Close Call

Taylor was in a traffic crash Friday night that could have been scarier than it was.  Fortunately, no one was hurt.

I was out of state, so didn't find out about it until I got home last night. I guess everyone thought I'd panic.

Taylor was at a friend's house and went to the store to buy snacks for their Friday Night Watch Movies At Home event.  The brake lights in his car went out, so he drove a friend's car.  He was only a couple of blocks from the friend's home when he stopped at a 4 way intersection.  He saw a car approaching from the left, and he said it appeared the guy was slowing, so after his stop Taylor began through the intersection. 

He said he looked to his left and saw the guy was not going to stop, so he floored it trying to get out of the way of the other driver.  He didn't make it.  The other car struck the car he was driving behind the driver's door, which caused the car to spin 180 degrees.  He wasn't hurt but said he's a little sore from the seatbelt.

When his mother got there, she said he was pretty shaken up. I think we all have done a little "what if?" in our minds after that. We knew that, eventually, he was likely to get in another car crash. We all have had them. We were just hoping it wouldn't have been this soon.

But, maybe since one has happened, the odds of another one happening anytime soon is really really low.