crashing isn’t at the top of my list, especially after my car accident some time ago. i’m traumatized! being bed ridden for 6 months and dealing with physical therapy would’ve traumatized just about anyone right? when i woke up this morning, the last thing that was on my mind was brake failure.
on my way to work this morning, about 5 am, i realized my brakes didn’t work. i actually thought i might have stepped on the gas at one point, by accident, since the pedal was so soft and sank all the way down to the floor. i quickly realized it was the brakes i had stepped on and not the gas. the street i turned on has hills and curves, needless to say i was doomed for disaster. i braced myself, sqeezing the steering wheel like my life depended on it, no wait, it did, as i approached the stop sign, i zoomed past! thank God there weren’t any cars, except one, but was on the on-coming traffic side.
terrified, crying, and screaming I reached for my phone to call my mom. I ended up hanging up on her because she only stressed me out even more, yelling at me to calm down, ‘why are you crying?!’ she’d ask. well let’s see, i’m going 40mph, about to go down a hill and pick up more speed, pumping my brake pedal has no effect on the car! i’m going to go with terrified for $500 please. un-effin-believable! by this time, I ran my first red light.
what’s after that hill? nothing other than another hill. only this time i’ll be going up. as i’m approaching the top… well, this f***er car decides to slow down almost to a stop. now, i don’t know if cars roll back, but at this point i’m not interested in finding out! keep in mind that theres another intersection coming up and its at the top of this stupid hill! the light is red for me, i know that if i step on the gas i’ll be sure to hit someone passing thru, if I don’t, will i go backwards? I stepped on it! running my second red light, shutting my eyes and escaping the crossing cars. everyone honking, including myself, I had the emergency blinkers on, but I don’t think they knew what was going on! crossed without a single scratch! there’s a God and he thanks i’m a keeper! holy… now all I have to do is make it to my job’s parking lot. two more lights lol, it was like torture! i think i aged about 10 yrs.
well slowly but surely I made it to my job and came to a stop as I pulled into a parking slot, jumping the curb. 1 stop sign and 2 red lights later, safety! now you’re probably thinking, this idiot! why didn’t she go for the emergency brake?! i didn’t think about it lmao! Omg! Wtf is wrong with me?! my advice if you’re ever in this situation, don’t call a family member, call 911 they’ll be sure to remind you of that little helper called the emergency brake! and if not, they’re still going to be way more help!
ROFLMAO!
Sorry I couldn’t stop laughing all throughout this post!
Hilarious! NEVER call your relatives even when you do break. They’ll freak you out even more!
Did you get a new car?