Some days driving is about enjoying the breeze. Other days its about getting where you need to get. And other days . . .
Our car is a 1998 Neon. A small car. A light car. A great-gas-mileage car.
One thing our car is not? A car that doesn’t slide on icy roads.
Today I braked as another car slowed in front of me. At the same time I remembered that I had left a laptop at home. The laptop was needed for the first task of the day at the office.
As my foot hit the brake, the car began to twist. As though to return from whence it had come. I automatically compensated. Then the foot took the lead. I needed to go from whence I had come. The foot returned to the brake. The car did a swivel. The road was empty (6:20 in the morning tends to be that way around here!). As the car slowed to a halt, I shifted gears, turned the wheel and headed back home.
And you thought I was going to talk about having a lead foot that pushed the gas pedal. Sorry to “brake” it to you!!