It really does when you think you're about to die. I thank God for that guardian angel who was with me this morning! I'm still trembling although it was hours ago. Those crazy fucking drivers out there on our roads who care nothing about human life! I called the police on his ass and I'll be looking out for him too!
I'm calm, sorta, at least calmer than I was earlier, and I'm trying to get over the anger, I wanted to get out and bitch slap that person, but my daughter was with me and I had to be calm for her sake. My daughter was with me and I felt so helpless and all I could do was just to stay calm, take control of our situation and get out of it alive! God!
My car is out of commission and I've been dropping my husband at work in the mornings. At 6:30am, and it's very dark out then now, I dropped him off and I get back home to get my six and thirteen year old ready for the day. My thirteen year old gets himself together, with little reminders of what he should do and I get my six year old awake and ready for the day.
This morning however, she was awake and she wanted to come for the drive, which she has done before.
I drop my hubby off and was on the way back home. I'm coming along the road, and there is construction, a retaining wall because they are laying pipes around the area that I'm driving, this has been going on for weeks now. It reduced a three lane road, to one lane.
I'm coming along the road, there are two cars, who are on the side road, waiting to get onto the road I'm on, I saw them, one jumped ahead of me and since I wasn't speeding, I was OK, and maintain my current speed of 30 miles per hour, the jerk-face who was in a black tinted car, rushed out just as just as I pass by him, came right at me at such a speed that all I saw happening was a head on for me, my daughter who was in the back of the car, to my right, half asleep, would have gotten most of the impact of that because he would have swiped the side of me as well given the position he ended up in and because of the retaining wall!
I swerved to the left really quickly to avoid him, he kept going, we're side by side because I'm trying to slow down, and get my car out of his way, he's almost on top of me from my right side, even though I had to swerve left, into the oncoming traffic lane from the other side! That jerk kept driving and the retaining wall is on his side, right side, so he had no choice but to be up against me and should have stopped, but he didn't! That's when I stopped my car, because I had to make sure that I wasn't going to be in a double whammy situation with any vehicles coming at me from the left side from the other direction, and thank God there wasn't. By stopping my car, he had no choice but to stop because he could not go because of the retaining wall. All I could think about was oh my god, my daughter is safe, I'm safe, make sure no car is coming at you and that fucking idiot is half behind me, honking his horn!
Then you know what he did? He got around me from the left side, mind you this is a one lane road because of the construction and the retaining wall! I'm crossed ways on it, and half in the lane of the left turning lane for cars coming from the other direction! He got around me, and got in front of me and sped off. My reaction was to follow him! I wanted that bastard's license number and I prayed to God to let the traffic light up ahead stop that car. It did, and I got up behind him and I memorize his license number!
I repeated it over and over in my head and grabbed my cell phone and dialed 911. The light changed and he sped off. I was going in the other direction, to the right, while he headed left to the highway. In the haste I mistakenly dialed 611 so I redialed 911 and when the 911 operator came on, I started telling what happened, then I got the shakes and I started choking up, my voice trembling, then I couldn't think clearly, I couldn't stop shaking. I repeated the license number but then I got confused because I was trembling so much, thank heavens I was at the next traffic light and was not driving, I described the car and I was very sure about the last three numbers/letter, but couldn't for the life of me, wasn't sure the first three were correct. So the person on the phone asked me if we were hurt, I said no, we were fine, but I've never been so scared (well I have but at the time who remembered those other times!) but I kept repeating that I had my daughter in the car and he almost ran us off the road!
The person on the phone said he would get a car in the vicinity to check out the highway for this driver. I didn't have to wait or anything since they have my name and number. I really hope that they did get to stop whomever that was. The only reason why I didn't get out of my car and do some damage when I was behind him, although I wanted to, was because my daughter was with me and I just wanted to make sure she was alright.
I realised that as everything was happening, that my thoughts ran to the fact that she's only six, has to live her life, my son would be waiting at home, my husband wouldn't know anything until later, all sorts of stuff flashed in and out of my mind, and I just felt so helpless when it all was happening and all i could tell myself to do was to get in control of this situation, stay calm and stop the car!
I stopped at the gas station and calmed down and talked to my daughter. I'm glad she was asleep while it happened because she would have been screaming. She understood what almost happened and I cried a little because I was just so grateful that she was safe, and reliving the whole experience again. We got some donuts and rice krispies and headed home.
I feel better from writing this. I can stop thinking about it now. Amanda is OK, she is at school and didn't dwell on the moment and I'm not going to either. I prayed and thank the good Lord that my angel was there for me today.
If I ever see that jerk wad out on the road, he's going to get what's coming to him! 29W GWI, or J9W GWI or 295 GWI or J95 2WI, Orlando license plate, Black car (sorry, don't remember make) tinted windows. It could have been either a late model Toyota or Honda. But it's imprinted in my head so when I see it, I'll know it.