Parking scare

[livinitup]

Yesterday, I ran a small errand to a local convenience store. The parking lot is small and as I pulled into a spot, I gently squeezed the brake to come to a stop. The spot faced the store and curb - and had a few people walking into the store. As I was coming to a stop, the car next to me was pulling out. This has never happened to me before, but since the car next to me was backing-out, it gave me the illusion that I was still moving forward. For a split second, I thought my brakes failed and I was going to jump the curb, hard. My heart started pounding inside my chest. I squeezed the brake even harder.

It didn't take more than a second to re-orient myself inside my fully-stopped car while I watched the other car drive away. I felt dizzy and nauseous. I realized that because the car next me started pulling-out just as I was pulling-in, it made me feel like MY car was still moving.

I shook it off, but wow! that was crazy.

[lolalolalola]

I can't believe that's never happened to you before! Yes it's a little disconcerting when it happens - such a weird illusion

[ginger]

Definitely had this happen. Very, very, occasionally it has happened while I was driving and was stopping at a red light.

I HATE IT every time.

It's usually a big 18-wheeler that's about to pull forward but of course gravity pulls it back first with a stick shift.

[speckledfrog]

It's alarming every time.

[Deleted]

This is so scary when it happens. I always feel like I'm going to puke.

[pugz]

Yes happened to me over the weekend too. Hate it

[mrs.jacinthe]

I always feel like that in those car washes where the machine moves back and forth (versus the ones that pull your car through a tunnel). It's disconcerting and unpleasant, to say the least.

[nsl]

This has happened to me a couple of times and was absolutely terrifying.

[bittybomb]

This literally just happened to me last night at the ice skating rink.  It is pretty freaky!

[peachy]

I hate that feeling.

It kind of reminds me of when you think there's another stair and there isn't, and you go WHOAA

[bex1973]

Jan 16, 2017 15:25:11 GMT -5 peachy said:

I hate that feeling.

It kind of reminds me of when you think there's another stair and there isn't, and you go WHOAA

Or when you don't see the last step and it's a WHOA big step!

[CloudBee]

This has happened to me a few times at our local Costco. There's something about the lighting in their parking garage. It's hard to see if someone is inside of the car next to you - so when it moves, I'm always alarmed and think it's my car.