Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to the old Forums of Redemption. We are no longer using this board.

Registration is disabled, as is posting. Our board is currently moved to the following location:


RP Redemption Forums

Zetaboards apparently thought it'd be fun to take over this forum, so.. whatever. This is no longer usable; it's for reference only.

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
I almost got into a car accident today; and I was the driver...
Topic Started: Oct 2 2006, 07:43 PM (109 Views)
FireOcean
Member Avatar
Gettin beat up at clubs since 2007
[ *  *  *  * ]
Here's the story:

I was driving home from my local Target and Officemax (I had to buy a graph-paper notebook for physics, and my brother had to buy a 2-liter of Diet Coke for school purposes, and he also bought some Mentos as well...) when I come up to this public transportation bus loading a man in a wheelchair into the bus. Naturally, I'm in the sme lane as the bus, so I stop and wait while others are going around the bus. So, I look in my rearview mirror and see that the coast is clear.

Or so I thought. My brother warns me that there's somebody, so I try and hurry up, but in failing to double-check my mirror and blindspot, I didn't realize that the other car was pretty much on top of me. Luckily I stopped so that the other car could barely squeeze between me and the divider. Whew, I thought to myself. That was definitely a close call. Seriously, I think my parents would have been totally pissed if I had gotten into a wreck.

But hey, nothing happened, and I'm back home.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Kairi
Member Avatar
ツンデレ子
A friend of mine, who is now in college, got into a car accident on the first day she got her license. I've never gotten even close before. Perhaps the closest I have gotten to one is when a moose was on the road in the dark, but it wasn't "close", really.

I think my parents would really freak if I got into a car accident. But, I don't drive that much, so it's not that big of a worry to me. :P

Oh, but our bus got hit my freshman year. It was some kid that went to our school that rear-ended us. The hooks on the back of the bus tore a couple of nice holes through his front hood. And then he got out with a mysterious bag, ran across the street, and didn't return with it, lol.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Neon_Fantasy
Member Avatar
~Mistress of the Bow~

Oh god, lucky for you FO hehe. I was on a bus a couple of days ago where they nearly hit a car. It was stupid really because the driver had no idea where he had to go, so a passenger had to stay by his side to guide him. We wound up in some side streets where it was WAY too small for a bus to drive through. It was alright if there were no cars driving the opposite way or any parked on the side of the road, but when there were, the driver would have to drive onto the footpath to make enough room to pass. But anyway, when he came to a T-intersection, he was talking to the passenger helping him figure out which way to go, and when he was about to go, there was this car about to turn into that street we were about to exit and he nearly hit it :unsure: But if that wasn't enough, when he was trying to back up to make room, he nearly hit a parked car, he only just barely missed it :wacko: Seriously, I wonder about some of these public service drivers, whether it be for buses or taxies... I find some of them can hardly drive and worse of all, they aren't just putting themselves in danger but helpless passengers as well <_<
Posted Image
"I am Ina! Know me and you shall know pain!"

~ Click here for Mordikai's Profile ~

~ Click here for Rynev's Profile ~

~ Click here for Ovaneetra's Profile ~

Posted Image
^ Made by Gabby! Thank you! I love it! ^
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Wolfwood44
Member Avatar
Advanced Member
[ *  *  * ]
I'm 18.... And already on my fifth car.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Kaleana
Member Avatar
The Lone Canadian(...?)
[ *  * ]
Earlier today I experienced a near-car accident and some foolish irony. A friend of mine offered to drive me to her house for some fudge, having been in her car before (as crappy as it is) I agreed. When we get on the road she tells me the following:
- The driver window doesn't so much roll down, as fall down.
- The passenger side door's lock fell off when the car was stationary.
- 30% of the time her breaks work, 70% of the time she has to jam the shift into reverse to stop the car, thus adding more chance to screwing up her engine.
- The passenger seat air bag has a slight chance of randomly going off.
- THE BREAKS MAN, THE BREAKS!!

So on the way there we swirve around corners of little known streets, and it's a good thing no one was coming on a couple, cause she took some pretty slender turns that went into the other lane. xD

On the way BACK I took the backseat, feeling it was safer. (43% chance of surviving a crash v.s. passenger seat 23%)
We get off the un-occupied streets and low and behold a COP jeep thing is in front of our vehicle. Yea, and we hit EVERY RED LIGHT. Plus we had to go up a hill. It was very unnerving and I was very thankful to get out of that car. >>;

Sorry to rant. xD I just find it a tadd coincidental that we all had a recent almost-car-accident experience. :wacko: :lol:
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Dark Messiah
Member Avatar
You suck
Administrator
FireOcean
Oct 2 2006, 08:43 PM
So, I look in my rearview mirror and see that the coast is clear.

Or so I thought.

For real?

Shit dude, I'm all too familiar with that. Funny thing with me, I've had about 10+ close calls but I never had an accident. Or been in one. Reflexes, I guess...
Posted Image
<object enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/cne_flash/production/badge_widget/gs/badge_widget.swf?paramsURI=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/badgexml.php?user=DarkMessiahNF" height="175" width="200" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/cne_flash/production/badge_widget/gs/badge_widget.swf?paramsURI=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/badgexml.php?user=DarkMessiahNF" />
<param name="allownetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="enableJSURL" value="false" />
<param name="enableHREF" value="false" />
<param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
</object><br /><div style="text-align:center;background:#383838;width:200px;padding:1px 0px 2px 0px;"><a style="font:bold 11px Tahoma;color:#ccc;" href="http://www.gamespot.com/users/DarkMessiahNF" target="_blank">Visit my GameSpot profile »</a></div>
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
« Previous Topic · General Forum · Next Topic »
Add Reply