Whats the scariest driving experience you ever had

uch · 17-06-2017 11:26PM #1

For me it was in the 80's when it was ok to have a few pints and drive, but I was driving a mini and I was the soberest but decided I needed to put on my seatbelt in case we were stopped by the Gardaí, but I tried to do it going round a corner and the belt was stuck in the door, so i opened the door and fell out, me mate copped me falling out and grabbed me by the hasp of me pants and pulled me back in, but not till me head had hopped off the road, carried on regardless and only realised what had happened afterwards

uck51js9zml2yt · 17-06-2017 11:29PM

Had someone drive towards me on the M7 a few weeks ago.

Harry Palmr · 17-06-2017 11:30PM

Scariest experience was not the rollover crash or being hit by a lorry on my passenger side, it was driving to work along a narrow country road as a car coming against me pulled back in to his side of the road having overtaken a vehicle on a blind bend. Had I reached that same spot one second earlier I'd be dead (and him as well).

Pawwed Rig · 17-06-2017 11:33PM

Came off a motorbike at about 60 mph and was sliding down the road towards a car coming the opposite way. Still not sure how he managed not to hit me.

tomwaterford · 17-06-2017 11:34PM

Getting a spin back from dublin when was about 18

We were on the back way into carrick on suir from kk side.....

Going way to fast,hit the hump just after the turnoff....lad lost control...only for the road was so wide,wed been fcuked

Car was sideways with drivers side facing way we came when it eventully stopped

Senna · 17-06-2017 11:43PM

Dark road, driving along at about 60mph, had my lights dipped after going through a lit up area, next thing I see is the light shines on the rear wheels of a tractor who had just pulled out right infront of me from a rural pub, no lights on the back or front of the tractor, didn't even have time to break, just had to serve out onto the other side of the road, barely missed the tractor and barely kept control of the car.
I was about 20 at the time and too stupid to stop and pull the drunk old farmer out of the tractor.

The Specialist · 17-06-2017 11:46PM

Flipped a car coming off a roundabout, 4 people in it. Construction fencing was the only thing that stopped us barrell rolling and causing possible fatalities.

keith_sixteen · 17-06-2017 11:47PM

Senna wrote: »

Dark road, driving along at about 60mph, had my lights dipped after going through a lit up area, next thing I see is the light shines on the rear wheels of a tractor who had just pulled out right infront of me from a rural pub, no lights on the back or front of the tractor, didn't even have time to break, just had to serve out onto the other side of the road, barely missed the tractor and barely kept control of the car.
I was about 20 at the time and too stupid to stop and pull the drunk old farmer out of the tractor.

To be fair, a formula 1 driver vs. a tractor is always going to end badly.

jacksie66 · 17-06-2017 11:49PM

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Armchair Andy · 17-06-2017 11:51PM

Harry Palmr wrote:

Scariest experience was not the rollover crash or being hit by a lorry on my passenger side, it was driving to work along a narrow country road as a car coming against me pulled back in to his side of the road having overtaken a vehicle on a blind bend. Had I reached that same spot one second earlier I'd be dead (and him as well).

Was it a Range Rover?

dreamers75 · 17-06-2017 11:52PM

Going to a Setanta Cup match a few years ago and doing 100mph down one lane back roads with a lunatic driver or comeing back from Cork in under 2 hours in an Octavia RS which was interesting.

keith_sixteen · 17-06-2017 11:52PM

For me, it was coming down a mountain pass in the Alps in some annoying weather. It was just wet, nothing worse. Anyway, wanted to get home and was going back little faster than I should have.

Road was quite busy. As I was coming out of the apex of yet another hairpin turn, i was confronted by something mysterious called "understeer".

It was terrifying, and I instinctively managed to get out of it before ploughing into a tour bus coming up the pass. Can't explain it other than saying I **** my pants.

InTheTrees · 17-06-2017 11:54PM

Experiencing a white out on a mountain road in California. The snow just got heavier and heavier until the windscreen just went white, after a heart stopping second it cleared to reveal a pickup truck spinning towards us from the other direction. Missed us and we pressed on.

magentis · 17-06-2017 11:57PM

Missed the fairway completely last week on the 16th.Ended up in awful rough,which was so bad I was able to squat and take a sh1t with no fear of being seen.

JustLen · 18-06-2017 12:04AM

On holidays here in Ireland when I was a kid aged 7 or 8.

Overloaded in the back of a 3 door early-90's hatchback. Me sitting on a relatives lap with no seatbelt.

Head on collision with a 30 odd seater bus on a back road at about 4 in the morning. Driver was drunk. We were going a fair speed, driver didnt even break before impact!!

Remember slapping my head off the back of the drivers head, then blacked out for a short while. Woke up surrounded by passengers from the bus. Didnt have a clue where I was or what had happened for a few minutes.

Got up and walked back over and sat in to the car, nothing but a swollen forehead.

Driver got badly hurt. No sympathy as he was drunk!

Lucky to walk away from that, will never ever forget it.

L1011 · 18-06-2017 12:08AM

Hit a clump of ice between two paths the gritters had passed, car fishtails and eventually spins in to a snowbank on the side of the M11. Had to dig the rear wheels out and limp the car off the road to a flat surface to get under and hack compacted snow/ice from inside the wheels as it was causing balance issues.

Customer who had insisted the weather "wasn't bad enough" to reschedule was quite apologetic!

Oops! · 18-06-2017 12:13AM

Was'nt really scary but just pure madness........

Back years ago before the M8 was around, Thurles to the Dunkettle roundabout in Cork early one Saturday morning in the passenger seat of a 94 XLI Corolla in 50 mins....

Driver refused to put the car in 5th at any stage of the journey as "it only made the car die down".... Mad yoke.

18-06-2017 12:21AM

Learning to ride a motorbike......went to overtake a tractor, don't know how I didn't see it but as soon as I pulled out a Lorry was right in front of me.....just about got swerved back in.......made it home and actually went into shock......haven't really rode bike since

CaptainR · 18-06-2017 12:22AM

On my way to work one morning on my motorbike in the rain. I was riding along a dual carriage way coming up to a roundabout in the overtaking lane, which I usually wouldn't be in. I was going straight through so the line I took was a good bit tighter than usual.

I'm leaning to the right going through and as I exited I leaned to the left and I opened the throttle too early and too viciously. I must have hit diesel. The rear tire start sliding and then the front lost traction too and I was sliding to the right towards the lane divider.

I don't know why but in the split second that this was happening I just opened the throttle more and it righted itself. I was about a foot away from hitting the kerb.

Got to work and I was shaking.

the_pen_turner · 18-06-2017 12:24AM

Oops! wrote: »

Was'nt really scary but just pure madness........

Back years ago before the M8 was around, Thurles to the Dunkettle roundabout in Cork early one Saturday morning in the passenger seat of a 94 XLI Corolla in 50 mins....

Driver refused to put the car in 5th at any stage of the journey as "it only made the car die down".... Mad yoke.

that's some going, even now that's giving her holly. its 1 hour from the jockey to dun kettle doing the limit on the motorway

bazz26 · 18-06-2017 12:28AM

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0hu0rle6ts

Brother Luke · 18-06-2017 12:29AM

I almost drowned at sea on 2 or 3 occasions. It's pretty scary when you get caught by waves and get dragged out to sea.

ella23 · 18-06-2017 12:30AM

2010 driving on the motorway from Athlone to Punchestown, it was just after pouring rain and the road was still soaked, was taking the turnoff towards punchestown (one way and one lane) and my car aquaplaned on the road, it did a complete 180. I ended up turning in the opposite direction with absolutely no control over the car. The only thing that saved my life and my passengers was a lorry driver behind me who must have seen it about to happen and he had the cop on to slow down and come to a stop before he hit me, i genuinely think anyone else would have rammed straight in to me and killed both cars of people stone dead.

Landed back to Athlone the following day and immediately changed all my tyres. Lesson learned and has been ever since.

Oops! · 18-06-2017 12:33AM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

that's some going, even now that's giving her holly. its 1 hour from the jockey to dun kettle doing the limit on the motorway

Some going alright, myself and the fella that was driving still have a laugh about it every now and again....

The fella in the back does'nt remember it so fondly... If he was on boards he would be posting about it as his scariest driving experience he ever had!

I've never seen somebody go so pale and quiet in 50 mins!

Senna · 18-06-2017 12:34AM

Brother Luke wrote: »

I almost drowned at sea on 2 or 3 occasions. It's pretty scary when you get caught by waves and get dragged out to sea.

Driving, not diving

RayM · 18-06-2017 12:35AM

Driving through really dense fog on the M7, not long after I passed my test. Visibility was so poor, I could barely make out the silhouette of the car in front. At least half the cars on the road that morning had no lights on.

Junkyard Tom · 18-06-2017 12:35AM

Brother Luke wrote: »

I almost drowned at sea on 2 or 3 occasions. It's pretty scary when you get caught by waves and get dragged out to sea.

You shouldn't have been trying to drive a car into the sea.

heroics · 18-06-2017 12:36AM

Years ago coming down the m1 couple of km before the toll. Was in the outside lane doing slightly over the speed limit. Catching up on 2 trucks in left lane. Just as I reached the first truck he pulled out To over take the struck in front. Ended up driving in the grass verge at ~120. Truck never even noticed kept going on it's merry way as I was praying not to hit a manhole cover or something trying to slow down and get back onto the road.

Nearly had to change my pants. Drove rest of way to Dublin with the hands shaking

Super-Rush · 18-06-2017 01:01AM

Its a choice between narrowly avoiding the corner of a bridge on my side (passenger) bit still ending up in the middle of a flooded river one night, or the night i woke up to find tbe driver had aslo fallen asleep and the van was heading for a ravine. Two seconds later and that would have been my final sleep.

hedzball · 18-06-2017 01:23AM

Coming home from a Gf of the times house late one night in limerick on my bike a few years back.

Came across a body laying across the road. Old fella walking home dropped dead.

Rang the guards and had to wait about 7 mins or so.. Felt like 7 hours. Sitting in the light of the bike with someone still on the road. I never told any of my friends or gf I guess I just froze to this day.

Still think about the guy from time to time. Sad way to go.

'hdz

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 18-06-2017 01:35AM

My brother turned a car over with me in the passenger seat a few years ago, that was terrifying. The most scared I was while driving was one morning heading to work, bombing along. Going faster than I should have been but it was an empty enough straight stretch of road on the outskirts of town. I was almost up on top of this entrance to an estate to my left. I saw a car approach from the estate about to merge onto the main road (that I was on). There was not enough time for the car to do so and I was driving at over 100km on the main road. Next thing she swung her car out right in front of me. I was practically standing on the brakes but it felt like my car was going faster. I swerved onto the opposite side of the road and recall seeing an oncoming jeep. That driver obviously saw what happened so he pulled right into the grass verge and my car shot out between the two and overtook the car that had pulled out in front of me. I got such a fright as soon as the car stopped I just sat there. I was trembling so much I couldn't even get the car into gear to move it off the road. The car overtook me again and the man on the passenger side waved apologetically as they drove on. I pulled myself together and drove on behind them. Only to notice her to pull up outside a playschool and unload two small kids. Seeing that made me crazy. Seeing two little kids, pre school age get out of the car I narrowly avoided ramming into was all I needed to send me over the edge. I was shaking like a leaf. I stopped my car and went mad at your one, she kept saying "sorry Mrs I was in a hurry I wasn't thinking" are you for real? I could have killed your kids and your telling me to calm down there's no harm done?? I reported it to the guards but they did **** all about it, never heard anything back.

I was completely taken aback by her blasé attitude of ah sure no harm done to the situation.

Whats the scariest driving experience you ever had

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