Close Call

I had a very close call today. As I was driving my rig up I-294 in Illinois just relaxing and enjoying the day I suddenly heard tires screeching on pavement. I looked to my left and saw a car totally out of control and doing 360 degree spins on the highway and heading right for me.

I hit the brakes and watched the car spin in front of my truck. I thought it would keep going right out of my path as I was braking but at the last second it came right back in front of me. There was no way in hell I could stop my rig in time to keep from hitting the car.

As adrenaline was dumped into my system and my heart was running at rapid speed I gave a glance in my right mirror, saw nothing was on that side that I could see, and dodged my truck in that direction. I missed the out of control car by inches.

A few minutes later a car with a sun roof came past me with the driver doing a thumbs up out of the sun roof. I guess he saw the whole thing and was congratulating me on not hitting the car broadside.

A few minutes after that the previously out of control car came by me and the driver waved to me as he went by. I can imagine how he must have felt as he saw himself out of control in front of a big rig.

I am just thankful that I didn't hit the car.

It took a good hour to burn off all the adrenaline that was dumped into my system and return to normal. I have had many close calls over the years but that one was closer than most. Honestly, it scared the shit out of me.