My favourite quote is 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.
Life really is a roller-coaster with it's ups and downs and varying speeds. Yet no matter how hard you try to stay on an even keel, something always comes along to kick you in the teeth and remind you just how fragile life is. We are all trying to live the best we know how and to get along together. So take time to appreciate those around you and tell them how much you love them occasionally. A smile and a kind word speaks volumes.
Gender: Female
Location: Dorset
Occupation: Housewife/Mother/Counsellor/Volunteer
Member Since: April 20, 2006
Answers: 798
Last Update: February 17, 2009
Visitors: 58032
Main Categories:
Families
Random Weirdos
Parenting
View All
Favorite Columnists
karenR
DangerNerd
isis
S_C
Brandi_S
ChevyIINova
Vikki27
kristen22
|
| |
Okay so my entire company is going to a club downtown and they are all legal. I decided that I should be a good person, not drink illegally since everyone else is going to be a drunken fool and be the designated driver.
Everyone looks forward to this Christmas party for the entire year. They all want to get hammered and all these people who I am driving are really bad drivers anyway and drive BMWs that probably aren't good candidates for getting recked.
So there are two couples who are 26 and they're being driven by one of the girl's bf. I drive the rest.
Since Sunday, we have been snowed in to our necks. I literally haven't stepped outside the house because the snow plow never made it and we got about 9 inches up here because we live on the hill.
I got my license less than a year ago. My dad bought me a 2007 Honda Civic Coupe. Downtown is 45 minutes away. I am driving one guy, and three girls (who are all going to be hammered). It's probably still going to be snowing on Saturday, I've never driven in the snow.
My car is the only car I can drive and it only has all-weather tires and I don't have the guts to drive down and get snow tires because the shop is 20 minutes away.
What are my chances of survival and how can I increase them? (link)
|
My first suggestion is that you ask your Dad to drive you down to get some snow tyres for your car and then once they are fitted, drive back home and see how you cope.
If you feel that you really do not want to drive in the snow (I know how you feel because I hate driving in snow and ice and will avoid it at all costs), then I suggest you be honest and tell your friends that you fear driving because of your inexperience in this treacherous weather. Explain that you do not want to risk having an accident and would prefer it if someone else could drive or pool together and book a taxi.
Also, if you explain how you feel to your Dad, is there any way he could help with lifts?
To increase your chances of survival, your really need to get out there and feel the road covered in snow and learn how to drive out of skids etc. Experience will only happen if you have the courage to go out and face the weather, but that is easier said than done. Also, because all your friends will be a little worse for wear whilst you are driving, you will not be able to ask them for sensible advise should you get into difficulties.
In your shoes I would play it safe and go on small trips until you have learnt to handle your car in these conditions.
Good luck.
|
|
Rating: 5
| |
Thanks. That's a good idea. I haven't even ventured out there, I've been so scared.
|
|