Blind

I had just received a 1950 Ford as a present from my Aunt and Uncle.  

I was about 16 at the time.

It was winter and my younger cousin had come to visit.

Even though it was night and snowing heavily, we decided to take it for a test drive.

We were traveling maybe 45 mph when I decided to try out the overdrive feature.

This meant pushing in a control on the dashboard.

Unfortunately, instead of engaging the overdrive, I turned off the headlights.

"Where are we?" I shouted to my startled passenger.

"How should I know?" he shouted back.

Luckily I fumbled around and found the light switch before we drove into the ditch.