Write a 250 word description of action using only one adverb
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I drove along the road. There were few cars in either direction at that hour of the night and I was making good time. I rubbed my eyes with my fist. I changed gear for the corner but missed it and the bonnet nose-dived as the car responded to my poor driving. I found the right gear and sorted myself out as I pulled away from the corner. I blamed fatigue for the lapse of concentration and was considering pulling off for a rest when I was blinded by headlights. A vehicle had come from nowhere straight into my path. I jumped onto the brake and clutch while trying to squint against the lights to see what was bearing down on me. The noise of the truck’s engine was audible above my car’s motor; for it was a large container truck which threatened to crush my car with myself inside it. There was no space for passing so I slammed the car into reverse and aimed for the farm gate I had seen about four hundred yards back. The oncoming lights showed no sign of slowing and the gap appeared to be shrinking despite my efforts to gain the safety of the field. Just when I thought I would not make it, the reversing lights picked out the gateway in the hedge and I frantically swung the wheel and floored the accelerator in a desperate race to breach the gate. In a heartbeat I felt the car bouncing over the rutted ground. I sat gasping as my headlights reflected back from the sides of the truck passing inches in front of me.
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I drove along the road. There were few cars in either direction at that hour of the night and I was making good time. I rubbed my eyes with my fist. I changed gear for the corner but missed it and the bonnet nose-dived as the car responded to my poor driving. I found the right gear and sorted myself out as I pulled away from the corner. I blamed fatigue for the lapse of concentration and was considering pulling off for a rest when I was blinded by headlights. A vehicle had come from nowhere straight into my path. I jumped onto the brake and clutch while trying to squint against the lights to see what was bearing down on me. The noise of the truck’s engine was audible above my car’s motor; for it was a large container truck which threatened to crush my car with myself inside it. There was no space for passing so I slammed the car into reverse and aimed for the farm gate I had seen about four hundred yards back. The oncoming lights showed no sign of slowing and the gap appeared to be shrinking despite my efforts to gain the safety of the field. Just when I thought I would not make it, the reversing lights picked out the gateway in the hedge and I frantically swung the wheel and floored the accelerator in a desperate race to breach the gate. In a heartbeat I felt the car bouncing over the rutted ground. I sat gasping as my headlights reflected back from the sides of the truck passing inches in front of me.
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