Brush With Death

Whew, I’m still shaking just from thinking about it. This wasn’t the first time, but it was certainly the cloest I’ve felt with the grim reaper

So here’s the story. I was going down a hill, around 40s maybe a little bit higher, when I round a corner on a two lane street. I come around and see two cars parked in my lane. I could not see any opening, so I though about going into the other lane, but I was about to round another blind corner so there was no way to tell if a car was coming up. I decided to wait a second before making a decision. and sure enough, there was a car speeding up the hill. If I had gone into the other lane, I would have been dead for sure.

So right after I notice the car, my options were dwindling. I could A) try sliding, which I sucked at B) tried to footbreak, which was really hard to do when scared shitless and hauling ass C) do nothing and crash into the car, which would have meant a lot of broken bones

I wasn’t really sure what to do until I noticed a three foot wide gap between the two cars, so without thinking I shot right through the gap literally brushing my hands along one of the cars. I stood perfectly still, not wanting my wheels to hit the cars which would have caused me to fly forward and eat the pavement. Luckily, I managed to speed through without hurting myself at all.

Man do I still feel chills just thinking about this. I think the lesson we can all learn is to learn how to safety slide without thinking about it. Had I been able to do so without thinking, there would have been no question to whether I could stop in time or not. Also, I forgot I was wearing leathers, so I could have just hit the pavement and let the leathers take the fall instead of risking such a dangerous maneuver. And even though I escaped without any damage, I’m still kind of mad at myself for not taking a safer route.