Well today sucked. I was driving on the 5 lane interstate (I95) in the second to right lane going about 70. As I prepare to change lanes I check both my mirrors and start movin in... Well some guy who was in the left lane took 3 lanes at a time from the other side as I was moving in.. He didnt notice me, but I noticed him and swerved back into the lane I had left even tho i was almost 3/4 in already and such a turn at such great speed caused my care to skid to the left, then to the right and then completely around.. so now im travelling backwards going about 50mph and I can see other cars coming at me (who were thankfully braking after noticing my outta control spinning. I checked the side of me and countersteered to turn my car back 180degrees around to go forward and I pulled off to the side of the road. Lets review. avoiding an erratic moron I had to jerk my car back into my lane or be hit.. The car skidded to the left and I attempted to regain control, but its difficult to regain control of a car going 60-70mph 90degrees sideways... Once the wheels grabbed again I turned the car back and this caused it to skid to the right. And then spin all the way around.. i stayed going in reverse for about 2 seconds and made the rational decision to turn my wheel to the left which safely returned me to a forward driving... this all happened over about 6 seconds and three lanes of dense traffic. I was not hit, Nobody was hit, Nobody was hurt. and my car (volvo S40) is not damaged in the slightest. I believe Im the luckiest person on this forum. Im gonna go AB on my main in magic for 24hrs. lol -feel free to criticize anything I did. My mistake was panicing and turning the wheel to sharply.. I shudda beeped and turned away with less of a jolt. Just a lesson to anybody who drives: Just a 1/4 turn of the wheel is enough to spin out at 70mph. Stay safe on the roads, thers alot of crazy drivers out ther.
its really hard to learn how to drive in miami. Its like things like this happens everyday.. Ive been driving for 11months, and altho this was the worst and by far closest Ive come to an accident.... Idiots do crazy stuff like this every day... I mean, if ur gonna speed. fine. If u must. but dont Speed AND change lanes!!! especially not 2 or 3 and especially not passing somebody going 70 like ther standing still.