Whew! That was Close!

Discussion in 'General Community' started by cleanmachine, Aug 12, 2008.

  1. cleanmachine

    cleanmachine Member

    I guess the lastest 'spin' is an appropriate place for this.... So Sunday Morning around 6am i'm heading to work at a fairly quick pace, normal for me, and as I round a blind curve I notice the White older body F-150 coming the other way is IN MY LANE!!!! Not over the line a little but really in my Lane. I did the only thing I could do to avoid an accident and ran off the road at about 65-70 on a sharp ass curve. As I started to lose control and drift toward the guard rail I did every thing I could to avoid it and did a Zorro across the road twice. Looking at the woods on one side of the road and a guard rail on the other. After it was all said and done I was sitting in the middle of the road shaking and cousin in a cloud of dust. No damage. Didn't hit nothing which is really amazing considering the proximity of the Guard Rail and the woods. So I put the car in first and continued onto work, Happy to be alive.

    One more reason not to sell the WRX.
     
  2. 5spdfrk

    5spdfrk Active Member

    Glad everything turned out okay. I've been in a similar situation, and don't want to be again.
     
  3. SonicBoom

    SonicBoom Active Member

    Sounds like you handled the situaton well with some mad driving skills... Happy everything turned out ok!
     
  4. dontcallitarex

    dontcallitarex Active Member

    Hooray for the driver mod. Glad you're ok, my friend.
     
  5. lostinthewoods

    lostinthewoods Frisco Tx Baller

    These idiot drivers are all over the place. My wife gets run off the road on a fairly regular basis due to idiots in lawn trucks and various other work vehicles crossing way over double yellows.

    cant wait to get back to texas b/c there are limited 2 lane roads and curbs and medians all over the place. LOL
     
  6. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    And a good reason to not go 65-70 through a sharp ass turn.

    You never know what is going to be in your lane around the curve.
     
  7. WJM

    WJM Banned

    So youre telling me 80~90 is bad too? :keke:
     
  8. Kokopelli

    Kokopelli Active Member

    If you go fast enough you can bend space and time and you'll be ok :)
     
  9. cleanmachine

    cleanmachine Member


    I am typically on alert for animals or cars turnin out in front of me or across my lane of traffic because these things tend to happen. But a big truck coming at me is F@#!ed up! I know i was speeding and should slow down but is it too much to ask that people maintain control of their machines.
     
  10. Eco Auto Clean

    Eco Auto Clean Active Member

    well at least you made it out alright as well as the car....slowing down FTW...but i agree that others should stay in their lane as well.....
     
  11. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    I know how you feel. I was driving home from work late one rainy night at like 11PM. I was going a steady 60 mph on a nice straight. Out of NOWHERE this deer comes running towards me and then stops. I snatched the steering wheel and next thing I know is I'm spinning.

    Then the weirdest thing happened....it was like everything went into slow motion and I'm shifting and hitting the gas to compensate. The entire time I'm thinking 'Stay on the asphalt. If you hit the grass it's over.'. Well I changed directions like 5 times and the car straightens up. I must have sat in the middle of the road for 5 minutes before I started moving again.

    I'm just glad that the driving lesson I got in Roebling finally showed itself to be applicable on the street. If I hadn't took those lessons I'd have crashed into the ditch for sure.
     
  12. WRXCoupe

    WRXCoupe Active Member

    "I know i was speeding and should slow down but is it too much to ask that people maintain control of their machines."
    Assume everyone is a friggin moron! You'll be right 50% of the time . You did not dodge a bullet you dodged a cannon shell....Unless you're on a road course I would not speed through blind turns it could have been a Semi in your lane!
    Glad your OK, happy endings (not just at massage places) are good!
     
  13. Eco Auto Clean

    Eco Auto Clean Active Member

    yea if i'd gone around the blind curve too fast on my street today...i would have hit a prisoner holding a stop sign...talk about freaking irony...
     
  14. cleanmachine

    cleanmachine Member

    Word. Appreciate the support. I will slow down.
     
  15. knhtrdr

    knhtrdr Active Member

    Thank God you got out that situation and you're ok we don't need any other subys bitin the dust like mine.
     
  16. J_P

    J_P I like pudding pops Supporting Member

    I apologize up front for the threadjack.
    What happened? Are you saying something has happened since I saw you at Drift Atlanta?

    Back to the original thread:
    Glad to hear you avoided a potentially very nasty wreck.


    edit:
    Nevermind I found the original thread. Really sorry to hear about it, but glad you are ok.
     
    Last edited: Aug 14, 2008
  17. FACE

    FACE Active Member

    Im sure the AWD did help...I have been in this same situation at the speed limit...AWD :bigthumb:
     
  18. Deke

    Deke Active Member

    Glad you're alright. I've a couple of similar situations myself, and I know how frightening they can be. Way to keep your cool and get yourself out of it.
     

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