by OkamiKodomo » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:12 pm
I almost died yesterday o.o I didn't post about it because it was still making me shake to talk about it.
Those of you that are not familiar with Route 3 outside of Boston, just know that it is a 2 lane highway, with no shoulder on the left, and a heavy traffic volume during rush hours. (like most highways around densely populated cities) I was driving in the left lane, no one was in front of me. In the right lane, was a small silver car, and a very LARGE red SUV. The SUV was almost immediately to my right, and I had to be in his blind spot or something. Suddenly, red SUV decides he DOES NOT WANT to be behind the little silver car anymore and just merges into my lane without looking, checking, or signaling. Their rear end was nearly in my passenger seat. I slam on the brakes and horn, but my car loses control, and the nose swerves into the left, where, as I mentioned, there is no shoulder. I nearly hit the guard rail; I thought for sure I was going to. Then I spin back to the right, into the other lane, and then one more time, to the left, and go into a full rotation. I will never forget the terror of seeing the oncoming traffic, and realizing that my car has STALLED in the middle of a full spin. I yank the wheel, and get the car mostly straightened out, and coast into the shoulder on the right side, but my trunk is still sitting halfway into the lane. One guy stopped and asked if I was OK, I shook my head no, and he gestured that he was calling 911. I didn't think I hit anything, but my car wasn't starting, and I was still sitting halfway into the lane. On top of that, my blood sugar was low, and I could feel myself going into a panic attack. Two other guys stopped, and one of them came up to my window, and opened his wallet to display a badge, and said he was an off duty police officer. He asked if I was ok, if I hit anything, and I was too hysterical to answer him fully, I don't even remember what I said, just that I started bawling that my car wouldn't start and I was still in the lane and the other car ran me off the road. He managed to get me to put the car in neutral and they pushed me into the shoulder, and said there was a state trooper on the way, and then as soon as he confirmed I did not in fact need an ambulance or tow truck, and that I had not actually hit anything, nor had I blown out any tires, and FINALLY, my car was able to start, he and the third person that stopped went on their way. The first guy that stopped, that actually saw me spin out stayed until the officer got there, gave me an unopened bottle of water, and told me that it was amazing I didn't hit anything, that I managed to get the car under control and get it mostly to the shoulder. He was very nice, and he offered me a piece of fruit, and I gotta say, Faith in Humanity restored. But holy hell I was so terrified. I really did think I was going to black out from the adrenaline crash, and the low blood sugar. My vision started going black, and I couldn't breathe, and my face and hands were tingling.
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