Pennsylvania

I had a near miss in May 2021. Scared the shit out of me. I was not dui of course. And I am not a careless person. But I was out of practice.

I had last driven in either 2017 or perhaps early 2018. I only got my license in the March of 2014.
I was nursing my mom (she had multiple myeloma) at the time and she asked me to take our car out of the garage since it seemed like a small thing.

Our car at the time was a stick shift. I managed to take it out alright. But then I had this really stupid idea of practicing a little in our driveway just to see if I remembered how to drive.

Instead the second time, I got the brake and the accelerator confused and drove straight through our gate into the street and crashed into our neighbor’s wall.

Fortunately there was no one anywhere near by. I don’t know how I would have lived with myself had I injured someone. It was a pretty quiet street back in those days and at that time of the day (mid-day) it was usually empty.

But still..that was scary and after that I decided to stop driving for good. I have enough going on that that’s not something I want to mess with.