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I got my car right before the beginning of summer. Brand new was not an option so I opted for a shiny-black, used Jeep Liberty. It was not in meant condition, but I was just exstatic as long as it had air conditioning that might just turn my fingers blue with frostbite. I had my car for a total of four months, however, before it became an unsightly crime scene. How did my car get wrecked one might ask? It all boils down to one decision I made. One bad choice could destroy a lot of things, so don’t let people convince you into making rash decisions. That was my mistake, and I'm still paying for it. It all began on a Forth of July night filled with intentions for fun and fireworks. Although, the only fireworks we ended up witnessing were the reactions of our parents. Mason, Hunter and Maisy came over to my house to discuss plans for the night. In the mids of discussion, they elected me as their designated driver. After we figured out all the details to our night, we headed out to my car and jumped in to go out to …show more content…
She was driving extremely slow, at least ten miles under the speed limit. All of the cars around us grew angry and annoyed, as they started honking their horns at us. As she poked along, Hunter found it necissary to finally mention the fact that she did not have a license. I started to become unsettled inside, but kept silent, since we were almost to our destination. To my disbelief though, as she was about to make a left- hand turn to go into a shopping center, an annoyed car tries to go around Maisy. That would have been fine and dandy if it wasn’t for them choosing the wrong lane to do so. Instead of using the correct lane, they used the lane to the left of us with oncoming traffic. As I watched in horror, the irritated car and the totally unsuspecting car, collided into each other. The vehicles started to spin out of control, which caused one to hit the front of my car and smash it
“A friend of mine, Barbara Silva, a nurse at Waltham school was driving to work on Route 128 when another car suddenly cut her off. For some reason the truck ahead of [that car] braked abruptly and [the car] banged into it. She slammed into [the car]. It was a horrible accident. It could have been avoided if [the other car] hadn’t jumped lanes.
On July 10th, my family and I were on our way to Charleston, West Virginia when we got hit by a heavily intoxicated driver on I-77 and became involved in a multi-vehicle car collision. The fatal accident has given me a different input on life in general. The moment we crawled out of the car, and nearby drivers stopped to tell us the driver who initially hit us was driving at over 100 mph and weaving in and outside lanes, I felt angry. I was confused and felt helpless. A witness rushed to me and said “I have no compassion for people like that…no compassion.” Still in shock, I had seen my mother lying on the floor with a bleeding wound on her face. My sadness and anger built. You can’t help but ask questions like “Why us?” and “What did I do to deserve this?” There was a moment when I thought I would lose my family, and it would all be at the fault of a reckless criminal who had no mercy for others. Thankfully, we are all blessed to be alive and well. However, in the moment of my loss of hope, I was becoming like the witness who had no
When I turned twenty-two I was excited to purchase my first car, I had been saving for 5 years in order to obtain the car of my dreams. I knew exactly what I wanted, all the “bells and whistles”, and I knew exactly what I was willing to pay and not a penny more. I thought I had a strong knowledge of the sales and pricing of the particular car I was hoping to buy, because I had done my research for weeks browsing and comparing the Sunday car ads. I was assured that my knowledge of the sales would get me a fair price and a great deal. However, my overconfidence and naivety, in the “creepy” sales tactics used by the dealership, made me unaware of the three hour nightmare that was about to ensue; leaving me brokenhearted, angry and vowing to never step foot on a car lot again.
Muscle cars are just another of my passions and with widened eyes I inspected Gary’s sweet ride before he drove off. My thoughts wandered back to when I was 15 years old and was running an errand for my Mom. I happened to pass Montague’s Auto Body Shop on Pleasantville Road on my way to Daitch Shopwell in the Chilmark Shopping Center. In the lot of the body shop sat a 1967 gray Mustang hard top with a for sale sign in its windshield. The leather material on the seats were original and dyed red. The rest of the interior, including the dashboard, door panels and carpeting was jet black in color. There was only one problem. Larry, the shop owner, wanted $1,500 for the car and I only had $800 in my savings account and that was to go towards my college education.
My lovely, intelligent, thoughtful neighbor loves to drive down my neighborhood street, which is a curvy road that’s on a hill, while putting on lipstick, talking or texting on the phone, and has even had the nerve to paint her nails. Yes, she was painting her nails while driving down the middle of the road straight at me. I joke with my dad that if I had been driving my old Lincoln LS, I would have let her hit me to maybe get her attention that painting her nails while driving was not something she should be doing. However, it’s not very funny that this woman has single handedly almost hit every member of my family multiple times except for my younger brother, who has not yet had the privilege of sharing the road with this incredibly smart, skilled driver.
Two weeks ago my neighbor received an unfortunate phone call that his sister had been killed in a car crash. While traveling at a high rate of speed, three underage boys had broad-sided her as they proceeded through a red traffic light at eighty-five mile per hour. The boys had previously stolen the car and were being chased by the police. Besides my neighbor's sister, the front passenger in the stolen car was also killed. The driver and another passenger were only slightly injured.
I always thought learning how to drive was easy. I wanted that freedom that I seen people have the feeling of not having to rely on anyone. I would always hear of sixteen year olds getting their license and driving like professionals. However, it wasn't exactly like I imagined. My first driving experience was very frightening but, at the same time I learned a lot.
I just finished reading an article titled "Must Haves for Your Car" which was extremely informative but a few things were left out which needs to be discussed as well. I travel as much as I can, whether it is across state lines for vacation or to my girlfriend's house, which is a two-hour drive or to a concert...or wherever. So many places that I travel to. The point being that life needs to be experienced daily, and I for one will experience it however some items are essential for travel. I travel the interstate a lot if I am going a long distance or to a place I'm not familiar with, so I know I will run into toll charges.
It is all too much for one day. Finding my car in the parking lot was way easier than what it would normally be. It was brand new, I only had it for two days and it is ruined. The bumper is falling off, the back windscreen if cracked, and my side mirrors are shattered, this car is way beyond repair. Once pristine and white now covered in blackened deep craters from the shots of a bullet, the paint peeling off of the side of the car. One side covered with the black and the remains of the white paint, whilst the other has large smears of red along the doors and seat covers. It was good while it
I haven’t ever driven Kyle’s car before, because it is new. I also don’t have the greatest history with cars. I am a good driver, the only thing is that, not all of the other people that drive are good drivers. But since this was a 13 hour drive Kyle and I took turns driving. I’m sure she had the capability to drive all the way there herself, but I offered to drive part of the way and as long as I promised that nothing bad would happen to her car, her, or me, she was fine with letting me drive. She drove for the first four hours, and then we made a stop for food and bathroom breaks. After that, I got to drive. Let me be the first to tell you that Kyle’s car is a Volkswagen Passat 2013 V6. That car is smooth fast and feels like a racecar when you are behind the wheel. Not that I have ever driven a racecar, still. It was so satisfying. In Kansas, I ended up getting pulled over… So, Kyle took over driving
“Get OUT of the CAR!” Dad was yelling at my sister and I. First day of school and we were already getting into trouble. We got on the bus and were greeted by a supernova. He was giant and smelly for a bus driver and he also had a deafening voice.
In the United States there are approximately 20,000 car accidents each and every day. However, most of the wreaks are minor and people don’t hear about them or they don’t know about them because they didn’t occur near them. I have seen a few accidents in my life, but I will always remember this one car crash even though it was small. I was on my way to my parents’ house to drop of my little sisters from school, I noticed that one of the lanes were really backed up. I knew that it wasn’t backed up when I had came down the road earlier, so something must have happened. When we got up to where the cars where it was a horrific sight. One car was really damaged, its tire was on the other side of the road and the passenger door was compressed all
It’s August thirty-first, a comfortable eighty-two degrees with a crisp breeze. I’m in my two month old car, in fact my very first car. A two-thousand-fifteen Kia soul with color sparkling bright, as if it was titanium steel that has just been polished, equipped with two tone hounds tooth interior and the infamous new car smell followed by a hint of vanilla. I was driving down Dallas Acworth Highway at thirty-five miles per hour, just starting to crest the top of a small hill. Windows down, revealing a cool but gentle breeze, as the sun was kissing my face, it was if I were a dandelion seed being carried by the wind.
Hi all…. These are the days where almost everyone knows how to drive a car. Even me! But, today I am going to share an experience of a woman who is a proud granny now. I had the honour of listening to her experience a few weeks ago. The story begins…..
“Honk!” The car horn was extremely loud considering how close it was. Even now, almost 10 years later, the sound paralyzes me with fear and guilt every time I hear it. The accident, my biggest mistake, haunts me every day. Some people say murders should be put to death, but from my experience, the torture of solitude is much worse. I had killed someone. Even though it was an accident, it was still my fault. I guess manslaughter is the proper name for it. I was driving my car, playing with the radio, not focusing on the road, when I hit a woman who was gardening around her mailbox. I bet she didn’t think planting a few flowers would result in her death. I didn’t think that changing the radio would ever cause me to spend years in prison. Life’s never what you expect, that’s for sure.