Some thoughts on today

[BlueHUMMERH2]

I realized today why I'd never sacrifice weight, size, and safety for MPG. I was about 3 cars behind this giant Ford truck (a HD commerical truck) with a trailer, and it turned right inside of this other woman who was turning to go down the same road at the same time. The truck plowed into her and pushed her up a hillside. Luckily, the big truck hit her in the rear passenger door and missed her drivers door AND she had her seatbelt on. She was driving a hulking Buick LeSabre which helped too. I ran over with all my first aid supplies after calling on channel 9, but she wasn't bleeding or anything apparently life-threatening. She went to the hospital, but I suspect she'll probably just go home with a concussion.

But that was one of those moments where had she been in a little compact Kia or Honda or some other small thing (like an Aveo) she probably would have been in much worse shape, especially if the truck had gone into her drivers door. I went home then thankful I was in something that, even though it's slightly more expensive to fuel, it's probably going to give me a great chance to walk away on the day some idiot decides to come plowing into me. I always think, it's not me I'm worried about (I drive about 5MPH over the limit), it's the other morons out there.