"I don’t know if this actually saved my life, but somebody hit me on the highway while I was driving with cruise control on 75 mph on a 70 mph highway (hit on my left passenger side) and my car spun out across two lanes of traffic and spun in full two circles (I believe). The entire time it was happening I stared right at my steering wheel with my dads voice in my head saying, “ease into the turn, do not over correct or try to go the other way”. So with my death grip on the steering wheel I slowly went with the motion of the car and we didn’t flip over or anything. It was TERRIFYING. I remember at some point seeing my dog in midair in the backseat (she had a seatbelt leash, THANK GOD). Totaled my vehicle yet the man who hit me somehow was able to somehow stay on the road and got away with it."

"Buddy of mine was put into a coma when he was in the ‘chicken’ lane trying to turn left. Had his wheels already turned in anticipation for his window when a car slammed into his rear end lunging his car forward and turned into oncoming traffic resulting in a head-on collision with a car going 45mph.

I took his trial as a cautionary tail and always kept my wheels straight when waiting for my turn in a chicken lane. Couple of years ago I got rear ended in the exact same manner as he did but I was able to come to a safe stop in the same lane just a few yards forward and didn’t have a collision. His near-death experience saved my life and I still think about him everytime I’m waiting to turn."

"If your body reacts to someone believe it. Trust your gut."