I am driving in the lane to the left of the lane on ramp vehicles merge into. And I saw a car begin to merge into that lane. I must have been going 75mph when a car whips past me on the right. must have been doing 90 mph. He does a sharp swerve to the left to avoid the merging car in front of me. I immediately take my foot off the gas as he veers left right and left and cross over three lanes. And of course, the are cars all around. He does a 360 right in the middle of the lanes and I have slowed ready for him to come back into my lane. But, he comes to a stop facing the opposite direction in the HOA lane. Then he does a u-turn and continues on his journey. If the road wasn't damp, am sure he would have rolled, but he just spun. No one was hurt. Funny, I wasn't shaking and kept my cool to avoid him. But after that, I sure was alert. I still can't believe he didn't touch any other cars.
I saw a wicked vehicle accident the other day. No deaths, no dents.
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kuch
Friend of Leo's
clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.....
good thing he didn't take anybody out.... knock on wood....
good thing he didn't take anybody out.... knock on wood....
Ha! That’s some baller driving!
I’ve seen that happen on icy roads before. Scary. But also pretty cool. Glad nobody got hurt.
I’ve seen that happen on icy roads before. Scary. But also pretty cool. Glad nobody got hurt.
Yeah, I am convinced if the road was completely dry, the out come would have been different. And he would have contacted other vehicles
AAT65
Poster Extraordinaire
Many years ago we were driving back down the ski road after a day out at Cairngorm, my Dad and 4 or 5 kids (some of us plus 1 or 2 friends) in the old family VW campervan. My Dad lightly touched the brake and next thing you know, we were driving back up the hill!
Only time I’ve been in a car doing a 180°, and I’d rather not do it again. My Dad was admirably unfazed by it, and my brother in the back seat (I was sitting up front, a special privilege) just looked out of the window and said “Why are we going back up?”
Only time I’ve been in a car doing a 180°, and I’d rather not do it again. My Dad was admirably unfazed by it, and my brother in the back seat (I was sitting up front, a special privilege) just looked out of the window and said “Why are we going back up?”
sax4blues
Poster Extraordinaire
Best part of the story for me was you driving 75. I hate slow drivers.
fjblair
Tele-Afflicted
My weird car wreck story-Earlier this year I saw a car rear end the car in front of it at a stop light. It was just a fender bender, but definitely some damage. I came back through the area about five minutes later and the two cars were nowhere to be found anywhere in the vicinity. I turned around and drove by again because it was so weird that the cars were gone and no police, but they were gone.
As for as the dude driving 90 and risking the lives of those all around him I find nothing funny about it. IMO this driver should have his license revoked for a minimum of 3 years with a stipulation that if he's caught driving during this 3 year period his right to drive should be revoked permanently. I'm so sick of greedy, selfish, me first individuals willing to risk the lives of innocent citizens so that they can shave 5 minutes off of there commute time or any other stupid reason they can up with that the mere thought of them on the road makes me want to scream. This is a prime example of a disgusting dog pile of mankind that bubbles up and takes away the husbands, wives, children and grandparents of their other brothers and sisters for there own totally stupid me first attitude. Note to the mods ...... I don't care what you think about this post. This strikes home. Any person or member or moderator who wants to sing me something about ease off or whatever can dismiss me and spend their next life thinking "I had no idea". This isn't a warning. Its a fact! The person behind the wheel of the automobile in question had better have had a women giving birth in the seat next to them or they're out of excuses. "I was running late". "Everybody else was driving to slow". "I'm a Rocker. I don't have time for these la-de-da take life as it comes dips". "I'm a man / woman on a mission" !!!!!!!!!
My reply ............ Well eat me raw. You are an abomination of mankind.
In case you never see another post from me I'd be thankful if you remember I stood by my beliefs. No rule by any organization, government, religion or freakin' forum will ever require me to dismiss the moral ground of the brother and sisterhood I learned in the '60s and believe in to today.
Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle has the obligation to think of the safety of all those he or she encounters on the road as being more important than anything pertaining to their own personal goals or needs.
I love you folks. If this is the end of my time here ......... so be it.
My reply ............ Well eat me raw. You are an abomination of mankind.
In case you never see another post from me I'd be thankful if you remember I stood by my beliefs. No rule by any organization, government, religion or freakin' forum will ever require me to dismiss the moral ground of the brother and sisterhood I learned in the '60s and believe in to today.
Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle has the obligation to think of the safety of all those he or she encounters on the road as being more important than anything pertaining to their own personal goals or needs.
I love you folks. If this is the end of my time here ......... so be it.
Soaked pavement can work out better, I suppose. The vehicle alongside my girlfriend on her left was hit head on, by a sleeping driver (from Dunlap, TN) in a Silverado, and the alongside Audi spins and neatly smacks the side of my girlfriend's Saab wagon. Sending it like a hockey puck away from the center of the action and had there not been a solid curb in the Post Office parking lot, she could've driven in to NC that way. Both other vehicles, badly totaled, all those folks needing extensive hospital care.
Had the pavement been dry, the Saab would've dug in on impact, and I think there would have been one more injury.
Had the pavement been dry, the Saab would've dug in on impact, and I think there would have been one more injury.
I know drivers who zip right, left etc to gain a few feet in the string of traffic. Pisses me off. It's dangerous because it's unpredictable. You can drive over the speed limit and be fairly safe, it's the unpredictable ones that cause issues. You look in your right mirror, all looks clear, start to go over and suddenly there's someone who has zipped into the right lane and going fast. Sometimes I make a little nudge over as they're coming up just for fun. Don't do it much anymore though because of all the gunfire on the road, I'd hate to have to shoot out my own passenger window to return fire.....
jrblue
Friend of Leo's
I don't want to throw gas on this topic, but I want to agree with you. Public endangerment ought to be one of the things that gets an appropriately major sanction but does not. I don't care how great a driver someone thinks they are; when you're sharing public space with people driving at the speed limit, and feel comfortable yourself blasting along way above that, you're upping the risks to everyone big time. So, too, and the sneaky people who don't really stop for stop signs unless they think they'll cause a collision if they don't, so we get the slowish rolling non-stop. Big deal, right? There probably won't be an accident. Until there is. And then it's not really an accident, is it? It's really the outcome of a deliberate choice. But I guess we have to see blood on the asphalt before we take such laws seriously. My time and my life are more valuable than anyone else's. Yeesh.
Funny thing, I called the Dept. of transportation; they cover the fwy not the local police as they told me when I called. I didn't get a license and he might have passed me again going down the road. But I was too amped up to think too logically. Anyway, I did call to see if they had cameras on that section. They did not. I am no miracle believer, but every time I think about it, its like those you tube videos where the guy is walking and a vehicle missed him by a fraction of nothing. And where are all those go pro folks video everything as they drive. Arlum, I vote you supreme commander of safety for America. My first request, get rid of loud fireworks. Then folks who religiously do not use turn signals, then aggressive tailgaters. Is that too much to ask on the first day of your job?
dougstrum
Friend of Leo's
Early in our relationship Mrs Strum and I did a 360 in the snow. The highway dept was calling plows off the road and schools and businesses were closing. We lived 15 mi north of town.
Out on I35 as a semi passed us one of his trailer wheels bumped us, weird to be looking at on coming traffic on an icy interstate, somehow no one hit us. We used both lanes and the shoulders for our spin. We ended up facing north again on the shoulder. After calming down she decided we should switch places and had me drive the rest of the way home
Out on I35 as a semi passed us one of his trailer wheels bumped us, weird to be looking at on coming traffic on an icy interstate, somehow no one hit us. We used both lanes and the shoulders for our spin. We ended up facing north again on the shoulder. After calming down she decided we should switch places and had me drive the rest of the way home
Nightclub Dwight
Friend of Leo's
There are times and places where one can drive fast with relative safety. And there are times and places where the same behavior is unacceptable. It is really scary to encounter those idiots in inappropriate places because you realize that your own safety and well being is now in the hands of an idiot, no matter what you do.
Speed limit for cars for a lot of Arizona is 75 on their freeways.
got hit by a stolen uhaul van in a huge rainstorm on I-64 (IIRC) in the mtns... He came roaring up behind me and clipped the back of my bumper putting me into a spin. I spun around a couple of times... came to a rest facing forward, missed all obstacles... was just about 10" from the center barrier... my truck had stalled out... I just sat there for a minute making sure it was all real. I fired up the truck, everything seemed okay. I pulled up a few feet and got out and looked at the truck, just a dent on the left rear part of the bumper... not bad!
A car had stopped behind me, the guy got out and asked if I was okay (it was raining HARD) and I said, 'yeah, I think so' and he said, 'my wife wrote down our address and phone number and name, if you need a witness we saw that guy hit you and we couldn't believe you survived.' I thanked him. got in the truck and went to the next exit, called the police and told them what happened. a WV state trouper showed up like 2 minutes later and took all the information (including the witness) and wished me well, he said it was hard to tell if they'd have any luck catching the guy... but, UHAUL would pay for the damage most likely.
I was headed for Williamsburg and got there without incident. A couple of days later, I figured I'd waste some money and call the trouper (he gave me his card) I didn't get him, but the person I talked to looked up my case and said, 'oh, that guy was caught in western Pennsylvania and arrested. It turned out that the van was full of drugs.' then they told me if I filled out a form, I might qualify for relief because it was drug related blah blah. They sent me the form, I filled it out and I think I got like 400.00 which was a lot of money for me back then.
I sent the witnesses a card and 25.00 and thanked them for stopping in the rain for a very scared grad school student.
I am digging this thread on a very rainy day and because I have not heard the term 'eat me raw' in a long time. I just tried to explain it to my son (he explained riz to me this morning)
A car had stopped behind me, the guy got out and asked if I was okay (it was raining HARD) and I said, 'yeah, I think so' and he said, 'my wife wrote down our address and phone number and name, if you need a witness we saw that guy hit you and we couldn't believe you survived.' I thanked him. got in the truck and went to the next exit, called the police and told them what happened. a WV state trouper showed up like 2 minutes later and took all the information (including the witness) and wished me well, he said it was hard to tell if they'd have any luck catching the guy... but, UHAUL would pay for the damage most likely.
I was headed for Williamsburg and got there without incident. A couple of days later, I figured I'd waste some money and call the trouper (he gave me his card) I didn't get him, but the person I talked to looked up my case and said, 'oh, that guy was caught in western Pennsylvania and arrested. It turned out that the van was full of drugs.' then they told me if I filled out a form, I might qualify for relief because it was drug related blah blah. They sent me the form, I filled it out and I think I got like 400.00 which was a lot of money for me back then.
I sent the witnesses a card and 25.00 and thanked them for stopping in the rain for a very scared grad school student.
I am digging this thread on a very rainy day and because I have not heard the term 'eat me raw' in a long time. I just tried to explain it to my son (he explained riz to me this morning)
sax4blues
Poster Extraordinaire
I made the assumption OP was driving the limit and I don’t want to glorify speeding. In my area 1-2-3mph under the limit is common and for me it’s frustrating on a 6 lane freeway.
staxman
Tele-Afflicted
If you ever decide to apply for a job with the Washington State Highway Patrol, I’d be honored to write you an endorsement.
Agree.
Now, what does one do when the prevailing speed is 85, even when the speed limit is 70? My practice is to go with the flow and use my wits to stay in between the packs of vehicles. I hate to advocate speeding, but sometimes the best defense is, go a little faster so people are not closing from behind at 35+mph faster than me, I think that's actually a fair trade-off.
Until I go my lasik surgery, I was the near-sightedest fellah, but my depth perception has always been great and I'm always attuned to vehicles closing super fast. I do everything I can to get out of his path and match pace to some extent. If I need to move super fast to get out of someone's trajectory, I think it helps to be going fast to start with.
