The other day I experience what I believe is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. I was driving around at night. The reason for the driving is simply because I had nothing better to do and did not want to be stuck at home by myself on a Friday night. I was driving down 60th going North. I have always liked driving out in the middle of no where and that's where I was heading.
I have gotten into this bad habit of texting and driving. I was in the middle of reading a text and I go to look up... All of a sudden I see a deer in front of my car.
Of course I slam on the brakes and scream a scream that I have never heard before. I could not believe how much terror was filled with in it. I have always heard about how dangerous a deer can be to hit. It all happened so fast and my heart of pounding in my chest and thundering in my ears. The deer quickly turned the opposite direction and ran off the road. And just that fast it was all over. However my reaction to the incident was not over. My heart continued to pound and my hands to shake.
After about ten minutes I started to feel better. I now know how bad things can turn when not paying attention when on the road. After that happened I thought that sitting at home alone on a Friday night would not be that bad after all and decided to turn around a go home. Since this I have not texted and driven. This is something that I now really understand. I think that too many people think that they can multi-task. I was one of them and still am but I no longer thing that I can multi-task when driving. It is just not worth being unsafe.
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