just when you least expect it...

i was riding with an anonymous friend to go wash our bikes/quads at a car wash, and we had a trailer on the back of his suv. out of the corner of my eye, i saw this car go straight off the median and catch about a foot of air. it landed in the middle of the road of the head on traffic (us) going about 40mph. it hit a car right behind us, because we swerved out of the way, and then it slid back up on the median. our car was covered in dirt and rocks and stuff. we pulled over and ran to the car on the median. we were the first ones there and we helped the people out of the car. it was just some chick and her brother (eh- she was kinda hot. i won't lie and say that i didn't notice) but she was shaking too much to talk. from what i understood, she just wasn't watching the road and didn't see the median, or the tree, or the bushes, or the other tree, or the car. well everybody was ok and there were lots of witnesses, and people already called 911, so we left. um, that was just so exciting that i had to blog about it. this was the first serious wreck that i've seen and helped out with. it was also pretty cool how it all happened. everything was quite. real quite. i know her tires had to be screeching- but it was just like slow motion. i didn't hear anything until the rocks hit our car. i was also thinking about how cool it was that everybody can work together when we need to. complete strangers were getting out of their cars and making sure that everyone was ok, and that people were calling 911. i know it sounds like common sense- when somebody needs help: you help them! but it's just cool to see that 'busy and selfish' americans will stop to help each other out when they need to. it's nice to see that most people really do have some good in their heart. this is just a testament to the fact that americans aren't all bad people and that this country still has a soul. at least everybody was okay. except for her car, which was totaled by the way.
-steve