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Originally Posted by Stringer

Thank you Bear, I'm fine. I sent a phone photo to Marta will I waited for that tow truck.

Glad that you noticed my post bud. :)

No worries stringer, I know that 'OH SH1T' feeling you get when you feel you've lost control of your vehicle, terrifying and exciting at the same time :)

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Originally Posted by albear

no worries stringer, i know that 'OH SH1T' feeling you get when you feel youve lost control of your vehicle, terrifying and exciting at the same time :)

:D Yeah.. Those are the words that I heard myself saying bear. When I touched the brakes I went into a complete spin, I was very lucky to be able to control it enough to guide my car between that utility box and the car in front of me. I missed it by inches. Like I said before, about a hundred yards ahead of me one car was over and on top of another and another one was on its' roof 20 feet from the road. Actually I saw about three additional cars that were off the road like I was.

I called my son he has a big Ford 4 wheel drive. He was on his way but the traffic was all snarled because of the storm. So I called him off when I got the tow truck driver to do it. Remember I was sitting there for and hour and a half... boring!! And Marta wanted to come and put out road flares because my butt end was still out on the road somewhat. I wouldn't let her, the roads and weather were just terrible.

Funny, I am the one that is always preaching to her about keeping blankets, flares, food and drink in the car for situations like this and I forgot to do it myself. Although I found a couple Reeses' Cups in my car... made short order of them... :)

Bloody hell stringer.. close call!

Just as well you didn't have to eat a limb.

Survivor.

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Originally Posted by redhed35

bloody hell stringer..close call!

just as well you didnt have to eat a limb.

survivor.

"You funny ladeeee Red" :)

I have been losing weight for the last three months now, wouldn't have been mush of a meal :)

Stringer, Hate to hear about your close call but glad to hear it was only close. Monday sucked on the way to work. I never got much above 20mph on the way to work. Whenever I touched the brake they weren't really in existence.

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Stringer, Hate to hear about your close call but glad to hear it was only close. Monday sucked on the way to work. I never got much above 20mph on the way to work. Whenever I touched the brake they weren't really in existance.

Yep, like I said before, Disney On Ice man... and usually I don't have any problems on ice, this condition was different. The road was rounded a lot so rain would run off, it wasn't as flat as most.

I was raised in Western Pa, I learned to drive in this weather in the Laurel Mountains, not a problem usually. But when I touched the brakes on that ice, that was it. While I was in the spin I was working that steering wheel, let me tell you...

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Originally Posted by Stringer

:D Yeah..Those are the words that I heard myself saying bear. When I touched the brakes I went into a complete spin, I was very lucky to be able to control it enough to guide my car between that utility box and the car in front of me. I missed it by inches. Like I said before, about a hundred yards ahead of me one car was over and on top of another and another one was on its' roof 20 feet from the road. Actually I saw about three additional cars that were off the road like I was.

I called my son he has a big Ford 4 wheel drive. He was on his way but the traffic was all snarled because of the storm. So I called him off when I got the tow truck driver to do it. Remember I was sitting there for and hour and a half.....boring!!!!! And Marta wanted to come and put out road flares because my butt end was still out on the road somewhat. I wouldn't let her, the roads and weather were just terrible.

Funny, I am the one that is always preaching to her about keeping blankets, flares, food and drink in the car for situations like this and I forgot to do it myself. Although I found a couple Reeses' Cups in my car...made short order of them....:)

Yeah you deffinetly got lucky :)

I still don't know which way to turn the steering wheel when sliding because it usually doesn't help.

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Originally Posted by albear

yeah you deffinetly got lucky :)

I was lucky Bear, could have been me in that upside down car... very lucky, ha you guys would have been rid of me... :D:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Stringer

I was lucky Bear, could have been me in that upside down car...very lucky, ha you guys would have been rid of me.....:D:rolleyes:

Lol been there done that, got the photograph :D

Been upside down Bear? Not good.

Stringer, what do you mean rid of you?

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Originally Posted by albear

lol been there done that, got the photograph :D

I was somewhat p*ss*d at myself for allowing it to happen, also felt a little stupid... must be a 'guy thing.'

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Been upside down Bear? Not good.

Stringer, what do you mean rid of you?

A year ago I wrote my first car off, went round a corner, caught some loose mud or something (it had been raining heavily before I went out) swerved to avoid an oncoming car went between a tree and a telegraph post into some bushes pulled out hit a post and flipped it, I wasn't joking about that photo either, I got the paramedic to take one of me stood next to it :o

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Originally Posted by Stringer

I was somewhat p*ss*d at myself for allowing it to happen, also felt a little stupid....must be a 'guy thing.'

I just got a sense of 'that didn't just happen... did it?'

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Originally Posted by Stringer

I was lucky Bear, could have been me in that upside down car...very lucky, ha you guys would have been rid of me.....:D:rolleyes:

Stringer, I am very glad that you weren't in that upside down car. I don't even want to think about joking about losing you. :(

Ok, pics then Bear? I got to see.

Once I was driving home and it was raining and I threw a cigarette out my window and I thought it came back in so I looked in the floor and then back at the road. By that time my vehicle had left the road and I was heading straight towards a phone pole. I only had a lap belt in that thing so I dove to the right in my seat and it still slung me back and placed my mouth right into the steering wheel. It was a metal steering wheel with wood on top and bottom, well my mouth busted the wood and bent the metal. I now have over $4,000 in my mouth. Haha. I split the pole in two and continued through the woods taking out some trees until I came to one big enough to stop me. I miss that van, my good 'ol shaggin waggin. If I was in anything else I would have been dead.

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Ok, pics then Bear? I gotta see.

Once I was driving home and it was raining and I threw a cigarette out my window and I thought it came back in so I looked in the floor and then back at the road. By that time my vehicle had left the road and I was heading straight towards a phone pole. I only had a lap belt in that thing so I dove to the right in my seat and it still slung me back and placed my mouth right into the steering wheel. It was a metal steering wheel with wood on top and bottom, well my mouth busted the wood and bent the metal. I now have over $4,000 in my mouth. Haha. I split the pole in two and continued through the woods taking out some trees until I came to one big enough to stop me. I miss that van, my good 'ol shaggin waggin. If I was in anything else I would have been dead.

Wow, that sounds even worse than mine, tut tut on the safety of your van even if it could plough through the forest :)

I'm not going to show you the pic of me stood next to it, because I don't like showing pics of myself, but I will show you before and after crash pics if you want?

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Been upside down Bear? Not good.

Stringer, what do you mean rid of you?

Bad joke Adam.

Ok, that is fine Bear. You don't have to post any of the pics. You don't have to be shy in front of your family though. My accident wasn't that bad, I was just thankful my van was very durable. I had stitches in my mouth and both legs and had scratches and bruises all over. In bed for a week. It was nice that week. Wake up in the morning, take 3 different pills and pass out minutes later. Wake up in the afternoon, take more pills and pass out, same thing in the evening. That is all I did was sleep and take pills.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Bad joke Adam.

Damn right bad joke bud. Don't say that.

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Originally Posted by Cat1864

Stringer, I am very glad that you weren't in that upside down car. I don't even want to think about joking about losing you. :(

That was kind Cat, thanks.

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Ok, pics then Bear? I gotta see.

Once I was driving home and it was raining and I threw a cigarette out my window and I thought it came back in so I looked in the floor and then back at the road. By that time my vehicle had left the road and I was heading straight towards a phone pole. I only had a lap belt in that thing so I dove to the right in my seat and it still slung me back and placed my mouth right into the steering wheel. It was a metal steering wheel with wood on top and bottom, well my mouth busted the wood and bent the metal. I now have over $4,000 in my mouth. Haha. I split the pole in two and continued through the woods taking out some trees until I came to one big enough to stop me. I miss that van, my good 'ol shaggin waggin. If I was in anything else I would have been dead.

Glad that it was not a life threatening crash Adam.

What scares me a lot is with this push for more economical cars that are so tiny that it makes one wonder how you or your loved ones could survive a crash in it?

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Originally Posted by albear

a year ago i wrote my first car off, went round a corner, caught some loose mud or something (it had been raining heavily before i went out) swerved to avoid an oncoming car went between a tree and a telegraph post into some bushes pulled out hit a post and flipped it, i wasnt joking about that photo either, i got the paramedic to take one of me stood next to it :o

Wow, lucky you didn't hit the post or tree Bear. Can you post the picture?

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Originally Posted by adam_89

Ok, that is fine Bear. You don't have to post any of the pics. You don't have to be shy in front of your family though. My accident wasn't that bad, I was just thankful my van was very durable. I had stitches in my mouth and both legs and had scratches and bruises all over. In bed for a week. It was nice that week. Wake up in the morning, take 3 different pills and pass out minutes later. Wake up in the afternoon, take more pills and pass out, same thing in the evening. That is all I did was sleep and take pills.

Wow, you've seen what happened to me, I crawled out of that, OK it was upside down so I got the doors mixed up, but I was fine, I could have walked home if it wernt for persistent paramedics wanting to take me to A&E

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Originally Posted by adam_89

damn right bad joke bud. Don't say that.

:) k.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Wow, lucky you didn't hit the post or tree Bear. Can you post the picture?

Before
http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/x...Cars/mycar.jpg

After
http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/x...stcarcrash.jpg

You can actually see the tree and the telegraph post in the background, and as for the post I did hit its now about 3 feet behind me on the floor

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Originally Posted by albear

Before
http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/x...Cars/mycar.jpg

After
http://i769.photobucket.com/albums/x...stcarcrash.jpg

you can actually see the tree and the telegraph post in the background, and as for the post i did hit its now about 3 feet behind me on the floor

Man, I have been a few accidents in my life Bear, never in one where the car overturned though, that is scary. Did you have your seat belt on?

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Man, I have been a few accidents in my life Bear, never in one where the car overturned though, that is scary. Did you have your seat belt on?

Yeah I did, never driven without it on, it was weird though being suspended in mid air upside down being held in by my seatbelt (after id landed)

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Originally Posted by albear

yeah i did, never driven without it on, it was wierd though being suspended in mid air upside down being held in by my seatbelt (after id landed)

After that accident, I wouldn't be too concerned about unclicking the belt and dropping on my head my friend. Did the paramedics take you to the clinic?

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Originally Posted by Stringer

After that accident, I wouldn't be too concerned about unclicking the belt and dropping on my head my friend. Did the paramedics take you to the clinic?

Yeah although there wasn't any need to, I just ended up waiting 4 hours in A&E for someone to say 'you look ok' so I could leave,

Sorry I think I got a little competetive with comparing crashes :o

I didn't read back. Bear, when did this happen?

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Originally Posted by albear

yeah although there wasnt any need to, i just ended up waiting 4 hours in A&E for someone to say 'you look ok' so i could leave,

sorry i think i got a little competetive with comparing crashes :o

No you didn't, this is interesting to me anyway.

Did you receive a ticket from the police?

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/humor-...on-423862.html

Take a look...

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

I didn't read back. Bear, when did this happen?

A year ago, well, late Nov 2008

Like I said I think I got a little competetive when stringer mentioned his crash, and the little voice in side my head 'thats not a crash, THIS is a crash' :o

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Originally Posted by Stringer

No you didn't, this is interesting to me anyway.

Did you receive a ticket from the police?

For what? I was doing roughly 45 mph on a 60 mph road

I did have to give my insurance details to the police because the sign I hit was a council sign so they were obviously going to claim on my insurance to put it back up

They didn't even bother to breathilise(sp) me, the reason being they told me if I was speeding id have died.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/humor-...on-423862.html

Take a look......

I read them before, made me chuckle :)

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Originally Posted by albear

a year ago, well, late Nov 2008

for what?, i was doing roughly 45 mph on a 60 mph road

i did have to give my insurance details to the police because the sign i hit was a council sign so they were obviously going to claim on my insurance to put it back up

they didnt even bother to breathilise(sp) me, the reason being they told me if i was speeding id have died.

Hmmmm... well it just seems that at any opportunity here they slam a ticket on you... revenue you know.

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Hmmmm...well it just seems that at any opportunity here they slam a ticket on you...revenue ya know.

Yeah I've heard some parking wardens try that over here, because they get bonuses the more vehicles they get or something like that so they'll try any little reason to write you a ticket, there was a case of one guy whod parked and then theyd painted yellow lines where he was parked and they gave him a ticket, of course it was over ruled in court because of the pictures taked when the guy left because there were gaps in the paint where his tyres had been :D

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Originally Posted by albear

yeah ive heard some parking wardens try that over here, because they get bonuses the more vehicles they get or something like that so theyll try any little reason to write you a ticket, there was a case of one guy whod parked and then theyd painted yellow lines where he was parked and they gave him a ticket, of course it was over ruled in court because of the pictures taked when the guy left because there were gaps in the paint where his tyres had been :D

That's stupid (they're a**es) and funny at the same time. Glad he was smart enough to take the pictures and follow through with court. Here it is always a hassle to go to court, you wait forever and sometimes they don't even call you that day and you have to come back the next...

Welp... I guess other that "This" ain't no one interested huh?

I have a crash story that can beat all of you. Yup, I'm competitive too. ;)

This happened around 15 years ago, 1 year before hubby and I got married.

I was in college, finishing my degree. It was finals week. I stayed late to help a fellow classmate that was having trouble with the material. I left 3 hours later then normal, ended up in rush hour traffic, in Edmonton. Not fun.

I was on the highway, going over a really crappy area, there's a little hill, then a set of lights. I get over the hill (you can't see what's in front of you until you get over it) and the car in front of me slams on the breaks. I react, slam on mine, look back to see if I'm going to get hit, but the care behind me also stops. I breathe a sigh of relief, we're all okay, about to look straight ahead again when CRASH! We're hit by an ambulance. No, he didn't have his lights or siren on, he was transporting patients.

It turned into a 4 car pileup. My car was totaled, as was the car behind mine and the ambulance.

Because of this crash I spent over 2 years in physiotherapy, 5 days a week. It didn't help. I have what they call "loss of lardodic curvature of the spinge. Also, my collar bone slipped, is now crushing the artery between my collar bone and first rib. Because of this my left arm is constantly numb. Yes, I can still use it, but summers are hell. I can literally stab a knife through my arm and not feel a thing. Surgery is the only correction, but it's risky.

Beat that boys. ;)

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Originally Posted by Stringer

Welp....I guess other that "This" ain't no one interested huh?

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