loss of bladder control...
On this seemingly normal morning I was driving to work. I was really close, not running late, not stuck in traffic, singing my heart out because what else are you going to do while alone in the car. When suddenly stupidity reared its ugly face and I had a mild (or possibly SEVERE) panic attack in my car.
You see as I was driving down this lovely two lane stretch a rather large SUV going in the other direction started driving a bit erratically. Not like drunk driver but like every so slightly swerving. I noticed it and thought well that's odd. Before I was able to really comprehend what was happening this over-sized death mobile had veered completely over into my lane. CRAP!!! There is honestly no where to go but into the wilderness to my right *ahhhhhhh*. I jerked my wheel in time to bypass a HEAD ON COLLISION meanwhile laying on my horn and attempting to maintain control of my car in the saturated grass before I ended up in a ditch. Apparently my honking alerted the driver of their minor miscalculation and they swerved back into the correct lane. The kicker was as they passed I could see the cell phone. I could see the bloody cell phone held up right in front of her effing face! Are you kidding me?!?! You could have killed me because you are messing with your cell phone. Put it down!!! This all happened in a matter of seconds but it was like slow motion to me. What if she was just a little closer...I would have had zero time to react. I barely had time to swerve as it was. The speed limit on that stretch is 55...which means that would have hurt....A LOT.
When I pulled into work my heart was still racing, my head pounding and I was pale...I was scared to get up because I didn't know if my legs would work properly but I knew I had to get out. Plus I really had to wee at this point...I mean I didn't go in my pants (THANK GOD) but I did have to go. My car had crap all over the side which is fine, at least it and I were in one piece and uninjured. It really started my morning off crappy!
I know we are all guilty of picking up the phone while driving BUT I have made a conscious effort to leave it alone while driving. I don't look at it and I don't pick it up unless I am stopped at a light or stop sign...even then its very quick. I have Bluetooth link up in my car so I use that to dial out or pick up. When customers call me in the car I don't say hold on while I get paper to write something down, I say "do you have my email? please email me and I will reply as soon as I am not in my car." My point is it can wait. It 100% can wait. We haven't always had phones in our vehicles...haven't always been so connected...the world will not end just because you didn't reply to that text right away. If you must reply pull the frick over and do so. I'd like to live a bit longer and I would rather not die in a fiery crash because you just had to tell your your BFF what Bobo did or whatever. I am sure Bobo would want you wait to tell the story rather than kill some innocent person LIKE ME and/or yourself with your bomb on wheels going 50+ MPH!!!
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