Near Death Experience?

Well it is May and I did promise to update this blog monthly. So here it goes! Surely you must be wondering what I am doin to save the world today. After all, the title of this blog is How I Plan to Save the World. Well the truth is that at this juncture I am more preoccupied with well… saving myself. Not that I am in danger or anything… but you probably get what I mean especially if you read my previous entry. In a nutshell I’m talking about how one needs to be financially comfortable before he or she can help others. Now enough about that!

Anyways, as you can see I made it safe to East Lansing. Or should I say just barely?
Yea, because I did almost die on the way to Michigan.

The Story: I was driving behind this real slow truck and getting annoyed at all the time I was wasting going 50 miles per hour on a 50 miles per hour highway. Who does that? (scoffs)
I wanted to pass the vehicle but the problem was there was only one lane. So I decided to pass the truck using the lane with potentially incoming traffic. Of course I looked ahead to see if any cars were coming; no cars were coming. So I sped up and merged on my left lane when the yellow dots that allow passing appeared, then sped up even more. But somehow the truck was still aside me. Suddenly this other truck appears racing toward me and wasnt slowing down a bit. I was almost sure I was going to know my God personally. I breathed in deep to maintain my clam then I laid my foot as far down as I could on the accelerator and luckily I was able to pass the truck on my side just on time. The truck ahead was only about 20 feet close before i turned back on my lane!
Did you watch John Q? If you did, remember, in the beginning of the movie, the situation the woman who ended up donating her heart found her self in? Well that is exactly what almost happened to me

Now if you wanna learn from my experience, when you find yourself behind a slow truck on a one-lane road, follow these smart steps.

1. Reduce your speed and distance yourself from the truck
2. re-check to see whether there is any incoming traffic
3. Begin to accelerate to the highest speed you can safely reach
4. When you feel you gained enough momentum and their still isn’t an incoming truck, proceed to pass the slow truck as soon as you reach it.

Doing this ensures that you are at a high enough speed when you are passing the car.

Hopefully I saved your life by letting read this.

….Because that would make me a step closer to saving the world.