If it wasn't for bad luck....

[collwen]

Ok, so I'm on the way to a convention in Gettysburg, PA.

First, back in Albany (Watervliet actually), the back end of my car skids and taps a parked car owned by a rather cranky old man. Call the police and all that's taken care of.

James, goddess_becca's husband, picks me up from the Halfway house and we start the trek to Gettysburg, with a stop in NJ to pick up Steve (one of the other judges for the con).

I-287 near Parsippany, NJ (haven't picked up Steve yet). Car ahead of us suddenly puts on flashers and slows down. James tries to slow down, but the roads are just slushy enough that it's not going to work so he tries to go over to the left lane (which has no cars in it), to pass.

Fishtail. Lose control. Spin out. Front-end hits the barrier, spin more, back-end hits the barrier and we stop.

No one is hurt, just shaken, and we see the reason why the car in front of us did what it did- there's a car from another accident, no lights, stopped in the middle of the road facing the wrong way.

We're able to get a clear spot in the traffic to get over to the other side of the road and get out of traffic. Phone calls made.

Cops, tow trucks, and people driving on the edge of the slush enough to coat all of us standing on the side of the road.

So... the back axle is busted, and we had to get a hotel room. We're now waiting for the driver for the rental car company to get to work, to pick us up, so we can stop at the garage the car is at to finish up there before we can continue on our way to Regulator Con.

Comments

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

Wow. That blows.

Let me know if I can assist at all, since I work in Denville, which is the next town over from Parsippany.

[collwen.livejournal.com]

Thanks--- soon after the post the rental car showed up and we got to Gettysburg around 1:30 (needed to be there for 2 to get to the 2nd round of games)--- this was after finding out that we had gone 20 miles too far to pick up the 3rd person for our trip.

[sixswordsamurai.livejournal.com]

*hugs* wow. sounds like a veritable shitstorm. I hope things get better *lights some incense and prays*

~~Me.

[collwen.livejournal.com]

Well, the con was fun once we got there. :)

[tomatoe333.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! That's about a mile from where I grew up!

I'm glad you're all okay at least. This weather has sucked for accidents. Travel safely on to Gettysburg.

[collwen.livejournal.com]

We got there safely... thank you.

[rstormcrow.livejournal.com]

WTF? Why were you driving a rear wheel drive car anywhere yesterday?

It took me 1.5 hours to drive from Rennsselaer to Troy yesterday
(for those not in the know that's a whopping 7.0 miles even from work to home)

[(Anonymous)]

Driving the available vehicles.