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I was coming home from a party not far from downtown Los Angeles and it was just starting a misty drizzle. I started the change from one freeway to another and, halfway over the left-curving interchange, my just started to go sideways towards the rail on my right. I had good tires, but it was the first rain of the year and the roads had a good layer of built-up oil and grease. I tried turning into the skid, like I had been taught, but that was taking me straight to the guard rail, with another freeway 20 feet below.
I really thought that was going to be it for me. But I did manage to get the car to drift left a bit. My front left tire drifted a bit onto the left shoulder, which was much rougher and not slick. That was enough to make it grab and the rear of my car swung around, making the right side of my car slam into the left guard rail, with me facing the wrong way on an LA freeway. Luckily for me it was in the wee hours of the morning on a weekend, so there wasn't much traffic. I was able to put it into reverse and get off the interchange so that I had enough room to make a fast U-turn. No damage to me or the car, but my heart was going so fast that my ears were literally ringing.
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