Moral of the story.. maintain a lot of distance. I am SO GLAD I'm not driving Bumblebee or I'd be sooooooooooooooooo pissed cuz there was a pretty darn good chance it would have needed cosmetic surgery. From now on I'm driving at least 5 car length behind... or 10...........
I was driving south on 101. There was a big ass 4x4 block of wood in the lane. Car in front of me first to hit it I'm pretty sure. Went BOOM! I looked at the block of wood coming out under that car and the scattered pieces, thought OH SHIT i was maybe 3 car length behind it immediately checked my mirrors then swerved to avoid hitting it myself.
Just when I was all happy on my way back into my lane letting out breath I was holding two hub caps come flying off that car's rear wheels rolling toward me and I'm driving right at them I'm like WTF is this??!! I had no choice but to attempt to drive through between the two dancing steel plates cuz either way I turn I'm gonna hit one of them. So I had to swerve again to get me in the right position. Damn that was scary. Good thing the closest car behind me was about 5 car lengths or so away. Otherwise it's either I take the hit and hope for the best or swerve and risk hitting cars around me.
After getting off the freeway I inspected my car, didn't think I hit anything during all that swerving and -- NO NEW SCRATCHES! I went and bought a lottery ticket.
