motel6
Junior Member
Let me preface this by saying I was doing something very, very stupid.
On the local highway (405 to get on 26 W for you Oregon riders) there is always a huge backed-up line of cars merging on to the 26 way before the actual intersection of the ramp. Me, being the little ass I am, decide to try to get ahead of the traffic all the way to where it actually merges (how much time am I really saving here?) because it is finals week (my last week of school!) and I have been stressed about studying/working/daily s***, etc. No...there's really no excuse.
So as I'm being a wonderful human being trying to cut in front of all these distressed cagers, I come up to the ramp entrance, trying to squeeze my little self between two tons of bone crushing metal. As I'm merging over, the jeep in the lane I am merging into speeds up (probably looking over his shoulder) and starts to merge into ME. So, instead of getting BACK onto the freeway and taking the next exit and doing it all over, I decide I'm going to try and speed up and make the exit. So I speed up. Looking up in horror, I notice there is a GIANT ****ING MEDIAN that would love to fly me 100 feet into the nearest windshield, and I'm gunning 40mph towards it. I had absolutely no clearance to swerve with the angle I was doing. I had limited options. In the split seconds I saw my life flash before my eyes (joking, but serious
) I notice there is a little ramped "curb" that slopes into the hard flat top of the median. No, don't target fixate, focus where you want to go. Only there was NO WHERE else to go.
So up I went, caught a little air but came down safely and stayed in my lane. Stayed calm. Started shaking my head at myself at my impatience and stupidity. I didn't have to learn the hard way, but I learned.
TL;DR - I hit a median on the freeway but made it OK. Be patient. If you're going to be an idiot, at least stay calm. I'm sure all of you know this by now though.
On the local highway (405 to get on 26 W for you Oregon riders) there is always a huge backed-up line of cars merging on to the 26 way before the actual intersection of the ramp. Me, being the little ass I am, decide to try to get ahead of the traffic all the way to where it actually merges (how much time am I really saving here?) because it is finals week (my last week of school!) and I have been stressed about studying/working/daily s***, etc. No...there's really no excuse.
So as I'm being a wonderful human being trying to cut in front of all these distressed cagers, I come up to the ramp entrance, trying to squeeze my little self between two tons of bone crushing metal. As I'm merging over, the jeep in the lane I am merging into speeds up (probably looking over his shoulder) and starts to merge into ME. So, instead of getting BACK onto the freeway and taking the next exit and doing it all over, I decide I'm going to try and speed up and make the exit. So I speed up. Looking up in horror, I notice there is a GIANT ****ING MEDIAN that would love to fly me 100 feet into the nearest windshield, and I'm gunning 40mph towards it. I had absolutely no clearance to swerve with the angle I was doing. I had limited options. In the split seconds I saw my life flash before my eyes (joking, but serious
) I notice there is a little ramped "curb" that slopes into the hard flat top of the median. No, don't target fixate, focus where you want to go. Only there was NO WHERE else to go. So up I went, caught a little air but came down safely and stayed in my lane. Stayed calm. Started shaking my head at myself at my impatience and stupidity. I didn't have to learn the hard way, but I learned.
TL;DR - I hit a median on the freeway but made it OK. Be patient. If you're going to be an idiot, at least stay calm. I'm sure all of you know this by now though.
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