gas on the right, breaks on the left

Lately there's been a trend. People seem to be getting the gas and break pedal confused, which can be pretty detrimental. You remember that old man that mowed down dozens of people at a farmers market in LA...bad times. Well recently one of my co-workers did the exact same thing, sans mowing down a dozen people. Thankfully no one got killed, but it wasn't pretty nonetheless. Apparently, as she was parking she mistakenly hit the gas instead of the break. The crappy part is, our employee parking lot is on a hill overlooking a not so busy street lined with parked cars. So she puts a considerable amount of elbow grease into pressing down on the gas, as we all would if we thought it was the breaks. In turn, she got launched atop the side railing, over the hill and onto a parked car. Shitty! Yep, she landed plum on top of another car. It was demolished of course. And so was her ego. On top of being traumatized, she was pretty embarrassed. She got made fun of by most of us, but not until well after she had stopped crying. We had the decency to allow her to calm down and pull herself together before we really started lacing into her. She was a real sport about it though. We have pictures of it posted in the office.

Then just a week or two later my mom tells me she nearly slammed into a pole near my grandma's house after she got the gas and break confused. She hauled so much ass when mistakenly hitting the gas that she left skid marks. Good thing she was able to get it together and hit the break before it was too late.

Image wrecking your car because you got the gas and break confused? The sillyness of it all. I almost did it once, but I was 16 and barely learning how to drive. My friend and I went joy riding in her dads car. We didn't have licenses, but her dad let us take it for a spin around the block. Coolest parents ever. When I pulled into her driveway I nearly crashed into her garage door. Another case of the old gas and break confusion. What a dumb way to crash a car. Accidents happen and all, but it would suck having one happen to you in a stupid way like that. It's kind of like Sonny Bono dying from crashing into a tree while skiing. That is such a retarded way to die. Poor dope. He gets the Darwin award. Truly, that would be the worst case scenario; actually dying from a dumb accident. I think that qualifies as the Webster' definition of going out like a chump. At least he doesn't have to explain himself to anyone. HI-yo. If I believed in it, I'd be going to hell for sure .