Lucky to be alive? Think you are a good driver??

The Dummy Runner

I wouldn't consider myself lucky in the normal sense - the way you can make money out of it:(
Any money spent on the lottery is money wasted and if I bet on a horse it would more likey die than win.



Maybe I've used up all my luck while driving when I was young and foolish and I sub-consciously know it?
Cats apprently have nine lives.
How many have you used up on the roads and does it make you a better driver?
I remember years ago hearing from a guard who had done all the advanced driving courses etc that you're not a good driver until you have had 3 crashes!!??
Do near ones count or shear moments of madness?
Some of my close ones....

I remember being down the pub for a few pints and a game of pool. Local young biker was spewing that the honda 100's were miles faster than the Kawasaki 100's - Cue - come on out and I will show you - OK.
I was hopping on the back of this guys bike - no helmet, jacket or anything - for a speed test on the ****tiest local roads ever. My friend remembered that my gear was in his ma's car (he was on the dry)
Big hill down - max speed probably 75-80mph down a big hill with the wind - over a sharp crest - airbourne - bad bend on the way....
I wasn't a local exacly but I knew the road quite well and knew we were f***ed. You know the feeling.

Well, we didn't make it around the corner but we did make it through the hedge and into a field. No car was coming. We missed one of those old style block whitewashed walls by about 6 inches. He made **** of his knee and his bike. I was grand but we both should have been killed.

Similar situation on another occasion where I couldnt take a corner in the wet cause I was going too fast on the bike and ended up in the ditch. Luckily there were no cars coming. I was grand but could have been killed as it was a fairly busy road.

On a road I travellled regulary there were numerous bad blind bends and cars have to slow down alot to be able to pass. I used to pass out cars blindly (slow speeds 30 mph) on the bike on these bends if I was late. I was always running late so that meant lots of dangerous overtaking.



Another time we were on our way to our Christmas party. Full car of lads.
Back road unfamiliar for to all of us. Plenty of craic in the car. I was in the passager seat and wasnt looking at the road. I was trying to get the drivers attention and had briefly taken off my seat belt but he didnt look over - next thing a tractor drives straight out of a field without stopping straight in front of us on our side. We managed to sweerve around him but a second or two later or if the driver wasnt on his game.....

Waiting in a car at a red light with 2 work guys. Normally I am off like a hare when the lights go green but on this particular occasion I was a good bit slower - about 2 seconds after I got my green light, a bus flies past my bumper doing about 40mph. That would not have been pretty.

One summer when I was a kid, a local farmer used to let 3 of us go in his silage trailer - full of silage from the field to the farm with us sitting on the top and then empty from the farm back to the field with us going mad in the empty trailer - about a 3 mile round trip.
We were doing this for a couple of weeks for a few hours at a go.
One day some guy ploughed into the trailer when it was pulling out the field. We had gotten out 5 mins earlier. Needless to say - no more spins.

The amount of times people that pull out straight in front of bikes is ridiculous - that needs a separate thread.

On a push bike during college years, cycling from Dunnes with shopping bags hanging from handlebars of the bike ( bad idea); coming to a T-junction without right of way and a sliced pan gets caught between the front forks and the spokes. I got catapulted over the handle bars and landed about a foot from oncoming traffic. While brushing myself off and picking up my shopping; a guard who had seen what had happened, gingerly crossed over 4 lanes of traffic and asked "what are you going to do for your next trick?"

Thats alot of close ones and shows that at that point in time; I had more luck than brains.
I'm partially grown up and boring now and thinking of some of the stuff above gives me the shivers.

What close ones have you had where it could have been messy?
Should you already be a statistic?
How do we stop our kids from doing some of this crazy **** that is avoidable? They may not be as lucky??

Stinicker

I have had a few near misses myself, some serious, some less so.

A few years ago when I was learning to drive I did not have my own car and was learning on my Sister's Toyota Corolla (2005 model). Anyway I was driving for about a month or two on and off, one day I came to this junction which is an absolute lethal junction. Traffic come speeding down the hill from the Cork County Bounds all day long at 130km/h and the sight line is very limited when turning right into the R569.

I went to turn right and the car stalled mid way across just as an artic lorry appeared out of nowhere doing 130km/h. I really think I am lucky to be alive to write this as I think some unseen force guided my hand onto the key and I started engine again and gunned the accelerator to clear the oncoming path by literally inches and it was the worst fright I ever got driving.

I was a learner and my father was me and he got a worse fright, I know I was wrong and made a mistake but I hate Toyota cars to this day as that car was an absolute heap of junk and you'd want a feather light touch like a ballerinas foot on its clutch. I never again drove that car or a Manual car for that matter and a few weeks later I imported an Automatic BMW from the UK and have been driving that since. That was the day in which me and manual cars and the Toyota badge parted company forever more.

Last year I had another close call when I went to overtake a Bus Eireann coach being the second car back, as I went out to overtake them the car behind also decided to go for it without checking his mirrors. I swerved right and luckily there was a lawn outside someones wall and I braked hard before getting back onto the road again as I was literally forced off the road. I sank the shoe and drove like a mad man passing bus and several cars until I caught up with the car that ran me off the road and I then reported him to the guards for dangerous driving.

My third incident which was more funny than serious was two or three years ago when I left a car out infront of me in stop start traffic (she was blonde and hot :rolleyes:) anyway about 5mins later the driver infront of her braked hard for no reason and blondie rear ended him. Most likely I'd have rear-ended that car had I not allowed the other car out. Funny and it saved me and the reason I did not rear end blondie myself was I was on the phone and a good bit back from her!

We live and learn I guess.

mikemac1

Wrote off a Mazda, came around a corner, blinded by low evening sun but hands up, my fault. Drove into a wall at 40km/h. The people in the house there said I was the third person to hit it that year. People were very good, a farmer towed me off the road and the locals let me put it in their drive out of the way and then swept the road. People are decent.
Actually the car didn't look that bad after it but was later told there was serious damage to the chassis. The exterior damage was not so bad to look at, big car, 626

Lost concentration once on the N6 and left two huge skidmarks as I just avoided running into the back of car stopped for roadworks. Stopped about 5 metres away. My fault

Knocked over a pillar on a wall with a tractor, in my defense it's a very tight squeeze, just inches to spare to get the tractor through that gap. I fixed that myself.

Crashed a moped going too fast around a corner. Wet cobblestones = zero grip on two wheels

Never hit anyone though thank god and I've learned a lot

Atomic Pineapple

The Dummy Runner wrote: »

How do we stop our kids from doing some of this crazy **** that is avoidable? They may not be as lucky??

You can't, all you can do is teach them as best you can but even so, growing up involves being stupid and taking risks, if you don't take risks and make mistakes then you don't really gain anything to learn from do you? As humans we learn best from trial and error, simple as, there's no getting around it. If you've taught them well they'll keep the risk taking to a minimum or do it in a safe secluded area.

Shane Fitz

Stinicker wrote: »

Last year I had another close call when I went to overtake a Bus Eireann coach being the second car back, as I went out to overtake them the car behind also decided to go for it without checking his mirrors. I swerved right and luckily there was a lawn outside someones wall and I braked hard before getting back onto the road again as I was literally forced off the road. I sank the shoe and drove like a mad man passing bus and several cars until I caught up with the car that ran me off the road and I then reported him to the guards for dangerous driving. .

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

I was a front seat passenger in a car crash in which two of my family were killed. I didn't drive at the time but I would consider myself a pretty good driver as a result of this but also as I was brought up to respect the roads, my Dad would never have allowed us in the car without seatbelts back when most kids were jumping around on the back seat. Having an interest in cars and watching racing on tv I'm sure contributed. I remember the day Ayrton Senna died, that sure as hell opened my eyes to what can happen when it goes wrong - an extreme case of course, but at 13 years old it stays with you.

ottostreet

Stinicker, I don't really think Toyota are at fault for you stalling, regardless of circumstances!

shuridunno

A rigid HGV hit me on a straight stretch of road last week.

As it was barrelling towards me, I had enough time to think...****, this is going to hurt, I kept into the ditch as far as I could and he smacked my wing mirrorr which came through the side window and cut the face off me.

My glasses were chipped on the lense which would have meant eye damage had I not been wearing them.

The driver never stopped, denied hitting me when he was caught and his boss actually went as far as to say he was probably on the phone and didn't see me.

I drive a tiny car, another in nearer and I was dead for sure.

I drive slow enough but sometimes no matter what you do you can't make up for others negligence.

I turned over an old Opel Corsa about 15 years ago and walked away as they were made of proper metal, all down to me driving too fast on a wet road, lesson learnt.:o

Atomic Pineapple

Shane Fitz wrote: »

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

The driver in front didn't check for traffic coming from behind before pulling out so whether or not the poster was, the driver in front is definitely guilty of dangerous driving.

Stinicker

Stinicker wrote: »

I went to overtake a Bus Eireann coach being the second car back,

I then reported him to the guards for dangerous driving.

I was on the phone

really?

I'm consistently amazed at the amount of people who seen to have to test out cars new to them for max speed, utterly retarded. Mindless speeding for the sake of perceived bragging rights.

dgt

I personally think you won't learn unless you had a major shunt at some stage in your life.

When I was 18 I walked away from this. I'm quite fortunate to be here typing this

Shane Fitz

Shane Fitz wrote: »

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

Whats wrong with passing out two or even more vehicles at a time. If the way is clear ahead I wouldn't think twice about it, especially in this country where you will have 5 cars on each others bumpers stuck behind something slow and none will overtake so its either overtake them all or sit there like a fool going along at half the speed limit.

Stinicker

Shane Fitz wrote: »

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

It was a perfectly straight stretch of road with broken white lines and about a 500 -600 metres of visibility, nothing was coming at the time, I had been travelling behind the Bus Eireann coach doing 60 - 70km/h for around 12kms before that the car infront of me failed to pass the bus in two other suitable areas for overtaking, a car from behind me had overtaken the bus myself and car infront in a previous place which would be only barely suitable for overtaking one vehicle not a small convoy.

Overtaking is not dangerous in itself when it is done correctly in a safe place and you know your limitations. The infront of me behind the coach suddenly decided to overtake as I had gone for it without ever checking his wing mirror and consequently almost caused me to lose control and crash as I swerved to avoid him puling out.

In my first instance, I admit I was totally wrong to stall the car, however this was done to lack of practice and driving an absolute heap of junk Toyota. Also the artic should not have been driving so fast down the hill at the same time.

In the third instance I was on the phone but it just goes to show that funny things happen, I was being nice and left a girl out infront of me and she rearended a car which was an fenderbender which I could well have been involved in.

Anan1

Kaya Big Boy wrote: »

Whats wrong with passing out two or even more vehicles at a time. If the way is clear ahead I wouldn't think twice about it, especially in this country where you will have 5 cars on each others bumpers stuck behind something slow and none will overtake so its either overtake them all or sit there like a fool going along at half the speed limit.

Overtaking two or more cars in one go isn't inherently dangerous, not expecting one of the cars in front to to pull out at the same time is. It's a relatively common occurrence, drivers about to overtake tend to get fixated on what's in front of them.

dgt

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That will buff right out!

Just 2 days after that accident with my neck still killing me...

Big Nasty

Shane Fitz wrote: »

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

Lets not turn this in to a high horse thread.

Deleted User wrote: »

I was a front seat passenger in a car crash in which two of my family were killed.

Sorry to hear that whoopsies!

dgt wrote: »

I personally think you won't learn unless you had a major shunt at some stage in your life.

When I was 18 I walked away from this. I'm quite fortunate to be here typing this

That's hardly the yoke ya sold to BW!?! :eek::eek::eek:

dgt

MCMLXXV wrote: »

That's hardly the yoke ya sold to BW!?! :eek::eek::eek:

Some of it is in the car... The engine took some modifying to fit :eek:

Anan1

Anan1 wrote: »

Overtaking two or more cars in one go isn't inherently dangerous, not expecting one of the cars in front to to pull out at the same time is. It's a relatively common occurrence, drivers about to overtake tend to get fixated on what's in front of them.

I completely agree, I pay very close attention to what is going on if I am overtaking even one car as I expect them to pull out in front of me. Its happened a few times but I was always prepared for it to happen I was able to avoid any problems with little or no drama.

I think its worth pointing out though that passing even one car out this something to be very aware of its not in anyway exclusive to passing multiple cars, even on motorways where I have seen it happen as often as anywhere

antodeco

OH walked away from this crash with just a broken collarbone.

Dartz

Fell asleep at a traffic light

Forgot that the speedometer read in MPH once.

Was driving father home from the pub after drinking. He saw someone braking the lights from the right at speed while I was looking to the left through the junction. Would've ploughed the door out of the car it was going so fast, if it hadn't been spotted.

Oh and "It's done that before, it won't cause a problem" Is the exact time it will cause a problem.

the_syco

Kaya Big Boy wrote: »

even on motorways where I have seen it happen as often as anywhere

Have nearly been merged into once or twice, due to Farmer Joe not checking his blindspot!

All other accidents have been me on a push bike, and only one of them involved a car (went through the windscreen).

Bigtoe107

Two years ago during the bad weather I was driving on the motorway home from collage. The left hand lane was in a pretty bad state so almost everybody was sticking to the right hand side which had been partially gritted. I could see the maintenance machine about 100 meters away in the hard shoulder, the guy in the brand new Audi infront of me must have thought he was in the lane as he slammed the brakes; I hit mine but as the car I was in didn't have abs or perfect tires, the wheels just locked and I was basically about to rear end him at about 110 kmph.

I made the split second decision to let off the brakes and go into the left lane but the second I done this I lost almost all grip and the car flicked sideways; thankfully I managed to save it and ended up in the middle of the road still going about 100 kmph. I hate to think what would have happened had I not left as much room or had I not been quick to react. I must say the one thing it did teach me is to always have relatively fresh and good rubber on the car you never know when you will have to rely on it

fullstop

Deleted User wrote: »

I was a front seat passenger in a car crash in which two of my family were killed. I didn't drive at the time but I would consider myself a pretty good driver as a result of this but also as I was brought up to respect the roads, my Dad would never have allowed us in the car without seatbelts back when most kids were jumping around on the back seat. Having an interest in cars and watching racing on tv I'm sure contributed. I remember the day Ayrton Senna died, that sure as hell opened my eyes to what can happen when it goes wrong - an extreme case of course, but at 13 years old it stays with you.

That's awful, sorry

Bigtoe107 wrote: »

Two years ago during the bad weather I was driving on the motorway home from collage. The left hand lane was in a pretty bad state so almost everybody was sticking to the right hand side which had been partially gritted. I could see the maintenance machine about 100 meters away in the hard shoulder, the guy in the brand new Audi infront of me must have thought he was in the lane as he slammed the brakes; I hit mine but as the car I was in didn't have abs or perfect tires, the wheels just locked and I was basically about to rear end him at about 110 kmph.

I made the split second decision to let off the brakes and go into the left lane but the second I done this I lost almost all grip and the car flicked sideways; thankfully I managed to save it and ended up in the middle of the road still going about 100 kmph. I hate to think what would have happened had I not left as much room or had I not been quick to react. I must say the one thing it did teach me is to always have relatively fresh and good rubber on the car you never know when you will have to rely on it

That's a crazy speed to be doing in snow.

Bigtoe107

The lane I was in was fine as it had been treated and all other traffic were doing the same speed, some were even venturing into the right lane to overtake.

Greyfoot

Was driving in a company Kangoo, doing 100kmh on a main road back in Hungary. Long minutes passed, decided it was time for a fag, reached down, tried to lit the lighter then looked up and seen the traffic came to a complete halt.
I was waaaaaaay inside of braking distance, realized immediately so quickly swerved to the right, onto the grass.
Now take a look at this picture, I am talking about the narrow strip between the road and the 50m poles and ditch.
I came to a stop I think 6 or 7 cars later.
I looked to my left and the look on the face of the female driver beside me was priceless. More so when I lit the fag like a boss, like nothing happened

ItAintMeBabe

Long time lurker around here but never really post so hi everybody! When I was 8 or 9 we were heading into school one morning in our little minibus, for some reason there was only 3 of us (myself and my two 1st cousins) on the bus that morning, when normally there would be 10 or 11 at this particular point in tne route. Anyway, I got to sit in the back of the bus this day and rather then sit on a normal seat, I was sitting on a barstool that was wedged between two seats!! Long story short, the bus crashed and flipped as were swerved to avoid a drunk driver, I was thrown all over the bus as I had no seatbelt on the barstool. Hopped my head, couple of bad cuts and bruises but that was it, to this day I don't know how I wasn't seriously hurt. :eek:

TestTransmission

dgt wrote: »

Some of it is in the car... The engine took some modifying to fit :eek:

It's the same car?

Big Nasty

TestTransmission wrote: »

It's the same car?

Knowing Mal he probably took all the good bits from 6 other cars and 'made' BW's car!

goz83

11 years ago, I was the proud owner of a 50cc, Gilera DNA. Ah, those were the days. I was delivering Pizza on a very cold night and there was ice on most of the housing estates in Clontarf. Anyway, I was on a quiet road, looking for a house. Most deliveries were running late because of the bad roads and the person who ordered the pizza i was trying to deliver kept ringing the shop, who would keep ringing me for a delivery time. The last call, I said I was on their road so the lad in the shop passed the message on. (I used to have my phone stuffed into my helmet and it automatically answered). The couple waiting on the pizza walked out of the garden to greet me....I tapped on the brake and the bike just went from under me at only 10-15kph max. No lie, but I was just sliding past and waving at them for about 40 feet. It was hilarious. Their pizza was a bit worse for wear, but they were hungry, they just took it and tipped me a fiver, more for my stunt than my delivery time.

dgt

TestTransmission wrote: »

It's the same car?

Different but same engines. The mk 1 Sporting used a 176 1242 16v. Inlet cam was a high lift, injection system was a IAW marelli cable throttle with wasted spark from 2 separate coils. Engine mount was on the short block. Inlet manifold was the prper split type. Underfloor cat with a standard cast manifold, upstream sensor and downpipe. Sump was standard, head had double valve springs as standard. Cyl extension was standard, blank.

Mk2 Sporting was a type 188. Bosch injection. Economy cams with single valve springs. Plastic one piece inlet manifold with bolts, not studs. Returnless fuel system. Single Bosch coil pack, non wasted. Manicat with upstream and downstream sensor, different stud pattern. Cyl extension had a cam sensor. Electronic throttle. Engine mount on cyl head. Bottom end has a better setup, oil squirters then a sump.

I've prob left some stuff out...

Believe me, they are very different. A 188 engine will go into a 176 engined car, but the other way around is very tricky, not worth he effort. I just wanted to stick 2 fingers to the people who said it couldn't be done :pac:

Bravos use both a 182 and a variant of the 188, different again! :rolleyes: But the 182 engined Bravos will take any type of 1242 16v engine :cool:

Just sayin... :P

The Dummy Runner

Driving from Red Cow towards town; heading for the Long Mile Road. You know the way you have to sort of turn off to the left before crossing over the 6 lanes of traffic when you get a green light.....
Work colleague driving, took the left and then straight through the red light across 3 lanes (I think) of traffic before stopping on the Luas traffic.
Miraculous how we were not hit. There was plenty of traffic!

CR 7

Shane Fitz wrote: »

You mean you went to over take both the bus and the car behind it ( in front of you) in the one manoeuvre, and you think he was driving dangerously?

What exactly is dangerous about that?

daenerysstormborn3

The Dummy Runner wrote: »

What close ones have you had where it could have been messy?
Should you already be a statistic?
How do we stop our kids from doing some of this crazy **** that is avoidable? They may not be as lucky??

I've had a few near misses as a pillion passenger when I was a young one that could've been a lot worse, worst injuries then were scrapes, scratches and sprains.

I wouldn't say I should already be a statistic but my most recent crash could've ended very badly indeed. I was driving home from work and was hit by a van. I was on my bike and van driver pulled out of a side road looking in the other direction. The jeep ahead of me had just turned onto the side road and as I went to continue on through the junction I was smacked by the van into my left side. He trapped my left foot between his bumper and my bike and I fractured the main weight bearing bone in my foot. He hit me so hard that me and bike flipped over, whacked off the wire barriers and a road sign and went 20 metres up the wrong side of the road. My poor bike is a write-off I'm currently 14 weeks out of work. The only silver lining is that I work in a solicitor's office so I have been very fortunate with what I have access to.

The accident happened on the main N25 between Waterford and Carrick-on-Suir and blocked up the whole road for hours so a lot of people saw/heard about it so according to them I should be dead/paralysed etc. etc. One of the worst things about the accident was how close I came to landing on top of the wire barriers and it would have been curtains closed then.

I think children and teenagers are going to do stupid stuff and test their limits and there's nothing we can do about it. We've all done it. We've all made our own mistakes.

Jimbob 83

Only had 2 close calls (both my fault) in my 5-6 years of driving and both were when turning right/crossing the road.

I used to be very easily distracted by front seat passengers talking at me but i have since learned to tell them i to please be quiet as im trying to concentrate.

the_syco

goz83 wrote: »

I tapped on the brake and the bike just went from under me at only 10-15kph max. No lie, but I was just sliding past and waving at them for about 40 feet. It was hilarious.

You're lucky you were moving when you braked. I was on a push bike, and from a stopped positioned peddled once, and then turned right. Back wheel went from under me, and I broke my right elbow. Later found out that if I was going at any decent speed, I would have just slid, and not had the full elbow braking speed. Looking back, it may be lucky that I didn't slide, as I may have slid under an oncoming car :eek:

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

I used to be very easily distracted by front seat passengers talking at me but i have since learned to tell them i to please be quiet as im trying to concentrate.

The line "shut up, or get out and walk" is fairly effective at times :pac:

Mar4ix

when i was younger, i was mad, unreal speed on dangerous roads,and in city ..... but 4 crashes in heavy traffic, just slight bump, damaged bumpers and indicators.... after last one, I understood, that's enough, you are big enough , keep your luck for lotto this time, no need cheat death anymore. Swear to God, all 4 crashes was in small speeds, my car and damaged party drive away, without any injuries ... thanks God, but was so many near misses. Went asleep twice(in native country around 10 years ago) .... was working number nights in row , no sleep in day time... first time on motorway.... speed around 90 km/h. waked up from car was goin on road side, where ground uneven, car started bouncing up and down.... second time went asleep while driving in city. remember was after work, goin home(in morning), veeery tired, passed one crossroad, and i just switched off, speed was something 30 km/h.... hit kerb, and car jump on pathway. .. lucky no people was on.
Dont know am i good driver, but wont prove it.
Yes, I am lucky still alive.

rameire

3rd July Northbound on the M9.
car in front some how ran over a piece of metal, roughly 1ft by 1ft like what you see on tractors when they are supporting themselves while digging.

anyway, piece of metal comes up from the road and flies through the air,
I could see the metal flying towards me, the next thing I knew I was being pulled from my car.



The guy who helped pull me from the car said to me that he though he was coming to see a dead person, also the Garda who spoke to me while I was in the Ambulance said " one inch, and you wouldnt be here"

Here is a pic of the car when I went to see it 10 days later in the scrap yard.



If you see the hole on the drivers side of the windscreen, that is the entry point of the piece of metal.
the metal came into the car and knocked me out while I was driving.
I was in lane two overtaking a truck and the car then started to move to the left, firstly hitting the back of a truck, then going into the side of the road at an angle and the car flipped over as it hit the ditch at the side of the road.
ended up with two cracks to the skull and one crack to the chest.

very lucky to be alive.

Dr.Rieux

rameire, what car is/was that? Ford Fusion? That looks terrifying.

Mister Jingles

Thats a Fusion yeah, drive one myself barely recognizable though at first.

Jesus you were lucky. Only that your posting I would of guessed that nobody had walked away from that.

Get well soon.

Blazer

rameire wrote: »

3rd July Northbound on the M9.
car in front some how ran over a piece of metal, roughly 1ft by 1ft like what you see on tractors when they are supporting themselves while digging.

anyway, piece of metal comes up from the road and flies through the air,
I could see the metal flying towards me, the next thing I knew I was being pulled from my car.



The guy who helped pull me from the car said to me that he though he was coming to see a dead person, also the Garda who spoke to me while I was in the Ambulance said " one inch, and you wouldnt be here"

Here is a pic of the car when I went to see it 10 days later in the scrap yard.



If you see the hole on the drivers side of the windscreen, that is the entry point of the piece of metal.
the metal came into the car and knocked me out while I was driving.
I was in lane two overtaking a truck and the car then started to move to the left, firstly hitting the back of a truck, then going into the side of the road at an angle and the car flipped over as it hit the ditch at the side of the road.
ended up with two cracks to the skull and one crack to the chest.

very lucky to be alive.

can't see the pics


Had 3 crashes on motorbikes when I was younger and I was only the passenger.
First time the mate driving his with me on the back had no front light, one of the other mates had no rear light so we drove with him in front and us at theback one night from college.
It was dark on the road and we could see him waving furiously but my driver kept driving...couldn't see a thing and we hit a rubbish bin in the road...both of us went over the bike and recalling I didn't have a helmet I swung my college bag in front of my head and landed on it..the driver fell flat on the road and I went to wave traffic down. An elderly woman was approaching who could barely see and as I furiously waved her down she never saw me and I had to dive into the ditch to avoid being hit..the motorbike drive had to be dragged from the woman and she just clipped his leg before realizing.

2nd time- same idiot was going to slow and thought his trials bike was a road-bike..dropped his bike going around a bike on bended knee and we simply dropped over..

3rd time-different driver, same lad from previous close calls was in front of us,..we had all been drinking and came across a sharp bend which no one bothered slowing down for..first bike went through the bend on the other side of the road and came across a car which they swerved to avoid and fell on the road...the two of us behind were laughing so much that the driver mistook the bend as well and we ended up in the ditch again

closest call--got a lift home with my uncle one night from the pub and a mate offered us a lift home..he decided to do a chicken run across the main road which I didn't realise...was thinking those lights were getting close and baammm..toyota startlet or similiar small car hit us at 60mph. I got out of the car screaming I can't see..I can't see...at which my uncle replied.."your glasses fell off"