Reckless Driving

Based on a true story….

So, there I was in my car, driving down a winding country road. It was a perfect summer’s afternoon, the sun was beating down, the traffic was fairly light apart from the odd truck driver or Ulsterbus. There were a couple of good tunes on the Radio and I was roaring along to them at the top of my voice when….

Ring ring….ring ring….

I cursed the mobile phone as it taunted me from inside my bag. On a whim I decided to fish it out, one hand on the steering wheel and the other fumbling with the zip on my backpack next to me in the passenger seat.

Ring ring….ring ring….

The steering became erratic as I struggled with the zip, but I finally got it opened and pulled the phone out of its hiding place. But just as I was about to answer the phone, the car veered and I dropped the phone on the floor between my legs.

The ringing stopped.

One I got the car straightened out and regained my composure, I decided to retrieve the phone from the floor of the car, so I blindly groped for it and found it again. Curious to see who was calling, I checked the call register and discovered that it was Mrs L calling.

“Must be important”, I thought, and rang her back. The conversation went like this:

Mrs L: Hello?
Me: You just phoned me…What’s up?
Mrs L: We got a letter in from the car insurance people this morning. There’s been some screw up with the payments and your car’s not insured.
Me: So, you phoned me – when you knew I’d be driving – to tell me that?
Mrs L: Well, I thought you’d want to know……
Me: *click*

The conversation when I got home was a bit more heated, I can tell you. Needless to say, the mobile now goes unanswered when I’m driving!