PSA: Don't Race
I would say that I'm a pretty good driver. I don't speed excessively, I don't aggressively swerve in and out of lanes, or do most of the other stuff people do in the name of getting somewhere marginally faster than they otherwise would have. Most members of my family are like this, so I haven't had that much exposure to people driving like maniacs. My comfort zone is being in a car that feels safe. One night I was hanging out with three friends and we hadn’t eaten dinner yet. We decided the move was to go to Taco Bell to get some food. As the four of us were loading into my minivan, one of my friends had a suggestion. He said that it would be fun if instead of all going together, we went in two cars and made a competition out of who could get there first. Assuming he was joking, I agreed to it. He hopped out of my minivan and took another friend into his Mustang. I wasn’t really feeling driving, so I gave the keys to t...