Cause Essay #1

Car accidents happen for many different reasons, but they always have many factors that cause them. Some people even think of things that cause accidents. Alcohol, too tired, the roads are bad, raining hard, not paying attention, speeding, etc. Now the car accident I was in wasn't exactly too bad. It was scary for sure but not a lot of damage was done to the car and I wasn't hurt too badly. I was heading into Hudson to pick up one of my younger cousins because he wanted to stay the night with me, from cheering practice. I was running a little late so I was trying to get a hold of my aunt that way I could tell her that I was coming. And of course it was cheering season, which meant winter and snow and ice. Those three factors together do not mix well at all, and that is how I ended up in a snow bank.

Trying to get a hold of my aunt, that is one part where I went wrong. Now that I think back to it I probably should have called or sent my aunt a text telling her I was going to be late. But no, I wasn't really thinking. I thought, hey if I leave now and try to get in touch with her I won't be extremely late. So off I went, leaving Corinth and headed to Hudson, not fully paying attention as I was using my phone to talk to my aunt.

It is cheering season, and with cheering season is winter. All the snow, ice the horrible winter roads. I figured that the roads wouldn't be too bad, where it was around noon time. I thought that the sun would have melted everything and the roads would just be wet and not icy or slippery. Boy was I wrong. Most of the ice had been melted but there were still some spots of ice around and there was some slush. Slush is the nasty stuff because that is what pulls your vehicle the way you don't want it to. Even going slow the slush could take you for a ride.

When people are running late only one thing comes to mind. Hurry. Normally I wouldn't have to hurry but my aunt had to be somewhere which meant I had to leave right after practice. Which I couldn't exactly do. Once cheering practice was done, we had to pick up mats and take care of everything so the next team could come in after. And that is the start of what made me late. Going faster than what the speed limit was with the conditions of the road and not fully paying attention is how I found myself in a snowbank. I hadn't seen the slush which I had hit not exactly going slow, it brought my car to the right and took my right front tire slightly off the pavement. I brought my car back up on the pavement but it was icy there which swung my car completely around and slammed right into a snowbank.

Yes car accidents are a hassle and most of the time the driver's fault but with some help from maybe nature or other drivers. Since my accident, even though it wasn't horrible, I have paid much more attention to everything going on around me while I am driving. No accidents since then, just little scares when the roads have some ice on them.