I had my first near-death experience today, and I feel truly grateful to still be alive... I was really scared I was going to die today for a split second.

I was running a bit late for work and so I was driving 70mph or so on the highway (2 lanes)... And I'm about to pass this black Chevrolet Cavalier around a very easy curve... He swerves into my lane, and I think "idiot, I'm going around the other side" and as soon as I change to the other lane, he swerves back into it! I have to hit the brakes hard and jerk the wheel to straighten the car... I felt the tires lose a bit of traction but they heated up a bit and stuck well. Thank goodness I bought new ones... He luckily moved back over quick enough because I would have hit him, and possibly kill us both, or swerved off the edge of the highway into a ditch and killed myself.

As I passed... I looked in the rear-view mirror to see two teenagers laughing like it was some kind of a joke. In anger, fear, and embarrassment, I really wanted to kill the driver but I would not gain anything from that... He started chasing me for some reason, but I lost him in the traffic. I got to work shocked and worried but okay...

Now my brake rotors are glazed with an oily purple shine again, and have some strange markings that make scratching noises... I have to replace them AGAIN.

Then to make things worse, I was pulling out onto one main road, carefully observing some useless whore in a white truck in the farthest lane over on the right approaching, so I pull out and turn left to hear screeching tires and a horn honking, then see her swerve back into the right lane.... She saw me coming and thought it was a good idea to make an unnecessary lane change toward me!? What the fuck? Is everyone out to kill me today!?

i had something similar to the second thing happen once, except i was making a left and they were in the right lane, had thier blinker on and were slowing down, so i looked the other way to see if it was clear and it was so i went. then my passenger started yelling at me that the guy changed his mind and wasn't turning anymore. i had to punch the gas to avoind him, crank the wheel to avoid t-boneing or side swiping the guy in the furthest lane, and straiten out the wheel to avoid swerving into oncoming traffic, all in my old bronco. needles to say i needed to change my underware and i now piss people of because i sit so long waiting to make sure its REALLY clear to turn lol. just so you guys don't think that i suck at driving this was about two years ago, within about a month of me getting my licence nothing recent

I am actually really scared sometimes now...whenever i am passing someone I think of what happened, or pulling out onto a street I won't even do it until both lanes are clear now...

yeah, there are some events you never fully get over. i was driving to work one day, and was on the outside lane with a big ass dunp truck on my left side. i was traveling a little faster than him (this was all in my old Talon) and as i was about even with the truck's cab, he changes lanes nicked my rear bumper, and spun me into traffic going the OPPOSITE direction. he obviously wasnt hurt, and i managed to come out unscathed with only bumper damage on the Talon; but now, every time im driving down the road, i dont like to have large vehicles to my left. it makes me very uncomfortable.

I am just instinctively scared to drive right next to any vehicle more than twice the size of mine.

that reminded me of the time i was riding with my mom, there was a semi on both sides and one decided to change lanes, luckily he noticed us before he actually hit, scared the crap out of us tho lol. just need to get a short enough car to go under them, then we would be fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

Obviously honda civics fit under semi's lol

dude you should have gotten the kids license plate number.. if there are ass holes like that i'd get them off the highway asap.

I was in a state of mind where I wasn't thinking of anything except slowing down and stopping and taking a breather, because I have a bit of an issue with handling situations that make me nervous like that...

Happened to me too... some bitch jumped into my lane when she seen I was pulling out of a parking lot... only difference is she was going about 50-55 and she hit me... Luckily I was in a Suburban and she was in a tiny Toyota or something... but older so it wasn't a Yaris...

Good thing she hit you because then she feels stupid and has to pay for the damage, and then her insurance skyrockets. lol

I have a state farm insurance sticker on my car so that people know if they hit me they're the ones who will get screwed hard.

Eh... not so much... she denied it, and there weren't any good witnesses, so no proof... she claimed we just flew across 4 lanes of traffic and and stopped in front of her or something... I dunno... I just know the officer found no one at fault due to not having any real witnesses, because she didn't hit her brakes until the last second. It wasn't like normally you have a "SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH BOOM!" She did more like "SCREE-BOOM" so I think she wasn't paying attention...

Today I almost actually hit someone... I was really scared... I had to put it in neutral and shut it off because it was overheating severely (I didn't know the head gasket was blown and I thought it was about to happen) but I didn't know the brake pedal would stiffen up to where you can't push it. I pulled the ebrake partially and that didn't work out, the back tires locked up and I came to a screeching halt, the cars behind me all slowed down and stared lol