Ever been in a car crash?

anothernight · 24-11-2014 11:16PM

Hoop66 wrote: »

I was driving from Leamington Spa towards Banbury/M40.

I've never had a crash, but I've witnessed a good few around the M40/M42 area. My friend took this picture on the M42 last year while we were stuck in traffic (he was driving) and it made me really scared for a while of having to drive around here.

DeadHand · 24-11-2014 11:47PM

Got rear-ended by a chap in London once. In fairness, he was a total gentleman about it and we became firm friends after.

Back on topic, I've crashed by myself 4 times and was a passenger in one crash..

The most recent was this morning.

Hoop66 · 25-11-2014 11:20AM

Nearly had one inbound on the Nass Road this morning, somebody in the middle lane just after you come past Red Cow decided she would just pull into the gap between me and the car in front without indicating, despite there not really being enough room for the manoeuvre.

I could tell she was going to do it, so was prepared, but someone else mightn't have been so lucky...

Joeface · 25-11-2014 04:15PM

Good few years back now , Back road in County limerick , Between Herbertstown and Old pallas ,
around around 10pm , I was also on the tired side , bendy sections on that road, wasn't traveling that fast but fast enough for the events not to help. Car came around the bend a head of me full lights on, fairly blinding , As soon as he went past I realized I was in pretty much the bend, so it went something like Ditch > Evel knievel > Tree > Dike.

had to stand on the passenger side door on open the driver side Door , and climb out , Didn't get hurt only ego and felt stupid after it. Actually kinda annoyed at the driver that was behind me cause he didn't even stop or look , just drove on by.

BBDBB · 25-11-2014 04:21PM

no
but somewhere theres a database that says i definitely have and that im entitled to compensation
so i must have been cos i keep getting these phonecalls from simon angela and kevin who insist i must have

I should add that simon angela and kevin all have accents that make me doubt that those are their real names, goodness gracious me

Ronan|Raven · 25-11-2014 04:25PM

Driving in the middle of December on icy back roads and flipped my van several times down a large enough drop but managed to walk out without a scratch.

Highflyer13 · 25-11-2014 04:27PM

Winter 2010 takeing a bend slow hit black ice and cross the road and into a wall. I was helpless at the time so all I could do was brace for the impact. Anyway happy enough no injuries I got out to check the damage to the car. Had damaged left wheel and front bumper and light smashed.. Walking around the far passenger side I manged to slip and flip up in the air and smash my head off the ground. (rte man style) Took a few minutes to pick myself up after that lol.

Graces7 · 25-11-2014 04:28PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

Yes, my parents were nearly wiped out by "boyracers" a number of years ago. Thankfully my Dad was going slow at the time. Mam ended up in hospital for months. No sympathy when these f.uckers go out and smear themselves on the road, but I feel sorry for the people coming towards them.

Took great delight recently in keeping a boyracer behind me on the winding road from Killarney as far as Derricunnihy... he huffed and roared, headlights full on so I slowed right down like the little old lady I am....enjoyed it and anyways he was so close I could not have safely pulled in until the big layby there.. I kept braking but he took no notice :P Odd that! He then exploded off up the road.... what a stench

Graces7 · 25-11-2014 04:37PM

Reminds me of the early SUnday morning two winters ago when I was setting out stil dark to get to a distant Craft Fair...round a bend ( forestry lane) and there is a car in the ditch.. light still on etc I tried to get past him and sank in the ditch on the other side... had a shout at the other driver who mumbled.. ARE YOU DRUNK ! I shouted.. nah was my reply then he slumped in his seat again. Hand on the horn had no effect so I had to climb over my market stuff to the passenger door and go to a nearby house who refused to answer the door for ages.. I was nearly in tears by then of sheer frustration.

Little man comes to the door and I explain and he know the guy well and tells me he will have been there all night and does this all the time... yep drunk as a skunk... o he gets his big van out and pull me out then I have to backtrack and go the long way round and he set about pulling the other car out... no idea why as the man can barely stand up...

I learn later that this is one of the local drunks who doe indeed spend many night stuck on the top lane... when the little man who pulled me out met me much later he said, oh he was asleep!

Months later he totalled his car

never had any of this before I came to Kerry!

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 04:52PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Took great delight recently in keeping a boyracer behind me on the winding road from Killarney as far as Derricunnihy... he huffed and roared, headlights full on so I slowed right down like the little old lady I am....enjoyed it and anyways he was so close I could not have safely pulled in until the big layby there.. I kept braking but he took no notice :P Odd that! He then exploded off up the road.... what a stench

Idiots they are. What in God's name is wrong with them? As for those morons with the big spoilers and exposed exhaust pipes? Nothing says, "I have a one inch manhood" like a big spoiler does. I had some stuck behind me on a country road a while back, yer man was giving it loads throwing his hands up in the air etc. I didn't slow, but I kept at my slow pace which was appropriate to the type of road we were on. He eventually could not take any more and pulled out to overtake me. I guess he didn't see the car parked facing us on the opposite side of the road. They literally had to stop dead in their tracks on the wrong side of the road and facing the wrong way to stop from ploughing into the car. Sadly, they managed to get away uninjured. Better luck next time.

Edit: which reminds me we'd a similar situation a while ago when some morons tried the same trick driving up a hill and on a white line. Needless to say, a car came down the other way as they had begun to overtake and the overtaking car had to go up onto the path to avoid a collision with the oncoming car.

...but it's learners that cause the accidents :P

twin_beacon · 25-11-2014 05:00PM

ScummyMan wrote: »

Driving back to college this evening, narrow enough road between Tipp Town and Limerick with bends everywhere. Got caught behind a Corsa going slow enough, not crazy slow mind you, around 70km/h. Some lunatic stuck behind me decides to overtake both me and the Corsa, coming towards a bend on a solid white line.

Of course just as he was passing me a car comes round the corner towards him. He had nowhere to go it looked like there was a head on at speed coming. I slammed on the brakes and he managed to squeeze in between me and the Corsa and skid into the hard shoulder, but there was literally inches in it.

Not going to lie it shook me up a bit, I'm not driving long and that's the closest I've come to a crash. I can only imagine how terrifying an actual crash is, anyone have any similar stories?

passenger in a very serious crash around 7 years ago, very similar situation, car overtaking over a solid white line on a bend ploughed into us.

liquoriceall · 25-11-2014 05:02PM

About 3 weeks ago on the N20 just before you go down onto the M20 a tractor pulled out of a side road in front of me crossing the road, I slowed down a little; however I hadnt spotted that hè had a trailer on the back, in the dark, with no lights or reflectors....I had to swerve down the road he came out of and thank god nobody was coming up that road! Had to pull in for a minute to recover

DeadHand · 25-11-2014 05:03PM

Luckily, the rise in the price of petrol and diesel over the last decade has made the boyracer an endangered species.

tinz18 · 25-11-2014 05:03PM

One. Was my first hit heading from home from Cork to Ros. Long journey but had stopped two times to take a break and get air etc. 15 mins from home was on a country road that had a rally the week before, twas starting to drizzle after a few weeks of sun and as I came around the turn at 35 km/hr (because that narrow road is mental with the amount of lads bombing it with nowhere to pull out of the way) I found I couldn't straighten back up. It was a choice of continuing straight into the stone way or a bog drain, thought I had managed to straighten up but my momentum meant I slid diagonally into the bog drain. Apparently that week 5 other cars had done the same on the same stretch....go figure no one had told me and I would've avoided that road.

No water in the drain thankfully and my car was perched nose down so had to climb out the back door because my phone had no signal in the drain. Most of the car damage was caused from the recovery lads attempting and failing to pull it out. Only had a slight case of whiplash for a week and slight twinges in my back now. A few hours later being brought home by Dad met the schoolbus which jammed on the brakes and the back-end slid towards the car I was in and just managed to stop a foot away...it actually scared me more than my crash. I make a point of avoiding bog roads when possible now and always check when the rally was on.

twin_beacon · 25-11-2014 05:05PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Took great delight recently in keeping a boyracer behind me on the winding road from Killarney as far as Derricunnihy... he huffed and roared, headlights full on so I slowed right down like the little old lady I am....enjoyed it and anyways he was so close I could not have safely pulled in until the big layby there.. I kept braking but he took no notice :P Odd that! He then exploded off up the road.... what a stench

people slowing down like what you did there are also the cause of a lot of accidents, people get frustrated being stuck behind a slow car and try to overtake when the usually wouldn't. If the full beams were on, stick on your fog light, then you are only pissing off the car behind you, and not the queue of cars that could be piling up behind.

Mozzeltoff · 25-11-2014 05:09PM

twin_beacon wrote: »

people slowing down like what you did there are also the cause of a lot of accidents, people get frustrated being stuck behind a slow car and try to overtake when the usually wouldn't. If the full beams were on, stick on your fog light, then you are only pissing off the car behind you, and not the queue of cars that could be piling up behind.

Agreed. That kind of driving just comes across as passive aggressive and is equally as dangerous. I don't agree with boy racers acting the moron around the road but when you're acting like this and forcing them to drive like aggressive apes you could potentially cause an accident.

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 05:10PM

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

Agreed. That kind of driving just comes across as passive aggressive and is equally as dangerous. I don't agree with boy racers acting the moron around the road but when you're acting like this and forcing them to drive like aggressive apes you could potentially cause an accident.

How was I forcing them to drive like aggressive apes??

Valetta · 25-11-2014 05:12PM

twin_beacon wrote: »

people slowing down like what you did there are also the cause of a lot of accidents, people get frustrated being stuck behind a slow car and try to overtake when the usually wouldn't. If the full beams were on, stick on your fog light, then you are only pissing off the car behind you, and not the queue of cars that could be piling up behind.

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

Agreed. That kind of driving just comes across as passive aggressive and is equally as dangerous. I don't agree with boy racers acting the moron around the road but when you're acting like this and forcing them to drive like aggressive apes you could potentially cause an accident.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Nobody is "forced" to do anything.

If an accident occurs, it is solely the fault of the dangerous overtaker.

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 05:14PM

Valetta wrote: »

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Nobody is "forced" to do anything.

If an accident occurs, it is solely the fault of the dangerous overtaker.

Agree 100%. It's the motorist's answer to the rapist's "she was asking for it". We are all responsible for our own conduct.

paperclip2 · 25-11-2014 05:18PM

There's a litany of them in our house.

I've been in three, passenger in two of those. Once as a kid going to Limerick, dad hit a patch of black ice, car hits a tree and turns over. Everyone gets out ok.

In the second an my ex was driving too fast, hit a patch of wet leaves going down a nasty hill full of bends and car ends up on its roof. Again everyone ok.

Third one, I was driving. Come to a bend, car hits black ice and nosedives into an artic who, thank god, was stopped. Car was a write off and I ended up with some nice little scars as a souvenir.

My brother was not so lucky. He had three crashes, one where he hit a parked car full of ladies coming back from bingo. Thankfully no one was badly hurt and all made a full recovery.

The second where he flipped a car on the N7 and ended up with severe head injuries. Recovered ok but lost a lot of his hearing.

The third where ironically enough he was a front seat passenger. Driver failed to stop at an intersection and was hit by a car coming from the left, straight into the passenger side. My brother didn't make it out of that one sadly. Eight year anniversary in January.

Doing the right thing is no guarantee of safety. My dad pulled in to a gateway on a back road to let a tailgater past. Tailgater zips away, gets in the way of a lorry coming in the other direction which swerves to avoid him, hits the ditch and ploughs into my dad. Smashed every bone in his left leg. Took months for him to get right but thank god he wan't killed.

Mozzeltoff · 25-11-2014 05:19PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

How was I forcing them to drive like aggressive apes??

First of all we were talking about this post:

Graces7 wrote: »

Took great delight recently in keeping a boyracer behind me on the winding road from Killarney as far as Derricunnihy... he huffed and roared, headlights full on so I slowed right down like the little old lady I am....enjoyed it and anyways he was so close I could not have safely pulled in until the big layby there.. I kept braking but he took no notice :P Odd that! He then exploded off up the road.... what a stench

This kind of driving is dangerous. Braking when there's no need to brake? Slowing right down and pissing off the driver behind you and therefore making them drive more aggressively. You can't say it's not passive aggressive driving. I don't condone the behaviour of boy racers and they do drive me up the wall but don't go acting the clown around the road yourself because you want to piss them off.

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 05:24PM

Mozzeltoff wrote: »

First of all we were talking about this post:

This kind of driving is dangerous. Braking when there's no need to brake? Slowing right down and pissing off the driver behind you and therefore making them drive more aggressively. You can't say it's not passive aggressive driving. I don't condone the behaviour of boy racers and they do drive me up the wall but don't go acting the clown around the road yourself because you want to piss them off.

Ah, I thought you were replying to my post. Apologies. I do agree that purposely slowing and antagonising is inappropriate and dangerous but I don't think I could go so far as to say such people are to blame for the apes behavior. That's a total cop out. If you are so volatile that you become enraged by other road users to the point that you endanger yourself and others around you then you really should not be in control of a vehicle. There are far too many people out there who will p.iss you off and you can't blame them every time you fly off the handle and endanger other road users. There must be some accountability for one's own actions.

twin_beacon · 25-11-2014 05:31PM

Valetta wrote: »

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

Nobody is "forced" to do anything.

If an accident occurs, it is solely the fault of the dangerous overtaker.

incorrect, you are provoking them to overtake.
The driver intentionally slowed down, to piss off the driver behind him, with total disregard for other drivers caught behind them.
If you give abuse to somebody, and they punch you in the face, would you not feel stupid for provoking them?

Coming from person that regularly drives tractors with large trailers, keeping a queue of cars stuck behind you is not only stupid but dangerous.

25-11-2014 05:31PM

If headlights are on and dazzling you in your mirrors, you are supposed to slow down and stop if necessary, as it's unsafe.
If someone is tailgating you, I would also slow down while hugging the left of the lane - not brake - as it's safer that way also to either help prevent a collision or reduce damage in one. It's also what I was advised by an instructor.
The poster also mentioned that she wanted to pull in and let him by but felt even that was unsafe as he was too close behind.
Maybe she took some glee out of it but I don't see anything wrong with slowing down in those circumstances. I always pull over where possible though

twin_beacon · 25-11-2014 05:35PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Maybe she took some glee out of it but I don't see anything wrong with slowing down in those circumstances. I always pull over where possible though

Took great delight recently in keeping a boyracer behind me

the person did it out of spite, thats not right, as you are slowing down other cars stuck behind the "boy racer"

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 05:36PM

twin_beacon wrote: »

incorrect, you are provoking them to overtake.
The driver intentionally slowed down, to piss off the driver behind him, with total disregard for other drivers caught behind them.
If you give abuse to somebody, and they punch you in the face, would you not feel stupid for provoking them?

Coming from person that regularly drives tractors with large trailers, keeping a queue of cars stuck behind you is not only stupid but dangerous.

If someone punches you in the face, they will still be charged with assault. They might plead provocation as a defence but it's a high barrier as we are expected to maintain a certain level of self-control. We can't just go around punching people and driving recklessly and then claim that we were provoked or that someone "made us do it". Whenever we tried this line on my parents as kids, mum would say "yes, and if he told you to put your hand in the fire would you?"

We are only provoked as much as we allow ourselves to be. There needs to be accountability for one's actions and a certain amount of self control. As I already said, if you're the kind of person likely to fly off the handle and engage in reckless driving because you are infuriated by someone else driving slowly, then maybe you shouldn't be on the road.

OldNotWIse · 25-11-2014 05:38PM

twin_beacon wrote: »

the person did it out of spite, thats not right, as you are slowing down other cars stuck behind the "boy racer"

Nobody is saying it's right, but it also doesn't make the "boy racers'" actions right either.

Graces7 · 25-11-2014 05:40PM

Oh dear!

Do you know the road we were on?

Overtaking is impossible and driving at more than 20 mps also is dangerous. Braking on the bends is vital and I don't have a rear fog light and would never use it aggressively.

Thee lads are bullies. I will not be forced off the road or endangered by anyone tailgating me, period. Stopping in that road is the most dangerous thing to do.

And I always flash brake lights when cars get too close on that road and usually they realise and drop back. If they don't I slow down. If I had to stop suddenly for a sheep or a deer they need to be further back and slowing down There is no danger in slow driving unless folk have no manners and no patience.

In over 50 years driving never a crash caused by me or a road offence.

Graces7 · 25-11-2014 05:43PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

If someone punches you in the face, they will still be charged with assault. They might plead provocation as a defence but it's a high barrier as we are expected to maintain a certain level of self-control. We can't just go around punching people and driving recklessly and then claim that we were provoked or that someone "made us do it". Whenever we tried this line on my parents as kids, mum would say "yes, and if he told you to put your hand in the fire would you?"

We are only provoked as much as we allow ourselves to be. There needs to be accountability for one's actions and a certain amount of self control. As I already said, if you're the kind of person likely to fly off the handle and engage in reckless driving because you are infuriated by someone else driving slowly, then maybe you shouldn't be on the road.

Perfect post; congratulations! Well done! On which note I will take my much needed painkillers, eat and retire for the night! Unabashed and happy at my driving techniques!

twin_beacon · 25-11-2014 05:43PM

OldNotWIse wrote: »

If someone punches you in the face, they will still be charged with assault.

my point was, would you not feel stupid for provoking them?

OldNotWIse wrote: »

They might plead provocation as a defence but it's a high barrier as we are expected to maintain a certain level of self-control. We can't just go around punching people and driving recklessly and then claim that we were provoked or that someone "made us do it". Whenever we tried this line on my parents as kids, mum would say "yes, and if he told you to put your hand in the fire would you?"
We are only provoked as much as we allow ourselves to be. There needs to be accountability for one's actions and a certain amount of self control. As I already said, if you're the kind of person likely to fly off the handle and engage in reckless driving because you are infuriated by someone else driving slowly, then maybe you shouldn't be on the road.

agreed, and likewise you can't go around provoking people either, and then complain when it comes back to bite you in the ass.
as for "self-control", do you not feel the driver that slowed down showed poor levels of self-control? That action may effect many other road users, not just the car they are keeping behind them. IMO the person that slows down, shows as little self control as the person that does a stupid overtaking maneuver. Like the idiot in a night club, trying to start a fight

Ever been in a car crash?

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