Snow is Upon Us

Once again winter is here. I've lived in Arizona for most of my life and always loved Arizona winters! They're not too cold and usually in the 60's during the day. After moving to Utah, I experienced my first "white Christmas" during the winter of 2007. I really don't mind the snow falling on the ground, but i absolutely dislike driving on snowy roads. I have had my share of mishaps on snowy roads and this is one of them:
It was winter of my senior year and I was driving to work after school. The roads were covered in snow and I was going faster than I should have been. The road i needed to turn onto was coming up and I hit the brakes, but just started sliding off to the right side of the road. I was headed right for a stop sign and was about to slam into it, when suddenly I hit a curb and was launched over a ditch on the other side of the curb. I flew through the air and landed in the front yard of someone's home in between a tree and a telephone pole. I sat there and felt so lucky to be free from harm. To add to my luck, about 45 seconds later, a truck pulled up and asked to pull me out. I gratefully asked for their help. The owners of the house must not have been home because nobody every came outside. The only damage done to my car was my front bumper became somewhat loose. I was very lucky that nothing worse happened to me or my car! Be careful driving in the snow!