Tuesday 4 November 2008

The Most Horrific Sound: "Crunch"

Seriously . . . there are few sounds in the world that are more terrible than the crunch of two cars 'kissing'. And unfortunately, I was the recipient of said noise this evening. I was taking Sara home this evening after Young Womens, and the car in front of me decided to break. Apparently his turn had arrived. Only, he had left it a bit late, so had to step hard on his breaks. I initially started off by breaking pretty hard myself. Then realised that wasn't going to cut it, so stomped on it, and was kind of worried that I wasn't going to make it. I did. Then looked in the rear view mirror. And to my horror, I realised that the car behind me wasn't going to make it.

Time froze.

CRUNCH

My back bumper did an amazing job. No injuries. No paint chipped, nor even a crack. No damage at all. But it still was not a happy sound! Not a fun way to end my eveing.

6 comments:

Coila said...

OH NO! I'm glad nobody got hurt (and that your car didn't either), but that still sounds really scary. Glad you're okay!

Gardner Family said...

Holy crow! I am so happy you are safe. And yah for your car surviving a little miracle also! I hate that crunching noise....cringe....

Tammi said...

I'm glad that no one got hurt! Accidents are scary things!

littlemithi said...

Hey hey busy lady! Lovely to hear from you again :)

I hope you're free on the 18th of July next year - I'm sure you can guess why!

Beth said...

Holy cow! Bet your heart skipped a few beats. Don't you hate that rush of adrenaline:( Glad you are OK!

Heather said...

Oooh. No fun. Glad it wasn't worse!