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I'm just picking up speed after getting onto the highway, when my car enters a blindingly dense fogbank. I panic and lose control of the car, which flips over on its side. At this point I have no idea whether I am in the road or off to the side. I can't see my own hands for the fog, which has come into the car. I do know that any car speedily driving behind will not see me as it plows into my tiny VW Beetle and hurtles me to a painful spinning death. I fumble with the door and finally get it open. As I climb out of the car, a strong wind blows the fog away. It is a clear day. I realize that I can right my car with one arm; it is that light. So, I set the Bug back on its wheels and drve away.

I wake up feeling like I have driven away from an accident. Scared and lucky.


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