Sunday, 22 February 2009

• Black ice

  After some cold, but decent, weather, things took a turn for the worst this past Wednesday.  It became very cold, but not cold enough for the precipitation to turn into snow.  Instead, it was a lovely mixture of rain and snow.  The drive up to tutoring wasn't necessarily bad, but when temperatures dropped to freezing after the sun set, the drive back to Chicago became positively horrific, at least until I reached the highway.

  At an intersection, I noticed the light change to red and since I knew that the roads would be slick, I began braking gently.  However, my car must have hit a patch of black ice because I started weaving in and out of the lanes and eventually slid through the intersection, eventually stopping on the other side after having spun 180 degrees.

  Fortunately, the drivers of the cars waiting for the light to turn green must have noticed me sliding around since none of them moved until after I managed to get my car pointed back in the correct direction.  Though I logically noted that I had a close call (I almost hit another car but I was able to get out of the spin and sent my car spinning the other way), it wasn't until I actually got on the highway when I started shaking. 

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