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Edited on Wed Oct-21-09 11:04 AM by ieoeja
Innumerable motorcycle accidents. But then I drove it off road where accidents were just part of the fun!
Drove the motorocycle through a barbed-wire fence my dad neglected to mention building across the road a couple hours before telling me to take that road to check on the cows (I still outlived the bastard; ha!). Ripped the side out of my shirt, took off my shoe, sliced the bottom off my sock ... and didn't put a scratch on me. Weird.
Hit or ran over various items around the farm with various vehicles (trucks, tractors, cars).
Bull attacked the truck for some odd reason denting it up a bit.
Now to real accidents...
Truck door caved in by someone doing about 70mph not noticing my left-turn signal and deciding to pass me just as I started turning.
Ditched the car a few times on side roads on the ice and snow.
Lost control around a sharp turn once in wet weather. Car spun around and ended up between two fence polls. Narrow enough that I could not open either door, but didn't put a scratch on the car. I was able to just drive away when my nerves calmed down enough.
Ran into a grain bin when I stupidly jerked the steering wheel as I topped a rise and saw a raccoon in the road. Gave myself whiplash on that one as the car spun around and struck the grain bin backwards. Who gives themselves whiplash?
Lost control on a wet curve. Spun right, then left, then right, then left, then right, then left, then finally hit the person driving alongside me the entire time who neither accelerated nor braked the entire time. Still my fault, but jeesh guy, f'ing DO something.
I finally went back to rear-wheel drive and, aside from hitting a hole I never saw in the dark, I haven't had any problems. I did have someone on a four lane road decided to exit left from the right lane directly across my path. Brake, spin left, punch accelerator, brake, spin right, why are those semis facing me (!), punch accelerator, shift, shift, brake, spin right, punch accelerator, cross median, brake, spin left, punch accelerator ... relax. First sports car I ever owned. I think I'll stick with them from now on. They handle really, really well.
Almost forgot, I was rear-ended sitting at a stop-light just over a rise with the sun blinding the guy who hit me. Not enough damage to bother with, so we wished each other good luck and went from there.
I am operating on the assumption that using bumpers while parking on crowded Chicago side streets does not count. Otherwise I would have to add a hundred or so more "accidents" to the list. Heck, I once managed to park my car where both bumpers ended up touching the cars in front and to the rear when I was done. Don't want your bumpers bumped, stay out of the big city.
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