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After the accident in which I totalled the citation, I was driving my parents' van. It was a huge, rusty old monster of an automobile. It might not have had any heat.

It was a cold, icy day and the roads were a little slick. I was driving to school for something. Play rehearsal, debate practice, a Model UN meeting. Some dorky thing like that. The reason I got into this accident was that I had the incredibly bad habit of reading and driving when was 16-17. Yes. That's right. Reading a book and driving a van on an icy road. Multitasking! If I could read and walk, read and eat, read and watch TV, read and play board games, why not read and drive?

So, I was driving behind a woman in a station wagon, both of us going 15-20 mph. I saw her put on her left turn signal and start to turn. I looked down at my book, and then smashed into the back of her car. I think I didn't even hit the brake until after I hit her. Her car was totalled.

It took me about 15 years to admit to anyone that I had been reading while driving when I got into this accident.

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accident , dumb , stupid , nerd , reading and driving