Fun on the Freeway

I went home over the weekend. I didn't want to drive back on Sunday night so I decided to stay over one more night and go home this morning. I woke up kind of late and didn't get on the road until about ten after eight. I was driving down I-15 around the point of the mountain and I saw a wheelbarrow in the road. That's right a stinking wheelbarrow. On the freeway! It was in the far left lane, and a car was heading right for it. I guess he didn't see it or wasn't paying attention because he didn't change lanes or anything. Suddenly he swerves to avoid it but it was too late and he got hit on the side of his car by the wheelbarrow. He swerved very violently and started spinning out. He spun into the adjacent lane (my lane) and almost hit the car in front of me who also swerved to avoid hitting him and started spinning as well. So here I am going sixty miles an hour and two cars spinning out right in front of me. I slammed on my brakes and managed to swerve out of the way without joining the automobile ice capades that was taking place in front of me. Needless to say it shook me up a little bit.

Moral of the story: Wheelbarrows on the freeway are bad.