Trapped in her car as it sped out of control towards on-coming traffic, a New Hampshire woman said today that it was a childhood lesson from her dad that prompted her to make the life and death decision to bail out with just seconds to spare.
"It was a horrific day... I was on the highway and all of the sudden my car began to accelerate out of control," 25-year-old Rebecca Storm told "Good Morning America" today in an exclusive interview. "I knew I was going to be approaching traffic so I knew I needed a solution right away."
In a harrowing 911 call, Storm tells a dispatcher that her 1998 Honda Civic is out of control and asks if she should purposefully get in a wreck. The dispatcher tells her to wait so he can tell her how to stop, but she didn't have enough time to wait.
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Hoping to keep other drivers from being harmed, Storm said she aimed the car at a large pole and prepared to jump.
"I opened up the car door and I undid my seatbelt. I looked out and you have that moment of 'Is this my best option?'" she said. "Then I tucked and rolled out, right into traffic."
Other than some bumps, bruises and damage to her teeth, Storm survived the ordeal. She credits her father with her incredible survival, saying that a long time ago he taught her "how to fall."
Did she do the right thing? In light of previous reports of out-of-control vehicles, Consumer Reports released a demonstration for exactly what to do if your car goes out of control including shifting to neutral and turning the car's engine off, but Storm chose a more drastic -- and potentially deadly -- solution.
Experts say the safest place to be in most accidents is in your vehicle.
Storm said that as a child, she often sprained her ankle while playing -- so much that her father took her out one day to teach her how to "tuck and roll" to avoid injuries.
"I practiced falling and I tucked and rolled. Looking back at 25, it was the most important lesson my dad ever taught me," she said.
"It saved my life."
Storm told ABC News' Boston affiliate WCVB-TV she did not know what caused the sudden acceleration, but the car had gone in for repairs twice in the last week.