Car wreck nightmare.

[Three_Nails]

So... This dream was short and scary as all hell.

We got into a car at a commuter lot. Suddenly, the gas pedal got stuck to the floor and I found myself lauched (with a carful of friends) over a cliff. It was a huge drop, and in my head I knew I was going to die. So I started to pray outloud. The car hit the ground and I awoke with a start.

.... It was vivid and I actually felt as if the end of my life was near! Easily one of the most terrifying dreams I've ever had. I felt as if I was falling at great speed, my friends where screaming, and I could almost feel the vibrations in my throat when I spoke the on-the spot prayer.

[ButterflyWoman]

In my own dreams, driving is always a symbol for being in control of my life. Being "in the driver's seat" so to speak. I've had dreams where I was forced to drive from the passenger side of the car, dreams where I was driving along a winding road on a cliff face and suddenly lost control and went off into the ocean, dreams where I was driving along and suddenly found myself on a roller coaster track, dreams where I was driving and I couldn't find the brake pedal or it didn't work, dreams where I accelerated too quickly or the petrol pedal stuck and I was out of control, and others.

All of them related to the way I felt my life was going, and how in or out of control I felt...

When I immigrated to Australia from the United States, I used to have dreams that I couldn't decide which side of the road to drive on. :) That was all about trying to reconcile my original nationality/culture with the new one I was embracing (I did eventually sort that out, though).

I don't know if the same symbol would pertain to you, but I've known many others who had the same "in the driver's seat" type dream symbol.

Oh, and I have and still occasionally do pray in dreams. I used to have really bad nightmares and prayer was the only way to survive in them. Prayer works, even in a dream state, or so it would seem.