Have you been spooked driving?

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This is my little anecdote..
A couple months ago, I was working as apprentice for a Tile setting company and they had me preparing orders, picking-up materials, delivering them. cuts, pulling joints, etc..

Well I was picking up a full skid from a well known company, 'Olympia' and was running a little late on schedule, so they rushed, loaded the skid in the cube, I strapped it down and left. as I was arriving destination, I exited and took a ramp to turn on the next boulevard...

One of the legs from the skid was missing which lead to the skid tumbling, the straps letting go and me having several packs of ceramics in the front with me.. the weight of the skid pushed my seat until I hit dash, and all this while I was still slowing down for a red light.. Twisted Evil

lets hear yours..

ocalhoun

Well, lets see...

* Driving down the highway at about 70mph, when somebody pulls out right in front of me: I slowed down so fast that the rear seats folded down on their own (despite being securely latched).

* Driving across a covering of icy snow on top of a stream, then the ice collapses and the jeep instantly drops down about 7 inches... luckily the ice could hold up the frame, which distributed the weight more evenly, but it was solidly stuck afterwards.

*Driving on a winding (unpaved) mountain road covered in snow and ice. I had slowed down for the turn, but it was still too sharp, and I found myself sliding towards the edge of a cliff, at least 100 feet of drop below me, and with no guardrail... Luckily, and thanks to 4x4, I was able to get control back before it was too late.

*Driving downhill on a trail. A 50 foot or so downhill section at around 30 degrees of slope, and the trail is nothing but rocks, dirt, and snow. That wasn't as spooky as turning around on that same trail though... Feeling the jeep tilt 30 degrees to the side, with plenty of room to roll over and over below you while you bump over rocks trying to turn around is scary!

deanhills

I was driving in South Africa and started early at dawn from a small town in the Eastern Cape called Aberdeen on my way to George. I was driving at normal speed, 120kilometres an hour, all of a sudden there was a buck in the road and my headlights had it frozen in the road. Fortunately the car I was renting had ABS brakes, and I fully appreciate why they should be important for any person to have. I did not roll, I also did not swerve, I came to an immediate and effortless stop and thank goodness there were no other cars on the road. It was a Volkswagen Classic in superb condition. When that was over my heart was pumping like crazy, I felt almost dizzy and lightheaded with relief. I continued driving to the next town, Willowmore, headed straight to the local Hotel in absence of Cafes and Restaurants, and had two very strong cups of coffee and a nice chat with the local Hotel Manager. The relief was totally overwhelming. These things happen in a fraction of a second, sort of tests you to the max of your adrenaline Smile

andysart380

Scariest thing for me was driving in the rain last year with my ex girlfriend and a car pulled into the middle of the road about 20 feet ahead of me and STOPPED! we where doing about 40 mph, luckily the driver in the other lane saw it happen just as fast and moved to the outside so i could go around the car.

After this the lady was yelling at me!!!

Fake

Driving in brooklyn

Scary as hell Very Happy

Triple_7

Many times,

Biggest scare, flying down the highway pushing 85mph late one night on the way to a fire run, blue light on, car going the opposite direction decided that was a good time to pass a semi. Locked up the brakes, sent my truck drifting sideways,and skidded right off into a field barely missing a utility poll, car never even hit their brakes at all. Mad

Second worse, being out of place, unfamiliar rental SUV. Driving from Oklahoma City airport to get onto interstate 35 north to head for southern Kansas. 90mph bumper to bumper traffic and trying to make sure I was in the right lane to catch the correct ramp Shocked

I live in a tiny town, and most of my driving has always been in the country...being in that kind of traffic scared the crap out me Embarassed

Didn't have near the problems on the return getting to the Tulsa airport though.

There's been a couple times I've lost it on ice, but never going very fast and more worried about keeping in control to avoid hitting a mailbox, utility poll, or anything else that would do damage.

Real scares, happened a few times driving through town, though the speed limit is only 30mph on our streets. Little kids on bikes popping out of nowhere. And even the occasional adult not paying attention. I've locked up the brakes a few times just barely missing some little kid shooting out of a driveway...I came extremely close the other day, kid couldn't be more then 5-6 years old, came flying out from in front of a parked box truck...saw me and stopped dead center of my path, I literally missed him by about 2 inches. Then his mom on the porch had the nerve to come over and start cussing me out about how I should pay more attention and I could have killed her son...I just told her that she needs to watch her #$%#$ kid and that he should know better, not my fault YOU weren't paying attention to little Johnny, and that he doesn't have enough sense to stay out of the street. Kids scare me in this town, their parents let them run free and even the older ones have not one bit of common sense to stay out of the street. Evil or Very Mad

ocalhoun

^.^ Got a new one now... about as perfect definition of 'spooky' as you can get in a car.

-Driving an off road truck on the side of a valley. The ledge is a few inches narrower than the truck is... To the left is an incline too steep to climb, to the right is an even steeper slope downward... and the skinny ledge you're on is sloped towards the drop-off! To enhance how scary that is, the truck creaks and groans over every bump you're going over.

ronbonzo

I was OK, just a bruise on my left knee when it hit the glove box of my Honda Silverwing scooter as I struck a mid sized buck on my way into work. It was 6:30 in the morning this last August 2008 as I was on my usual 40 mile commute. I had just started to speed up after crossing some railroad tracks traveling between 35 and 40 MPH when out of the corner of my eye I could see a brown blur heading perpendicular to my path. The next thing I knew my windscreen was exploding. My grip on the handlebars became a death grip as now I expected the worst. It never came. Suddenly, as fast as I had hit the dear, it disappeared and I was stunned to see that I was still on the scooter just drifting down the road at half the speed I was going just seconds before. I pulled over and was immediately approached by two car drivers to see if I was OK. I was pretty shaken up and had to get off the scooter slowly as I had a hard time believing that I was unscathed. About this time a county deputy sheriff, who was on his way to work, pulled up and took charge. The deputy made out a report as I looked over the scoot. I determined it was drivable and asked the deputy, a former goldwing rider, if he thought it would be OK if I drove it to a dealer without a front light. He seemed to think it would be OK, so I did after calling my wife and asking her to pick me up at the dealer. On the way in to pick me up my wife said she saw the deer along side the road. Later she told me after dropping me off at work she went by the accident site again and the deer was gone. Me thinks vultures drive pickup trucks these days.

ocalhoun

ronbonzo

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