There's a small section of a curvy road that's well paved by the way that takes me

through the hills and to my university.

I live in Oregon and the mornings are usually humid and foggy here so driving around in the

early hours can be especially dangerous with wet roads and low visibility.

I just moved here so I'm still figuring out the city's quirks.

One particular morning I was heading down the road at around 6am to head to the newly

discovered 24 hour fitness gym that was nearby.

The road was dark and foggy but inside the car I had some rap music playing trying to

get pumped up for the gym since I hadn't been there in a while.

But you know I was locked into a contract with the gym and well I don't want to get into

that.

Anyway as Elvis approaching the curvy section of the road surrounded by big pine trees

and steep drops I lowered down the radio volume.

I'm not sure why I do that when I begin to drive slower but it's just a habit I guess.

Leaning more toward the steering wheel and windshield I turned on my high beams.

Big mistake by the way to do so in the fog.

I must have triggered something in the electrical system because my radio went haywire.

The volume cranked all the way up and then the station started changing by themselves.

Suddenly stopping at some station with the loud radio host talking about politics.

He mentioned President Ronald Reagan.

It was way before my time by the way as this event happened back in 2017 but the volume

became so loud that my speakers began to pop.

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