Do bad things come in three's?
2004-08-13 05:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearIf so, I can breath a sigh of relief. Not being particularly superstitious, I'll just try to be a little more alert when I drive.
The first one was Monday, coming home from work. I came off the Winchester offramp, turned left, and had nobody ahead of me in my lane at the Winchester light, which had just turned green. I just barely managed to stop in time to avoid the paramedic truck that came roaring through from my left.
Wednesday was the second: heading for work and going, um, a little too fast (i.e., keeping up with traffic -- people on that part of 280 slow down to 65 to change their tires) the idiot on my left started to veer into my lane. I overcompensated and swerved twice in a beautiful sine curve before regaining control. I managed to stay in my lane, but just barely.
And this morning, someone on my right blew out a tire and sent a hubcap rolling across my path, about 50 feet ahead.
The first one was Monday, coming home from work. I came off the Winchester offramp, turned left, and had nobody ahead of me in my lane at the Winchester light, which had just turned green. I just barely managed to stop in time to avoid the paramedic truck that came roaring through from my left.
Wednesday was the second: heading for work and going, um, a little too fast (i.e., keeping up with traffic -- people on that part of 280 slow down to 65 to change their tires) the idiot on my left started to veer into my lane. I overcompensated and swerved twice in a beautiful sine curve before regaining control. I managed to stay in my lane, but just barely.
And this morning, someone on my right blew out a tire and sent a hubcap rolling across my path, about 50 feet ahead.