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I am lucky to be writing to you all right now. That’s all I can say. I’m traumatized from what just happened before I got to school…I’m lucky I even made it to school.
See what happened was my “P.O.S” (please google the meaning of this) car has been wonky since the beginning of time. I am not a millionaire yet so I obviously can’t get a new one, and it’s a car? Who cares right?
My dad was fixing something under the hood and then he tells me that it won’t close. So instead of doing the logical thing which would be getting it properly closed, he ties the hood to the bottom with a telephone wire. I literally bother him about getting it PROPERLY closed for ALMOST A MONTH to where he says he already ordered the part…he’s waiting for it to come in, etc. And obviously I know it’s not to safe to drive a car with the hood not rightly fastened down, THE HOOD COULD FLY UP.
But it was months that went by and my Dad still didn’t fix it. And obviously I still had to go to my internship, my job…what else could I do? I was tired of asking him, so I just stopped. I knew he wasn’t going to do anything about it. I swear I had nightmares about it happening. I drive on the highway on a daily basis: what would happen if it came undone? What if a car hits me because I can’t see??! Since the summer it’s been like that. My Dad doesn’t take that stuff as seriously as I do. THis is my SAFETY. MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!
So today I’m driving to school and it seems like the hood is coming up more than usual today. I’m not even kidding you guys, in my mind I was thinking, “Wow, my Dad doesn’t care about my safety. He’s letting me drive like this. What if it came up? It looks very loose…” MID THOUGHT – what happens? THE HOOD FLYS THE HELL UP AND COVERS MY ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. I cannot see ANYTHING!!!! Keep in mind I am on the HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I turn off the radio and begin to PANIC like crazy. I was in shock. Did this just happen?!?!? I press the hazard lights and try to make my way into the right lane so I can pull over. I swear to god, if there was a car in front of me that stopped I would be dead right now. I would be DEAD. Of course I was hysterically crying throughout this entire event. I called my Mom and told her what happened and she told me to just put the hood down and drive. I COULDNT DO THAT! The hood would just fly back up again! There wasn’t anything to hold it down. DAMNIT.
See that little streak of light? THAT WAS WHAT I COULD SEE. My hood went all the way back!
So 6 minutes later or so a patrol car comes and he helps me put the hood back on. He just ties the telephone wire my Dad used and makes it tighter. He had to undent the entire hood first. After he kind of fixed the car, I just drove the rest of the way to school….because I was pretty close. There was no point in going home because it would’ve taken me longer and let’s face it: I am traumatized.
Yeah. I survived today…I swear to god if I wasn’t thinking straight I don’t know what I would’ve done when the hood went up. Imagine your whole windshield turning to black and you can’t see wtf is going on….it’s really scary.
I am pretty mad at my Dad because he didn’t take it so seriously when I told him to fix the hood problem. No one takes it seriously until someone dies or something like that. No one learns the easy way. I AM GETTING A NEW CAR. I don’t care if I have to charge it all on my CC and pay it off with blood, I refuse to drive the death machine.
Well, I’m going to calm down now and ….yeah.
Name's Jessica Kobeissi. I'm 22, Lebanese, Muslim, awesome & live in Detroit. I'm an artist - but I can't draw. I'm a Graphic Design major.