One of The WORST days I've had...

That's a sucking day.

I got lucky today, in retrospect.

I was driving my daughter (4 years old) to indoor soccer today. Approaching an intersection where we are staring straight into the sun (In North Western Canada this time of year, the sun is so low that it never seems to rise too high in the sky, thus its always in your face). Further, its icey so I am taking it slow. I gradually come to a stop at the beginning of the red light. To my right a suburban-style supersized SUV goes flying by, skids into my lane...missing my tiny toyota echo by less than an inch I would estimate (super close), goes up on two tires, recovers, slides sideways through the intersection, jumps the meridian 150+ feet down the road, just fitting between two trees in the meridian, into oncoming traffic, spins around and comes to a rest. The woman inside shakes it off, puts the SUV in drive and drives away.

Had that thing hit my little car, my daughter and I would not have survived. My wife would have been a widow. I think the vehicle must have been approaching the intersection (that was obviously going to change to red soon, and in adverse conditions) at 100km/h, highway speeds. Had I been even a little less cautious (which is my usual pattern of behaviour), it would have been a disaster.

So all I can do is be thankful.

Cheers

Cyanide