If I Did This Cost Me My Life?-Personal Narrative

We all do stupid things when we are young, whether it’s sneaking out or picking a fight for no good reason; but what I did, was something that nearly cost me my life. Just a few days ago I was at my friend Kyle’s house, there was also our friends Alex and Jarod. After we finished hanging out I realized why racing can be a terrible idea. I was the first that had to leave since it had been pretty late, but as i got up Jarod chose he should go home as well, and with both of us leaving Alex decided to go with Jarod to Taco bell. I just had to go get some gas but as I was leaving i saw Jarod speed up past me before leaving the neighborhood, seeing that quick flash of white as his car passed me gave me a bit of a jump. I was now driving behind him as it was very dark outside and I wanted to take a chance or two at passing him, just too show I was not going to be pushed to the side. There were nearly no cars out that night so i felt no real risk in driving into the …show more content…
Just to rub in the fact that I couldn’t do anything he began to slow down to nearly half of the designated speed limit of 35. Eventually we were at a long stretch of road where I thought i could get ahead of Jarod if I took him by surprise. I cut to the side quickly and gunned my engine, as I was speeding up I knew he wouldn’t be able to stop me, but up ahead I saw one dim light that had to be from a car. I assumed since it was just one light and wasn’t bright it was a car that hadn’t left the parking lot of a store we were passing, so i sped up to try and get ahead of Jarod a bit quicker, I simply didn;t want to give him the satisfaction of winning. But as I got closer I noticed the second headlight pointed right at me! At this point I was going about 50 or 60 miles per hour and luckily the car in front of me was not moving. There was a turning lane coming up so i used it to my advantage and got