I had the scare of my life today...

[southerngale]

Dang Jenn....you've had a rough day!!! Good thing you're not going anywhere else. I know what you mean about having days where everything seems to go wrong and you think "now why did I get out of bed today?" but I don't recall doing any 360's in the middle of the interstate lately!! :o

Anyway, I suggest relaxing the rest of the day....let Chad do all the cooking and cleaning.

[Guest]

Let me guess... He didn't stop to see if you were ok, did he?

Of course not!

Miss Mary, what an ordeal to go through while pregnant! It's great that your calls made a difference and had that intersection changed.

Don't forget -- if you can't see his reflection in his mirrors, he can't see you either.

GalvestinDuck, you are so right. Thanks for the tip.

Blizzard, thank goodness you and you're family made it through your ordeal too. Semis are scary businness.

Tom, I'm not sure about the traffic afterwards. I bet my incident caused a slow down for sure.

Anyway, I suggest relaxing the rest of the day....let Chad do all the cooking and cleaning.

Chad cook? No thank you. LOL!

[breeze]

Jen, I'm just now reading this, and, I am
SO thankful that you are at home, typing this
to all of us! I use to drive an average of
a hundred miles a day, when I was a Home Health
Nurse, and, I know what idiots travel the roads.
Thank the Good Lord that you are home and
amongst our presence, girl!

[azskyman]

Hey Jen....So glad you are ok. At least five times a week I see freeway accidents...some serious, some not, but all potentially deadly. Very glad the two of you are ok. Much easier to recover from a scare than something much worse.

I travel 15 miles each way on 6 lanes of 65 mph highway. Always feel good when I pull off that road and onto my street.

Know what you mean about not wanting to drive it again, though. Brings back the shakes.

Take care, get some rest, hug that son of yours...and make peace with Chad for all the sparring that went on this weekend!

Steve

[Amanzi]

So Glad to hear you are ok!

I will not get behind the wheel on I-4 and thats the end of the story with me! I was soooo scared to drive when I first came to the USA. In South Africa trucks have a 100km speed limit and on some roads its 80km and they only drive in the slow lane, they dont pass you... well they are not surposed to anway. If the South African police actually enforced these laws it would make the roads a whole lot safer... The trucks here in the US drive like mad men, and I am truly scared of them...

Just thank the Lord you are safe and sound and thank Him for his protection.

[therock1811]

Only been in Orlando once- had to use I4 to get to WDW... otherwise until we left, stuck to the local roads... glad all is well now- take care, and just be real careful my friend...

[Pburgh]

Jen, what a scarey situation - and all the frustration afterwards!!! YIKES I think I would have gone home and stayed away from that car for a loooong time!!! I drive about 80 miles a day - all turnpike and interstate. I'll tell ya, I've seen it all. Not only truckers, but many other drivers just don't watch!!!

I guess it takes an experience like yours to learn to drive like everyone's OUT TO GET YA.

So glad you had that guardian angel. They do a fine job, don't they!!!!!

God Bless you
Glad your safe
((Hugs))
Karan

[Rainband]

Very Glad your ok!!! You had a couple of ANGELS in that car with you. I hate I-4 I have only driven on it twice and both times it was pouring rain and I almost hydroplaned due to uneven stretch of the road under construction. Again very happy your ok.. God BLESS.. Take the evening and relax ..your deserve it!!

Sincerely
Johnathan

[JetMaxx]

Jen, I'm so very thankful you are okay....I know what it feels like (spinning out and facing oncoming traffic on I-20 during a 1985 ice storm :o

I also once plowed into an 18-wheeler gasoline tanker truck that ran a red light....hit him only a foot in front of the passenger side fuel tanks. I came so close to dying in a fiery crash that day I still have nightmares about it over twenty years later. I was soooh lucky to only come away with a bruised sternum (from the seat belt).

Thank God you are okay!

[azsnowman]

"JEN?" My God.........what a DAY! Yes indeed, your guardian angel WAS with you and your son. That's what scares the living daylights outta me, driving on the interstate system with those trucks doing 80+ MPH......I try to avoid the interstates as much as possible.

Dennis

[DaylilyDawn]

Jen, I am so glad you were not hurt. I know I 4 is a bad road to travel on even the short distance I drive on it is scary at times to me. I drive to Tampa from Lakeland once a month Aug- May for a club meeting of the TampaBay Daylily Gardeners Societyand the trucks really do not care who they run off the road. just relax and do not let this keep you from driving. If your little boy should need to see a dr for an emergency and you were the only one to be there to take him to hospital, you would do anything to get him there even if you had to drive on I4 to do it.

[Guest]

I got back on I-4 this weekend to go to a friend's wedding, which was very nice by the way. Anyways, I was a bit nervous, especially when there were trucks around, but I made it! I feel fine about the whole incident now, but I think I'll always be much more cautious. Thanks!

[Stephanie]

They always say that you just get right back in a car and drive after you have an accident. That's the only way you'll get over your fear, but you will be more cautious. Good for you!