my near-death experience.

I know I exaggerate about a lot of things, but this time I promise I'm not. Last night, I almost got into a very serious car accident. Here's the story:

I was on my way home from Albany on Hwy. 20 during rush hour. I was following this big truck that turned off onto a road on the right side of the highway. There was another car on that road waiting to turn left onto the highway. While the truck was turning, the car didn't look left to see if anyone (me) was coming and pulled out into the lane I was driving in, blocking it completely. I was going at least 50 mph (the speed limit) and had no time to slow down. I had to swerve into the turn refuge on my right quickly and then I overcorrected to avoid hitting oncoming traffic. I lost control of the car and started fishtailing really badly. I ended up doing a 360 degree turn across both lanes of traffic and off the highway into a field. I wasn't hurt and my car wasn't hurt which is miraculous, in my opinion.

The worst part about this experience is that nobody stopped. Not even one. Not even whoever almost killed me, who must have known that they caused me to lose control of the car. I felt like I was living out Jesus's parable of the Good Samaritan. I think I could have flipped my car and been lying there dead and nobody would have stopped.

This showed me exactly how stupid our society is. We're always too busy, or too tired, or just don't care enough to help somebody in need. The real truth is that we don't love each other enough. If someone needs help and you can help them, you should.

Also, don't pull out into traffic without looking both ways. It's bad news.