What mistake should have killed you?

I used to ride my haro bmx bike all over my home city with my friends. Our high school was built on the end of a downhill slope and stood at the end of the block and it lead into a intersection. One of the school ramps for handicapped ppl was just the perfect ramp for anything with wheels only catch was there was no where to land. Like a dumbass I tried to impress my friends by clearing the sidewalk and land in the street. I was gaining speed when my chain popped and my bike hit the ramp and threw me into oncoming traffic. I landed just off in front of a Ford Explorer that screeched to a halt. The guy driving was so pissed off at all of us and I laughed it off until during the bike ride home I remembered I had a hat on and a friend who was more quiet and to himself called me a “dumbass” and told me it got ran over by the truck. Up until then I didn’t even think about how easily that vehicle could have killed me because I wanted to be cool.

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