I remember one time riding my bike to school when I was maybe 15 that could have easily had a different outcome. It was pissing down as I came flying down this hill towards an intersection at the bottom. Suddenly there's no more cars going my way and the cars facing me at the intersection start to turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes only to find they weren't gripping because it was so wet. I'd picked up quite a bit of speed from the hill and I had nowhere to go but straight through. Somehow I managed to swerve between the cars turning in front of me. I'll never forget the look of panic on the face of one driver as I flew by between her and the car in front of her.
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