I was driving on Saturday night, heading out for the evening. I was on a 4-lane road, 2 lanes each way and speed limit 40mph, in the right lane. I see a car making a left turn from the lane next to me, and 2 cars behind that vehicle. Well the last car's going kinda fast, and it doesn't look like she's gonna stop. All of a sudden she flips a turn signal and comes over almost into the side of my car! I swerve to the right quickly (while talking on the cell phone too.. I know tsk tsk). Of course when I swerved to the right, there's a freaking TELEPHONE POLE right in front of me! I swerved hard back to the left, hearing the tires skidding under me. I didn't spin out or anything. Remarkably, I was able to stay in my lane and avoid hitting not only the car that cut into me, but the 2 cars in front of her. It all happened so quickly, I didn't realize what could have happened until I thought about it.
So the car that cut into me starts following me, flashing lights. I thought maybe she did clip me and I didn't realize it, so I stop (it's a young girl driving). She comes up next to me and apologizes all over herself. I was totally speechless at this point. This is when I realized she had a child in an infant seat on the side I would have slammed into. She had a Nissan Sentra. My heart dropped, and I told her it was ok that mistakes happen and went on.
I couldn't help thinking what would have happened had I been in a less agile vehicle. I would have probably either gotten hit, hit the pole, or caused at least a 3-vehicle accident with other cars following behind. I know the 6 is a safe car, but active safety is definitely a more important safety feature to have.
I also will never talk on the cell phone and drive again either after this.
So the car that cut into me starts following me, flashing lights. I thought maybe she did clip me and I didn't realize it, so I stop (it's a young girl driving). She comes up next to me and apologizes all over herself. I was totally speechless at this point. This is when I realized she had a child in an infant seat on the side I would have slammed into. She had a Nissan Sentra. My heart dropped, and I told her it was ok that mistakes happen and went on.
I couldn't help thinking what would have happened had I been in a less agile vehicle. I would have probably either gotten hit, hit the pole, or caused at least a 3-vehicle accident with other cars following behind. I know the 6 is a safe car, but active safety is definitely a more important safety feature to have.
I also will never talk on the cell phone and drive again either after this.