Fresh Mornin’ Do
One of the craziest things I do while commuting in the morning is that whenever traffic forces me to stomp the brakes, I take a look into my rear view mirror. I do it to watch the driver behind me either rear end me or swerve to miss.
This morning the traffic in the commute was cruising along at the standard 70 MPH. It was also bumper to bumper although I leave a car space in front. This leaves me susceptible to some wanker sneaking into that space.
I was watching this fellow make his way through traffic until he was behind me. He made me nervous.
We go under an overpass and seconds later I am hearing the sound of tires squealing. It was from the tractor trailer on my right hitting his brakes. The sound staccato.
I look up ahead. Cars are slowing down fast. I press firmly on the brakes closing the gap between me and the car ahead. That’s when I look up into my rear view mirror. I try to catch a glimpse of the idiot behind me. He’s swerving a bit to my right. Then he’s swerving to my left and he’s diving to my left. I don’t even look to the cars I am going to hit. I watch the idiot end up on the shoulder akimbo to my car.
Crazy. We just missed each other. It was because of another rear end.
I need to stop peaking at cars behind me.
