Speed Demon

There have been many times when I have been in able to laugh at a small setback or failure. One of them happened to be doing 80 MPH past my mom in a 35 MPH zone. Which just happens to be way past criminal speeding. This was like 2 days after I totaled my dad’s car and I was now driving his truck which is his pride and joy. I actually have always loved this truck since the day he bought it, if he didn’t do a frame swap like he did then I was going to buy it off of him and do it myself just so I could have this truck. I liked this thing when It was 100 percent stock not even better tires. So even I would hate myself if I crashed it. It started out to be a really good day. The sun was shining I had the windows down and the radio cranked, I was only wearing a t-shirt and nothing on top of it. Life was great, or at least I thought it was. I was cruising down Crowley road In my dad’s lifted Chevy which he had just finishing doing a full frame swap the winter before. So this thing is more important to him than his dog, he loves it and treats it like a baby. Back to the point, I was heading down Crowley road going towards Lewiston to go to tractor supply to fill a couple of propane bottles and get dog food. It was the least I could do for him after what I had done 2 days before. As I was going I noticed someone in a red Chevrolet traverse up ahead going really slow. So I saw a opportunity to pass this person so I went Into the other lane and floored it. By the time I passed them I was going like 80 MPH which is 45 MPH over the speed limit. After I was past them I switched back into the other lane. I didn’t think it was a big deal until I hear that person honking their horn behind me. I looked in my rearview mirror and IT WAS MY MOM. I was like “OH NO this is NOT GOOD” Then I get a call from her and I hesitated to answer it because I knew she was about freak out. I answered it because I knew if I didn’t it would be worse when I got home. When I answered I said “hello” and I didn’t get to say another word in that entire conversation until I said “goodbye”. I knew that right after I hung up she was calling my dad and telling him. About 10 minutes later I get a phone call from my dad and it went the exact same way but a little worse. I was not able to laugh about this EVER. I still hear about this situation to this day. This event taught me that if I am going to speed really fast make sure both my parents are home first. Just To be sure I won’t pass them going down the road doing double the speed limit. It also taught me not to do double the speed limit at all because what if that would have been a cop. I could have lost my license for a very long time or forever. That would have caused me a lot of trouble in the long run, I could have had no license and a really big fine. Plus it could have cost me my chance to ever become a mechanic because A lot of garages check your driving record before they even hire you. So because I feel the need to go really fast when it is not necessary I could ruin every goal I have in life. With an accident on my record already A ticket would be even worse. I would rather crash another car than get a ticket because an accident is exactly what it sounds like it is not done on purpose. A ticket would be really bad because I can control getting a ticket. I have to purposely do something to get a ticket. I would lose my license and my insurance would skyrocket through the roof. Which I cannot not afford, I can barely even afford my insurance now I would not want to pay anymore. In conclusion the best way to drive if you don’t want to get a ticket is just go the speed limit.