Hey guys, thought i'd share my story from the other night.
I was heading home on saturday night, it was about 12:40am. I'm on the 10 freeway in los angeles. If you've driven in this area at this time, you know how fast the traffic is going.
So im in the fast lane, cruising at about 74mph and i see a car far out and think nothing of it. Then i notice i am getting closer and closer to it very quickly. I then notice he has his hazards on and that his car is completely STOPPED in the fast lane of the freeway. I slow down as much as i can and try to turn to the side but was unable to because of oncoming traffic. So i come to a complete stop trying to get over. i then turn on my hazzards and keep my brake lights on solid. HOPING that ppl notice the lights on my car while i try to get over. So im sitting there trying to get over and a car is coming up behind and me and slams his brakes so he doesnt hit me. He barely missed me but the car behind him hits him and then causes a chain of about 4 cars smashing together. Thats was damn freaky.
So the FLASHLIGHT portion of the story. Everyone gets out of their cars and im standing there thinking, "wow...standing here parked in the fast lane is REALLY dangerous. Hmm...what can i do? FLASHLIGHTS!!" So first i use my L0P on my keychain and realize that the light might not be strong enough. I then i remember i have a light in my car. It was a Fenix P1. We used that to shine on oncoming traffic until the police closed the freeway so we could safely get off. I'm thinking that saved us from having any more cars hit us.
Too bad i didnt have any of my HDS lights with me, would have been fun using the strobe feature.
So yeah...next time anyone asks me, "why do you have flashlights?!" i have this story to backup my "hobbies". haha
I was heading home on saturday night, it was about 12:40am. I'm on the 10 freeway in los angeles. If you've driven in this area at this time, you know how fast the traffic is going.
So im in the fast lane, cruising at about 74mph and i see a car far out and think nothing of it. Then i notice i am getting closer and closer to it very quickly. I then notice he has his hazards on and that his car is completely STOPPED in the fast lane of the freeway. I slow down as much as i can and try to turn to the side but was unable to because of oncoming traffic. So i come to a complete stop trying to get over. i then turn on my hazzards and keep my brake lights on solid. HOPING that ppl notice the lights on my car while i try to get over. So im sitting there trying to get over and a car is coming up behind and me and slams his brakes so he doesnt hit me. He barely missed me but the car behind him hits him and then causes a chain of about 4 cars smashing together. Thats was damn freaky.
So the FLASHLIGHT portion of the story. Everyone gets out of their cars and im standing there thinking, "wow...standing here parked in the fast lane is REALLY dangerous. Hmm...what can i do? FLASHLIGHTS!!" So first i use my L0P on my keychain and realize that the light might not be strong enough. I then i remember i have a light in my car. It was a Fenix P1. We used that to shine on oncoming traffic until the police closed the freeway so we could safely get off. I'm thinking that saved us from having any more cars hit us.
Too bad i didnt have any of my HDS lights with me, would have been fun using the strobe feature.
So yeah...next time anyone asks me, "why do you have flashlights?!" i have this story to backup my "hobbies". haha