Okay, first I'm going to give a shout-out to nica-chan for allowing me to use her awesome e-card. Thank you!!! X3 (*hugs*)
Now I'm going to get into a more serious topic that is more like a semi-funny memory to me now:
For the past few days where I live it's actually been raining (*le gasp!*) so the roads, obviously, have been getting pretty slick. Do y'all remember that post I put up sometime back regarding fishtailing? ...(*slumps head*) yeah...
Scenario:
I had just left home to go to school and had made my way into an intersection when the light turned red. This normally wouldn't have been a problem if it weren't for the fact that this same stop sits slightly on a hill. Normally, I do feel the backwheels of the truck squirm a little bit while making the turn to get into the adjacent lane, so hearing the tires struggle to get some trackion didn't bother me too much. I probably made that turn harder than I should've or something because the next thing I knew my truck had spun completely around and was facing the wrong way in the adjacent lane.
Good news:
-I wasn't going any faster than 35mph
-there was nobody else in the lane
-two of my tires were still on the pavement, the others slightly in the grass
-I totally evaded the ditch
-& I was able to swing back around to contiue on my merry way (of course--I wasn't able to speak for about half a mile after that, and if I remember correctly one of the first things I said was "thank you God!")
What saved me: I didn't stomp on the brakes and nor did I try to turn the wheel the other way
Yay memories! ^__^;
