Three Word Wednesday

The rules, if you wanna call 'em that, are here.
Today's Words: Abandon, Gradual, Precise

The driver, eased up next to her. She noticed the gradual drift of the other car as it was directly abeam of hers. He was on the phone, oblivious to the world. She wondered if she should abandon her position in traffic, and slow down to let Mr. Center of the Universe slip into her lane – In the interest of safety, of course. At once, she decided against it and gave the horn two taps.

In a split second, and simultaneously: he turned his head toward her; he noticed the woman’s middle finger extended toward him. Her mouth formed the unmistakable, voiceless labiodental fricative that would surely precede “uck you!”

She saw the man jerk the wheel in response to the sudden realization of the close proximity of his car to hers, a look of surprise on his face. His car lurched to the right and was nearly immediately out of her view. Three seconds later she saw it tumbling down the interstate in her rear-view-mirror, glass and metal flying up into the air as it rolled and flipped. She saw smoke rising from other cars’ tires as drivers stood on brakes to avoid hitting the somersaulting hunk of metal and the poor, self-centered man who had been discharged from it. The reactions of both the man and the woman were precise…

For a split-second she thought it was her fault.
For a split-second he thought about his family.