Your CLosest driving encounter

[CHaserTourv]

whats your closest driving encounter, like, have u almost crashed, almost fell off a bridge, or whatever, mine was when i took my 16 yr old cousin driving in my benz, and whoa, hes got sum heavy foot, almost crashed into a gas tanker goin 40 on one of our local roads :22yikes:

[TheNotoriousMogg]

was goin about 105 goin to new orleans and i hit a rut in the road and almost crashed into the center divide

[YogsVR4]

I was driving down US31 on the way home when a car sped through a stop sign (not a four-way. Just stop for him as traffic on the highway is perpendicular). He was going about fourty. Just missed the car that was about 200 yards in front of us. The idiot ended up fourty feet into the grass on the other side of the road. Put it in reverse and went as fast as he could back onto the highway in the long lane - still in reverse. That last action is the one that nearly caught us.

At first I thought he had lost his brake or something so I had slowed down to see if he needed help. But, once I saw him floor it in reverse like that, I hit the gas and got pase where he came back onto the road. I watched in the rear view mirror to see what he would do next (like if he were to come my way) and the idiot kept going in reverse down the road in the wrong lane.

[zebrathree]

I got actually hit by some fucker who went through a red light.

First accident (other than *coughsignscough*) in 4 years driving. Not too bad.

[2strokebloke]

Once, while making a left turn I was in the clear - until some complete moron in a Ford SUV comes out of parking lot, on the other side of the street, makes a u-turn across all of the lane (four of them) and then nearly runs right into me (I was already in the intersection by now, and the light was yellow by now too) and has the nerve to blow his horn too. Because I had to slam on the brakes not to hit him, I ended up running a red light.

Another time, on the freeway - I was in the intermediate lane just passing an on ramp. Their was a guy towing a huge trailer coming on the on ramp, gaining speed to get onto the highway. As soon as he gets on the highway, traffic in the slow lane stops - he swerved bettween two stopped cars, and into the lane I was in, about two feet from my rear bumper. That was a really close one. (And I had already floored it when I saw that traffic had stopped in the slow lane, and that this truck and trailer was about to cause an accident, I had no idea that'd he'd swerve into my lane - if I'd been going slower I probably wouldn't have that car today)

[Marc-OS]

Way back when (2years ago), my buddy decided to do a top speed run on a bridge, unfortunately I was in the car too. We were doin' about 120mph, and we hit a patch of black ice. That sent the car spinning at 120mph, we must have spun around 5 or 6 times, but we ended up just tapping the cement barrier on the edge of the bridge. Scared the crap outta me, but my buddy felt so bad that he bought me dinner, so it was cool.

[furious_pontiac03]

Okay so.. because I live in Texas (in the country, mind you..), we have problems with cows getting out and going into the road or whatever.. So I was driving home LATE one night from a party and this person was coming towards me and all of the sudden their headlights were in my lane... In order to miss them (we were both going at LEAST 60), I had to drive straight onto the shoulder and NOT hit my brakes.. I hit the gas trying to get past them before we collided. If I would have hit the brakes, they would have hit me and I would have been thrown into the ditch. Come to find out, there was a HUGE bull in the center of the road and I saw him as I passed the car (out of the corner of my eye because I was trying to focus on not slamming into mailboxes). The car had to come into my lane AND then proceed on to the shoulder on my side.. It was scary.

Another time, I was driving in the middle of a city and this 02 Mustang was beside me.. It was one of my friends and my friend and him were talking about going to some races out 155 Hwy. Well this older model Mustang with mods comes speeding up behind me (it was a three lane road) and passes me in the TURNING LANE. There was a truck in the turning lane, he swerved.. The mustang swerved into an 18-wheeler.. The 18-wheeler slammed on its brakes and jack-knifed. My friend and I hit the brakes and he went towards the right, I went towards the left into my turning lane to avoid the accident. Three cars collided. Fortunately, mine was not one of them.

And that's all I've got for now.

[Suislide]

there was the accident that wrecked my car. i missed a turn and slammed on my brakes, forgetting that i didn't have ABS. my wheels locked up, and since i had already entered the turn, i hit the curb sideways at 85km/h. it ruined my front left suspension and frame, and the car is a write-off, but the "close" part is that if we had gone a foot farther inwards on the curb, there was a big ol' Oak tree with our name on it waiting right in front of us, about a foot from the car.

then another day, we were driving in rain. i was following a safe distance behind this pick-up truck, which was behind a BMW. we were all doing about 85km/h on an 80km/h road. at the very last possible second, the asshole in the Bimmer decides to put on his brakes and turn into a driveway. the truck stopped fine, but (again forgetting i didn't have ABS) i hit my brakes and my tires locked up in the wetness. i turned the wheels and nothing. we were in a dead slide heading straight for the back of the pick-up. i was panicking, but somehow got my wits about me to start pumping the brakes. this cause my wheels to catch all of a sudden and my car veered onto the gravel shoulder. we missed the back bumper of the truck by about 3 inches i would guess.

and then, just yesterday, i was driving home in my dad's mini-van (my car is wrecked). driving on a downhill part of one of the roads in my subdivision that leads into a gradual right-hander. i was driving in my lane, when this F-350 comes flying around the corner (going the opposite way), driving IN THE MIDDLE of the road. 2 of his tires were in my lane, 2 in the other. i veered onto the shoulder and leaned onto the horn, and this ass-handle actually has the cojones to flip ME off. some people deserve to have their asses glued to the PASSENGER seat.

*edit* just thought of the other day on the way back from the beach. i was passing some guy who was doing 70 in an 80, and as i'm in the other lane, passing him, some MORON turns out of his driveway into the lane i'm in, heading the opposite way. he then notices that i'm coming straight at him, veers into the shoulder, and, again, he flips ME off. maybe if you'd taken the time to look both fucking ways instead of just flying out of your driveway, jack-ass...:

[HogieGT-R]

when I was still driving the B12, it was winter and really bad ice was everywhere....I live on top of a hill and I was driving to school and I didn't notice the large patch of black ice until I lost control of my B12, did a 1080 down the hill, and got wedged in between 2 snow banks.....all I could say was thank goodness for the snowbanks because if not I would of went into a telephone pole

[2strokebloke]

Originally Posted by S13_Iketani

then another day, we were driving in rain. i was following a safe distance behind this pick-up truck, which was behind a BMW. we were all doing about 85km/h on an 80km/h road. at the very last possible second, the asshole in the Bimmer decides to put on his brakes and turn into a driveway.

Conclusive evidence? (I've modified your quote, to emphasize some points)

[Oz]

1. Driving back from the snow a few weeks ago (7 hour trip, 4 hours sleep the night before, not wise, no choice) my attention slipped for a second or 2 at 130km/h (80mph) and drifted over those 'ripple strips'. If it was about 2 seconds before, would've collected the guy stopped in the breakdown lane. Made me REALLY concentrate for the next 2.5 hours.

2. Going 110km/h, some guy tried to merge INTO me. Got on the horn, he was oblivious, would've braked, but someone was riding my ass so I dropped to fourth and punched it. Would've only cleared him by about 20cm. Turned out to be some senile >80 Asian asshole in a Camry. I then proceeded to brake check him 10 mins later.

3. Overtaking a semi trailer and saw lights coming towards me. Was driving a WRX at the time, so merely dropped to third, punched it and left about 2 car lengths either side. Not a wise move.

[Amish_kid]

Haha closest I ever came to getting into an accident woulda been last winter driving in a Blizzard, on an unplowed highwaydoing about 70km/h staying in some other poor bastards tracks that were there before mine all while a plow was barreling down on me doing well over 100km/h. Or another time while driving in a snow-storm I attempted a few drifts in my beater 87 cutlass and almost clipped some little Suv hahaha could see the whites in their eyes

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by furious_pontiac03

Okay so.. because I live in Texas (in the country, mind you..), we have problems with cows getting out and going into the road or whatever.. So I was driving home LATE one night from a party and this person was coming towards me and all of the sudden their headlights were in my lane... In order to miss them (we were both going at LEAST 60), I had to drive straight onto the shoulder and NOT hit my brakes.. I hit the gas trying to get past them before we collided. If I would have hit the brakes, they would have hit me and I would have been thrown into the ditch. Come to find out, there was a HUGE bull in the center of the road and I saw him as I passed the car (out of the corner of my eye because I was trying to focus on not slamming into mailboxes). The car had to come into my lane AND then proceed on to the shoulder on my side.. It was scary.

Another time, I was driving in the middle of a city and this 02 Mustang was beside me.. It was one of my friends and my friend and him were talking about going to some races out 155 Hwy. Well this older model Mustang with mods comes speeding up behind me (it was a three lane road) and passes me in the TURNING LANE. There was a truck in the turning lane, he swerved.. The mustang swerved into an 18-wheeler.. The 18-wheeler slammed on its brakes and jack-knifed. My friend and I hit the brakes and he went towards the right, I went towards the left into my turning lane to avoid the accident. Three cars collided. Fortunately, mine was not one of them.

And that's all I've got for now.

Dude...I know exactly what you're talking about. My buddies grandman has a lot of land and we went out there to have a bon fire(its by the Brazos River) and drink and what not. Anyways, he was up there doing something at night out in the pasture(probably drunk and being a dumbass. Well he ended up hitting a cow that was sleeping. It sent him flying and he got pretty fucked up.

[boingo82]

1. Got rear-ended at a stop sign to the tune of $500 damage and permanent neck injury.
2. 1 month later, driving on ice for first time, tapped brakes, went into skid, spun out into 4' high snowbank. No damage.
3. Driving on freeway, 12' extension ladder falls off truck's trailer and goes through radiator of vehicle next to me. Truck pulls over and reverses up the freeway with trailer attached.
4. Driving on freeway, wheel falls off different trailer and nearly hits me.
5. Driving in town, 45mph limit, giant couch in middle of road.
6. Driving in town, same block of same street as in 5, 85 yr old man in Chrysler pulls out in front of me, stopping abruptly in my lane. No choice but to total car.
7. One week later, green VW NewBeetle pulls out in front of me, nearly causing accident.
8. Green NewBeetle attempts to change lanes into me.
9. Nearly T-boned, from now on I check both ways before proceeding at green light.
10. Green NewBeetle tries to kill me again (I forget how).

All incidents within two years time. Welcome to Utah. Those are only the ones I remember.

[slave]

Had a "Near head-on" with a Peugeot 307 last month. Came over a slight rise on a hill and this woman was driving up MY side of the road, just managed to squeeze enough of my car off the road to avoid her!!!