Almost wrecked this morning.
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Almost wrecked this morning.
I live down a dead end paved county road, that t'ees into a FM road. There is nothing but woods on the sides of both roads, and no houses for miles.
I left the house this morning @ 5:00 am, and headed to work. It rained last night, and the roads were slick. My windshield was fogging up, and I was having a hard time keeping it clear. I was approaching the stop sign, where the country road meets the FM road. Now, there is usually a yellow sign that says "stop ahead" just before the stop sign, but I didnt see it. I was bee-boping along @55, and all of the sudden I could see the FM road really close, so I locked 'em up. My truck slid to a stop in the middle of the FM road!!!!! Luckily there was no traffic coming becuase there was no way I was stopping. I sat there for a split second, and thanked God for sparing my life. I called my wife, and told her. She said that she had a bad feeling about me when I left, and she said a prayer for me. I am truly blessed. I was shaking for about 15 minutes after that.
There is a huge live oak tree directly across the road, and if I would have gone straight across the FM, I would have nailed it. In the past 5 years I have seen atleast 2 cars do the same thing I did, but were going much faster, and sailed across the road into the oak tree.
I try my best to not get out of 4th gear on this road becuase of this reason. THere are always deer, and hogs running out, and I cant stop this heavy rig fast enough. So I try to keep it under 55, and cruising in 4th gear helps. And even on the foggiest mornings I always drive by the "stop ahead" sign, and its never let me down.
I did not like this at all. It was like slow motion when it happened, and I could think about was oncoming traffic T-Boning me. Im so thankfull there wasnt.
I left the house this morning @ 5:00 am, and headed to work. It rained last night, and the roads were slick. My windshield was fogging up, and I was having a hard time keeping it clear. I was approaching the stop sign, where the country road meets the FM road. Now, there is usually a yellow sign that says "stop ahead" just before the stop sign, but I didnt see it. I was bee-boping along @55, and all of the sudden I could see the FM road really close, so I locked 'em up. My truck slid to a stop in the middle of the FM road!!!!! Luckily there was no traffic coming becuase there was no way I was stopping. I sat there for a split second, and thanked God for sparing my life. I called my wife, and told her. She said that she had a bad feeling about me when I left, and she said a prayer for me. I am truly blessed. I was shaking for about 15 minutes after that.
There is a huge live oak tree directly across the road, and if I would have gone straight across the FM, I would have nailed it. In the past 5 years I have seen atleast 2 cars do the same thing I did, but were going much faster, and sailed across the road into the oak tree.
I try my best to not get out of 4th gear on this road becuase of this reason. THere are always deer, and hogs running out, and I cant stop this heavy rig fast enough. So I try to keep it under 55, and cruising in 4th gear helps. And even on the foggiest mornings I always drive by the "stop ahead" sign, and its never let me down.
I did not like this at all. It was like slow motion when it happened, and I could think about was oncoming traffic T-Boning me. Im so thankfull there wasnt.
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