I almost totaled my car this morning.

The road was damp when I left Cashiers, NC this morning for home. The drive in on Saturday was amazing: no traffic, twists and turns, dry asphalt and a huge grin on my face. So I thought the return trip this morning would be as equally exhilarating.

The first 10 miles or so were great. Granted, the wet road caused me to slow down, but I was having an amazing time driving through US 64 flying through the gears.

I couldn't see past the upcoming left hand bend, so I hit the brakes and started to turn in when I felt my rear end slide out from under me. I took my foot off the brake pedal and turned toward the direction I was sliding, but I must have over corrected, as my ep3 started sliding in the opposite direction. The next thing I know, I do a 180 degree turn in the middle of the road and, well, the picture explains it all. (I was driving in the direction of the Chevy Blazer in the background).

I'm not a God fearing man, but I have no other explanation for why I didn't hit either of the poles, or even the guy wire. The road was empty at the moment, so I didn't hit another car. If you look closely at the picture, I could have rolled over into the stream (not pictured). I could have killed someone, myself included. I could have wrecked my ep3. But nothing happened.

Yes, I was stuck in the earth with my shaken nerves, but there were at least a dozen passers-by that offered to help that I was out in no time. Two guys in a pickup gave me a hand. One stopped traffic while the other pulled me out.

The point of my story is: don't be a ****ing idiot.

Somehow I averted a tragedy today, but I could have prevented it altogether by not driving like an idiot on a wet road. Today I realized my life and my car are too valuable for that type of behavior.

So boys and girls, drive safe.

 

You got lucky, God or no God. Glad you, or your EP didn't get injured.

I got pretty lucky yesterday. Went around a corner as fast as I could handle, and of course a car was stopped around the bend. Luckily I was able to brake in time. Lesson learned, drive like you got some sense!!

 

I think this is where you might have gone wrong. I have always been taught that you keep foot on the accelerator (not mashing it down, just on it) so that the weight of the car (not sure if I'm saying this correctly) is on the rear wheels. When you hit the brake turning in, the weight of the car shifted forward, off of the rear wheels causing them to loose traction and they came around.