Story archives - tag: "driving"

Aero

I probably should not have been so surprised by the odd look the couple in the other truck gave me when they saw me brushing my teeth as I drove down the street in mine.

tags: driving teeth toothbrush odd acceptance [add]

2009-11-10 09:22:11 / Rating: 67.25 /

Katie

We decided we could hold it when a huge gray wolf sauntered into the middle of the rest stop.

tags: driving bathroom break Jasper Canada wolf [add]

2009-11-10 09:17:41 / Rating: 155 /

st. mojo

I had only had my driver's license for a few weeks and really hadn't given much thought to what would happen if you hooked up the jumper cables on the wrong terminals.

tags: car driving youth [add]

2009-02-24 11:10:55 / Rating: 179 /

Red

Apparently it's dangerous to drive and cry at the same time.

tags: emotional breakdown driving [add]

2008-11-21 15:50:10 / Rating: 332.5 /

Distracted

I looked to my left and thought "The way he's driving, he's gonna run into someone," right as I smashed into the car in front of me.

tags: driving car crash feeling like a moron [add]

2008-11-18 13:52:10 / Rating: 544.25 /

Ryan

I slammed on the brakes, narrowly avoiding the squirrel, glad I wouldn't have to face the irony of killing him while driving to an animal sanctuary.

tags: squirrel driving [add]

2008-11-03 17:40:19 / Rating: 223.25 /

Travis B

My spare tire was also flat.

tags: sad tire driving depression hopelessness spare [add]

2008-06-12 14:31:49 / Rating: 517.25 /

New driver

As I drove the car at 25 mph, gripping the wheel and glancing nervously at the snow along the road, I realized that I would have to choose between driving safely and keeping the tailgaters happy.

tags: winter driving tailgating scared [add]

2007-12-06 12:17:00 / Rating: 249.5 /

lovefatewrite

My horn was broken, so I waved my arms trying to get the car in front of me to notice the green light.

tags: humor driving [add]

2007-07-20 15:43:05 / Rating: 261.75 /

Emme Love

The cold night precursed a cold week, with no sunshine in the forecast.

tags: sad driving stress [add]

2007-07-10 14:23:42 / Rating: 279.25 /

Solaana

If I lived my life the way I drive my car, I'd be a friendless billionaire.

tags: driving personality [add]

2007-06-20 15:02:56 / Rating: 227 /

An obedient little man

I spent hours driving aimlessly that night, so I could feel free for a change.

tags: driving night freedom mental health [add]

2007-04-11 10:40:48 / Rating: 305.5 /

Hunter

As luck would have it, there was an empty Gatorade bottle in the car.

tags: driving road trip humor relief [add]

2007-02-28 15:21:11 / Rating: 715.25 /

like red on a rose

I was driving to my night class in my beat-up red jeep and the memory of how he held me last night sent a chill down my spine that had nothing to do with being cold.

tags: love touch driving [add]

2007-02-14 10:38:24 / Rating: 311.5 /

Sasha

My eyes watered and I got all choked up as the officer checked off the "FAIL" box on my road test application for the 2nd time this week.

tags: failure driving test [add]

2007-01-24 17:52:22 / Rating: 268.75 /

A.j. Michel

The only time my father ever considered breaking the speed limit was on the highway to the hospital, where I was delivered ten minutes after arrival.

tags: birth driving [add]

2007-01-01 12:37:03 / Rating: 283 /

Finster

It was the fifth stationary object I'd accidentaly hit with the company car, I was glad that I didn't own my own vehicle and that living breathing things tended to move about.

tags: work driving humor [add]

2006-08-23 20:36:30 / Rating: 349 /