Hydroplaned on the freeway
by wildgift
a while ago
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I was headed to an interview, but it had been pretty rainy, and the 110 freeway tends to get these puddles here and there, due to poor drainage. The freeway also winds left and right, like a slalom track. (People like it.) So, I'm driving down it, and hit a big wet area, and start skidding. I think I'm gainng control, but hit water again, and spin the car into the railing in the middle, smashing my front bumper and my rear bumper. The car was steaming, but it was still running, so drove off the freeway in once piece. I'm lucky that i didn't flip the car. I'm also lucky that traffic on the 110 tends to clump behind slow cars, so there wasn't anyone behind me. The people behind me saw me spinning out, slowed down, and waited for me to clear out. The car was totalled.
Ever since that accident, I have driven at or near the speed limit on the freeway.
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