Common Sense and a Car Accident

 Somehow I knew, while growing up, that common sense was a highly valued , instinctive character trait.

How did I know this?

Why through my parents, of course.

They had an interesting way of teaching their children how to behave.

They modeled behaviors with simple, specific instructions , without fanfare or the indecision and hand-wringing that today’s world encourages.

That modeling helped me greatly on Monday of this past week.

Thank you Mother and Daddy.

As I reached the south side of Houston Monday morning, traveling home on 59, after a wonderful long weekend of baby-sitting my grandsons, I was involved in a 3 car collision on the expressway.

One car swerved to miss a tire on the expressway, a car swerved to try and miss that car, pulling into my lane and hitting his brakes, and I hit him traveling at about 65 mph.

My air bag exploded , I had a blowout, my front end was damaged, and smoke was inside my car.

Common Sense Thinking:

*  get out of the car now

*grab your phone to call 911

*hit your emergency light button as you get out of the car because someone is probably getting ready to hit you (I was still on 59 in work traffic)

*get off of the expressway now

*that’s not enough, climb the concrete embankment and get on the other side

*call 911

*check on the men from the other car

*wait for the police and say a prayer of thanks

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