On a beautiful clear morning of February the 19th, my mom picked me up from my class at the University of West Georgia, then we went to Waffle House to have a nice breakfast. We left from Waffle House, proceeding down Maple Street, and turned onto South Street and immediately onto Kenner Street. We then turned onto on the merging lane on South Park Street (US Hwy 27) heading south, we immediately halted to a full stop as vehicles moved from the middle lane into the merging lane in front of us, but at that time there were no vehicles behind us. As we waited to enter traffic, a car suddenly struck us from behind which caused the car to jerk violently forward, causing my mother’s chest to hit the steering wheel, and our heads and bodies to whip forward and then back.…
I first realized I was in foreign territory when I witnessed my boss take a drag of a marijuana joint, take a shot of whiskey and walk out of the bar with a girl he had just met at our show. Suddenly, I was thrust into a world I had never experienced before. I was merely a boy surrounded by middle-aged men, who were seasoned veterans in the field of musical touring. The closest person to myself in age was 10 years my elder. I had not known the hardships I would soon be witnessing while out on the road.…
I’m 17 and I have no idea what I want to do with my life; I thought to myself as I looked at a list of colleges near Detroit, Michigan. I slammed the book shut and grabbed my backpack and returned the book to its shelf. Enough college searching for one day, though I knew my mother was only going to nag me about it when I went home. I walked out of the high school with pep in my step until I remembered what I had to drive. I walked up to my ’72 blue Skylark and said a silent prayer to myself that I would at least make it home today with this sad excuse for a car.…
When I started Driving Ben Franklin quotes, “Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve me and I will learn.” Have you ever felt so nervous about something that you feel like you cannot do it? I felt this way when I started to practice driving for the first time. When I turned fifteen years old, I was able to go to the BMV to take my permit test and if I passed, I could start to practice driving. I was pretty nervous whether or not I was going to pass or not.…
October 14, 2014--the days are counting down and not a day spent at practice that we are not preparing for this game. The feelings can never replace a time, a place, and a team. As the days went fast, and what seemed to be the night that almost felt like it wasn’t real. The bus ride seemed to determine where we would go from here. We all knew where the bus was taking us, Spring Grove placed 6th whereas Kingsland placed 11th.…
The car ride back from the hospital is terrifying. Half of me wants to shut my eyes to block out the city that is whirring past me; the other half is too scared. This is the first time I have been in a car since my accident. I always heard that the first ride is the hardest; I always laughed at the cliché things the doctors said to me. "It 's okay to cry."…
while i was going through my experience of race car driving my adreniliine was unstoppable4. As i started the engine my blood started pumping. Putting the car in gear with no distractions and bno worries was riveting. Being alone on the race track and being in full control of a really poweerful care gave me power in my mind that i never knew i had. RFeeling this way i stomped on the gas petal and went blasting forward.…
We had spent weeks… no… months working on our wheeled vehicle for science olympiad. So much of our time and sleep was sacrificed trying to make everything perfect. Throughout it all, we never wanted to admit that the ice we were walking on was thin. We never wanted to give up, and we never did, but in the end we still failed. It was all worth it though.…
I was a student in college taking classes to further my future. I was having some car problems and knew it was time for something new, my car was constantly breaking down and dying on me so looking for new car I felt was a good Idea. I had just got home from a long day at work and decided to look around on ksl to see if I could find a car. I was looking for hours and felt distraught because everything was out of my price range or wasn’t nice enough for me, I felt disappointed and annoyed because of the whole car situation I was dealing with! I scrolled for a while longer when I came across a 1968 Camaro.…
I left my mansion in my Bugatti in the evening. I just wanted to go for a joy ride, because I find it really soothing. So I was driving along and I saw some graffiti on a brick wall that said "Go this way!" So, obviously I turned down the road.…
Throughout life everyone is faced with challenging obstacles that they have to overcome, sadly I learned this for myself sooner than most. In October of 2012 I became a licensed driver in the state of Virginia. I was your typical sixteen year old boy with plans on taking road trips, modifying my car to increase its performance, and planning on never riding the school bus again. In three short months my world was turned upside down and I never thought it would be right again.…
First Time Driving It was a beautiful, wonderful, and eventful Sunday morning when I first went driving. I told my mom that I was ready to learn and she agreed. We first sat in the car and went over where all the controls were.…
Throughout my first year of driving, I have had anything but a traditional, safe experience behind the wheel of my 2-ton car. It seems like anytime I get behind the wheel of a car, something somewhere in the universe decides to test me once again. However, despite being a firsthand witness to my awful luck, I also astonish myself every time I experience these situations with how I handle and learn from them. This is one of those times. After having my license for about 8 months, you would think I had possessed the knowledge of how to not endanger myself when driving a car.…
"Ring!" sounded the final bell on a Friday afternoon at school. Students sprinted out of class to get to their cars trying to beat the rush of traffic; I was one of them. I stopped by my locker to grab all of my books and then hurried out to my shiny gold Toyota Camry. I quickly put my key into the ignition and backed out of my parking spot. I stepped on the gas pedal to beat all of the idiot drivers that don 't know how to wait their turn.…
My Dreaded 4 Minute Drive It must be the way I grew up. All my friends and schoolmates had neighbors. I never had neighbors. I was driving home from working one night, in the dark after closing It was almost eleven o’clock. It was a short 4 minute drive, but I dreaded going home.…