Highway 89 is a twisty two lane road near here. There's lots of fast moving truck traffic on it and it's one of those roads with no clear edges, everyone drives down the middle for fear of going off into a snow filled ditch. It's often closed due to white outs but this evening it was open, visibility was poor due to blowing snow and there was close to a foot of snow on the road.
As I rounded a bend, a truck came the other way sweeping a wave of snow over my car and creating one of those white outs that seems to last forever. As the snow cleared something logic says is inevitable but which one always hopes to avoid became apparent; I was on a head on collision course with another car. I don't know which of us was on the wrong side of the road, perhaps both of us, but I steered right, the misery of perhaps being stuck looming less large than the fear of death. A wheel went into the ditch and I fish tailed a bit, something one sees happen to people most days but I kept going.
Since I'm here I know that I didn't hit the other vehicle, it was close though, close enough to make the remaining few miles of seeing nothing ahead, looking sideways and judging placement by the roadside electrical paraphenalia, dry mouthed.
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Glad you are ok. Pour a stiff drink and relax in the tub. I spun the car 180 the other week, hit nothing but was surprisinghly achy afterwards, presumably from tensing muscles.
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I held my breath reading that. You'll be tense every time a truck goes by you in the snow now. So glad you are okay.
ReplyDeleteBugger, what a thing. Thankfully you lived to tell the tale. Winter driving is fraught with many dangers and one needs to have one's wits about you, which clearly you did. Plus, snow tires!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got home safe and hope you've relaxed and got over the shock by now. Take it easy now.