January 09, 2007
Way too Ironic!!!
I bought Maggie May in March of '04. She really was a wonderful car.
At that time I was living in Tampa, driving I4 (aka The Corridor of Hell) almost daily.
One day, about a week after I bought her I was sitting in traffic (again) and saw one of the most horrific things I've ever seen. Traffic was stopped. There was a car sitting behind a semi, when a gravel truck slammed into the back of the car, pushing it beneath the semi and killing the woman in the car.
Gotta tell you, the visual stuck with me.
A week later, almost the same thing happened to me. Only I got lucky.
However, I had only had Maggie 2 weeks. Not even made the first payment. Damn - that one hurt.
So this morning I'm flyin' down I90 going to work. I'm in the fast lane because, well, I was driving fast. Duh. Anyway, in the far right lane just in front of me I see smoke. Lots of smoke. Everyone is slamming on their breaks.
Would you believe I saw a gravel truck rear end a car?!
No shit.
I've had Lana a week today......
I'm seriously considering seeing if my boss will let me telecommute next week. You know, just to be safe.
But isn't that just the weirdest thing????
Posted by Tammi at January 9, 2007 10:39 AM | TrackBackThat IS strange!! Be careful... not saying the coincidences will continue, but that's kinda freaky...
Posted by: pam at January 9, 2007 04:57 PMUhhhh YES!!!! Hello! We need to get you a St. Christopher's medal to glue to Lana's dashboard. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Richmond at January 9, 2007 06:05 PMYOU ARE CURSED! Just let me know the next time your driving near Rockford so I can keep my family off the road. :)
Posted by: Contagion at January 9, 2007 07:01 PM Actually that's normal. Gravel trucks get rode hard and put up wet. The drivers are usually the least experienced or the most accident prone, it's one thing to wreck a load of gravel, quite another to cream a truckload of computers or color TVs.
Now consider the load, the normal truckload of stuff has a lot of empty space, every box has empty space inside, usually filled with air, styrofoam or bubble wrap. A gravel truck has gravel or sand. The loads are heavy, the same brakes, though.
Gravel and dump trucks are best avoided. If one is too close behind, let him by, no matter that it'll make you late.