Oops

Anyone having a bad day? My guess is, it’s not near as bad as the little black car in this photo.

While turning left into my business park this morning, this little black car tried to pull out in front of me. I continued on in full intimidation mode, which usually pans out to my advantage. Looking in my rear-view mirror, the same car picks a larger, much more intimidating vehicle to pull out in front of – a big rig. And gets t-boned.

Bad move. It literally screams do-over.

I hate seeing an accident. When I do it always seems like it’s in slow-motion, that sick feeling goes down real deep like it’s my own.  The car actually came off the ground when the eighteen-wheeler hit it, and I thought it was gonna flip. The good news is I believe both people are going to be okay. I saw the driver of the car get out once, but got right back in and he was still in the car when I left.

Under duress, I’m completely useless on the phone calling in an emergency.

911: Police, fire or medic?

Me: uhhhh… police, and-and medic too I think… an eighteen-wheeler just hit a car…

911: What’s your location?

Me: (voice shaking) uhhhh… I’m on the corner of, uhhhh… Ying Road and uhhhh… Yang Blvd… at uhhhh… Ying-Yang Business Park…

911: Ma’am, can you repeat your location and what the emergency is?

Me: (deep breaths) okay, I’m at the corner of Ying Road and Yang Blvd, at the Ying-Yang Business Park. A car was just t-boned by an eighteen wheeler.

911: Okay. How many people are in the vehicles?

Me: uhhhh, I’m not sure. From where I’m standing there appears to be one person in the truck and one in the car.

911: Are there any hazardous materials or chemicals involved?

Me: Huh? I don’t know… I’m standing on the side of the road.

See what I mean? Useless, I tell you. Lesson of the day: never chance pulling out in front of something twelve times your size.

November 18, 2011 | Categories: Miscellaneous, Thoughts | Tags: 2011, Accidents, Bad Day, Miscellaneous, Random Thoughts, Rigs, thoughts | 11 Comments