"What are you doing?" The famous Tommy exclaims when Richard opened the car door and he falls to the ground. If you've never seen the movie Tommy Boy , moments before the line is delivered, Tommy accidentally spills the car while the door is wide open. The door struck a pole and rotates backward, ultimately breaking the door off its hinges. He quickly put back into place before Richard returns to the car, hoping it will not be blamed for the broken door. Now imagine the same thing happening in your garage while you're late for work one day when you have a million things to do.
As the door does not fall my car completely, the film failed to present three things: the most horrible noise imaginable, emotional collapse following quickly and, above all, that distracted driving is completely avoidable! When people think of distracted driving, they usually think of excess speed on the highway while sending. Well, I can tell you that distracted driving encompasses a multitude of scenarios behind the wheel: eating, talking, singing along with the radio, the fight against a drowsy spell, and the invisible monster we fight everyday - stress. The number of things that I had in my mind this morning I was completely distracted from simple task, which was to learn to work safely.
I was extremely lucky the only damage was to my car, and perhaps a little to the garage wall. You see, I'm actually out of my car when he started backing the garage. I sat in the driver's seat, ready to go, but as I pulled the door closed, he was caught on an open case and sent the Gatorade bottles tumbling. Naturally, my first instinct was to pick up the bottles I have not crushed, so I got out and started to reach for bottles under my car. Apparently I had started my car and put it on, but my mind was so far, I had not even realized! The open door of the car took a support beam on the garage wall; the sound of my door bending backwards is what finally got my attention. I then realized that my car retreated to the garage ... without me in it. I'm stuck between the moving car and the walls of the garage! I react quickly enough to get my car stopped, but I'm very lucky I did not shoot under the tires or crushed between the wall and the car. I would have been very seriously injured ... or worse. I left with a bump on my forehead and some bruises on my leg and some important lessons.
The next time you drive, pause for a moment and take a deep breath before you put your car running. This second or two may just help you stay safe - and may save you thousands of dollars! The other really important lesson I learned? I would have had an independent agent to call, someone who could have helped me in the process of filing a claim, the establishment of an inspection and planning body work. It was a little overwhelming and have the help of an expert would have done that horrible day a little easier to manage.
So my advice? Stop. Breathe. And drive safely!
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