Another life first this morning.
May. 2nd, 2013 01:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dalesqlWhile driving to work this morning, I had a life first that was not particularly desirable, but it was interesting. So here it is. I was cruising along the highway, my exit was about a mile ahead, so I'm in the middle lane, and creeping up on a black suvtype vehicle in the right lane.
Unexpectedly, this green pustule starts pushing out the SUV's driver's side window, and a fraction of a second later, the green pustule (which is made of broken glass of the side window) blows out. About a second later, I find myself driving through what can only be described as a cloud of broken glass. Shock!
And a second later, it's all left behind me on the highway. (except for a couple of fragments I later find under my windshield wipers.) As I pull up parallel with the SUV, I look over at the driver. He is looking back at me, mouth wide open, and leaning as far away from the broken window as he can while still driving.
I pull away, as he is slowing down, presumably to pull over to the breakdown lane, and I went on to work. glad that I didn't have my car window blow out for no apparent reason driving along the highway. I did go out at lunchtime to check my car. No flat tires, but a couple of glass fragments removed from under the window wipers.
Unexpectedly, this green pustule starts pushing out the SUV's driver's side window, and a fraction of a second later, the green pustule (which is made of broken glass of the side window) blows out. About a second later, I find myself driving through what can only be described as a cloud of broken glass. Shock!
And a second later, it's all left behind me on the highway. (except for a couple of fragments I later find under my windshield wipers.) As I pull up parallel with the SUV, I look over at the driver. He is looking back at me, mouth wide open, and leaning as far away from the broken window as he can while still driving.
I pull away, as he is slowing down, presumably to pull over to the breakdown lane, and I went on to work. glad that I didn't have my car window blow out for no apparent reason driving along the highway. I did go out at lunchtime to check my car. No flat tires, but a couple of glass fragments removed from under the window wipers.
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Date: 2013-05-02 05:23 am (UTC)Glad you're safe. Glad the SUV driver was apparently safe, too.
I once saw a very large truck tire come off what had to have been something big in the way of trucks while driving on I-94 in the Twin Cities. The big vehicle was up on the overpass, and the tire came bouncing down the sloped side, then bounced its way across 4 lanes of heavy traffic before coming to a rest in the median. Each and every bounce was between vehicles. Nobody hit the huge tire; nobody had it come smashing into their windshield or onto any part of their car. It was amazing..
I'm glad I was several cars back, where I could see what the tire was doing while also being well outside its reach. I feel for the drivers who were suddenly faced with a giant tire coming out of nowhere, bouncing once right in front of them, then disappearing again on the rebound. Freaky.
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Date: 2013-05-02 11:45 am (UTC)I had a window blowout on the highway once, but it was a blow in. I was passing a dump truck and a chain hanging from the back of the truck swung out and smashed my passenger side window. It was pouring rain that day. By the time I could pull over and stop the truck was long gone. My car was full of glass and rain and I had blood running down my face from the cuts from the flying glass. Luckily, the sunglasses I was wearing kept it from hitting me in the eyes. It was scary.