The driverless car
I’ve owned two houses in Austin, both next to very big hills. At the last house, kids used to daredevil down the hill on their bikes. One time a boy lost control and I heard his tortured “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!” as he flew into the neighbor’s yard.
The house we’re in now is on a much busier street, so we have seen 2 or three car accidents in the last four years. Relatively mundane, no real injuries.
The strangest thing I’ve seen on the street just happened half an hour ago. There was a prolonged squealing noise of tires on rubber. I glanced out the dining room windows in time to see a white VW Rabbit slowly promenading down the hill, like a grande dame making an entrance into a party. It came to a stop just beyond our driveway. The car was locked, not running, nobody inside of it. Not in gear, handbrake set. Just ooched down the hill all by itself. Surreal.
Update: The car in question. Click picture for larger version.
