I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't be driving. First was the speeding ticket . Today ... well, nothing disastrous but my heart is still racing a little.
This is what happened. It's been raining here most of the morning and I was out running errands. I see the light up ahead turn red and I start to slow down - at least I try to slow down. I obviously was going too fast for the road conditions and before I knew it the ol' Honda was hydroplaning and the bumper of the pickup in front of me was approaching at warp speed. I braced myself for impact ... I think my eyes even closed for a second not being able to bear the approaching accident ... and was greatly relieved when the pickup changed lanes. My guess is our bumpers missed by about 6 inches. If he hadn't gotten out of my way It would have been crunch city. My heart is still racing.
Have I learned my lesson yet? I sure hope so. I need to get myself out of California-crazy-driver mode and get myself into the slow-mid-west-driver mode. I will never disparage Minnesota again. I also need to get a new set of tires as my current ones have no traction on wet pavement and I don't expect them to be any better on snow and ice. What sucks about that is my tires are only a year old. They were fine in the dry California climate but here they suck.
Now I just need to slow the ol' ticker down before the Wife gets home and starts giggling again.
Buy Goodyear! They can withstand a lot (just ask my Dad), last long and perform very well.
ReplyDeleteSorry this sounds like a plug, but they really are good tires.
"California-crazy-driver" mode? I think I'm offended. ;)
ReplyDeleteBe careful out there, Leadfoot.
MH: I'll see what I can do.
ReplyDeleteGH: You are the exception ;-) I will.