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What was your most stressful driving experience?

Mine happened in the late 70s when my cousin was killed driving on icy roads. We all decided that we would drive to his funeral which in good weather took 5 hours one way. The night before we left it rained and the rain froze on the roads. I drove my uncle's car which had very bad tires and steering that tended to wander. It took us 7 hours to get there and when the funeral was over we drove back. The roads had not improved at all I drove straight through. On the radio the next day was the sad story of a young woman who was killed on the same highway I drove. I guess she was going too fast and couldn't make the curve She likely wasn't wearing a seat belt and the little Mustang she was driving certainly didn't have airbags. The radio didn't say that she was driving a mustang but one pulled out and passed me like I was standing still. 14 hours of ice road driving and I made it home safe and sound. I slept well that night.
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BeachGirl47 · 26-30, F
Having to stop in traffinc at night during a snow atorm and sitting there for eight hours till traffic could move again.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@BeachGirl47 I had that happen once, but during the day. I had to pee so badly.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
@BeachGirl47 A few years before my drive my neighbour found a couple of lightly dressed women lying freezing to death following a blizzard. They had left the city in spring like conditions but the weather turned bad a few hours later. It got extremely bad and they hit the ditch. No one was coming to rescue them so when the wind let up they tried to walk to the neighbour's farm. They didn't make it. Fortunately the dog wouldn't quit barking so the neighbour took his tractor out and found the women. The daughter was barely conscious but the mom was so stiff the neighbour couldn't get her into the tractor cab. He carried her very stiff body on the front end loader of his tractor. Both women survived although they both lost some toes to frost bite.