Almost Died On 71

[The Caped Crusader]

(10-13-2017, 07:43 AM)Takedown Wrote: I wrecked my first car which was only a 98 Mustang, nothing that new like yours lol. This was a while ago. I got in a wreck going up 75N on my way to my job, rain was terrible, I couldn't see out my back window or anything hardly, I was going 45 with hazards on since that thing had no backend weight to it whatsoever, I had to get over to my far right for the Kenwood exit and I didn't see anyone coming up my right side so I turn my hazards off and use my blinker to gradually start to get over and all of the sudden this guy IS coming up the right lane and without jerking the wheel or panicking I start to move back to my original lane and all hell broke loose. I did at least two 360 turns, felt like I was in a hurricane knowing for sure that I was dead with there being a semi behind me and to the far left lane of me, as I was spinning out I finally crashed into the middle divider of the highway a mile from my exit. I was fine, no one got hurt or was involved in my accident thank God and my car wasn't even totaled. An off duty cop stopped and pulled over to ask if I was okay, I was a little shooken up but I told him I was fine and thanked him for stopping. My car was JUST out of the lane of traffic, my back left bumper was what was damaged and that was it which I took off later and made it look good as new after a little paint and everything she was fine lol.

Morale of this story is, God was watching over both of in these moments Caped Crusader. There wasn't an ice cubes chance in hell that I thought I would dodge those semi trucks while uncontrollably hydroplaning. At the end of it all a cop showed up and long story short I got a ticket for failure to maintain control of my vehicle, but the cop completely dismissed the fact that the guy that was behind me in the right lane didn't even have his headlights on, if he did I probably would have never attempted to get over that soon in the first place. But that was my fault I guess. By law in most states, if you have your wipers on you HAVE to have your headlights on. I thought that was common sense but what do I know, it was only monsoon type weather lol Glad you're okay man.

Glad you're okay too. Unfortunately/Fortunately, I'm not the religious type. My wife and Mom are...so I'd like to believe them having a say might have had something to do with it. I'd like to thank my driving skill, but one could argue it got me into that situation. Regardless, to shoot into any woods going 60+ and come out unharmed...is quite unbelievable. I still look back at the pictures and ask how...I don't get it...I'm very thankful for having my vest on though, even with it on, I had a pretty good seat belt burn.