Mishap en route

I rammed hubby's car into a wooden 2x4 sign post on the highway trying to navigate a short interchange in the rain.

His car was pretty strong, I cracked the front fender but no dents at all! That sign went under the car and it actually prevented us from shooting across the other freeway against traffic.

My life didn't flash before me but it sure made me so mad at myself for not being able to make that turn. Hubby's car is an SUV, it's made for this kind of terrain, but somehow this freeway interchange required me to go from highway speed down to 20mph in just seconds! What are they thinking, if I braked that hard, we'd end up on a dangerous spin, turn upside down (horrors!) or over shoot the island and into oncoming traffic. It didn't make it easier with that puddle of water that it felt the wheels had a mind of its own, the car had hydroplaned while turning. I think that wooden post totally saved our lives. This never happened to me before but I know stepping hard on the brakes would have a regrettable result.

For that I am thankful and feeling blessed that He took care of us and we all came out unscathe.

Of course not bruised but I totally scared the hell out of my passengers, especially my visiting aunt. My reputation as a driver has gone down to 0% in reliability :-(

Hubby was mad but he expected to see the worse and refused in the beginning to look at the fender. He is okay now, he's such a calm and forgiving guy! whew--lucky me!

Now -- need to shell out more dinero to get this baby fixed.

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