They don't prepare you for this.

They prepare you for a lot in Driver's Ed. They teach you how to parallel park, do turn abouts and warn you how dangerous snowy roads and wet leaves can be. What they don't warn you about or teach you how to handle is runaway tires that come off of another car and are heading your way. Now, Jake and I have hit our fair share of things and animals, but never a runaway tire. We were coming on a stop sign and I just happen to see it rolling our way and it was scheduled to hit us in a matter of seconds. I had just enough time to say, "Jake, there is a tire coming at you, you had better move!" I am not sure how he did it, but he managed to move the car in such a way that the tire missed us and we did not bump into anything else. It was moving pretty fast and probably would have left a good dent if it hit the car.

The part that I will never forget is the look on the man's face who lost his tire. I have had my trunk fly open on the interstate, had my car break down in busy places, but I have never lost a tire that was about to slam into another car. His eyes were about as big as tennis balls and the look on his face was that look you might make if you asked somebody when the baby is due and there is no baby. Then you may go on to talk about the pandas at the zoo having a baby. Anyway, he had that look and it was so funny. We stopped to assist him and he was a nice fellow. I hope he always keeps all 4 tires on from now on.