Sunday, December 9, 2007
I went to a meeting tonight, to work on the by-laws. We had freezing rain, but the main roads weren't too bad at all. I had no trouble coming home until I got to my driveway.
I stopped at the end of the driveway to get the newspaper out of the tube, then backed up slightly to turn into the drive. I got about a quarter of the way up when the car stopped moving altogether. The wheels were still turning, spinning on ice, but the car wasn't going anywhere.
I stopped for a moment to think about it. What I should have done was back down the street a little to get a running start. No problem. I can back down and try again. That's when I realized I was moving. Backward. With the brakes on hard.
Ack!
I didn't slide over the bank and get rolled and deaded, and I did eventually make it up the hill. I hate winter. I hate my driveway. I don't know who laid it out with that curve next to a bank at the end. I'd love to redo it. There's no reason why it couldn't have gone straight down through the bank. A little dynamite and a jackhammer or two could solve so many problems....
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i complain about the cold and the occasional winds - but, it is obviously a drop in the bucket compared to your weather.
ReplyDeletei would seriously be freaked out if the car started moving like that (with brakes on) and not have control to stop the car.
happy holidays!
Last year I bought a big bag of that ice melt stuff. It is still in my basement, unopened. Everytime I slip and end up throwing my arms out to balance myself, I think about that bag, but I still haven't gotten around to trying it.
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