We had a snow and I had to get up early and travel. I lost control and spun around backwards and slammed into an embankment. What a scary feeling thinking you are about to crash and have no control.
I'm posting from a ditch on the side of the highway
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Hey when you're done posting here might I recommend calling a tow truck or maybe an ambulance if necessary? just a thought.
Make sure you're ok dude. Don't post on ATOT. Call for help.
But I swear if something like this happened, I would call for AAA and then tweet/ATOT about it. I think I did something like this when my car broke down the other time. Or maybe I was too interested in the NCAA football game that was going on because I was supposed to drive to a bar to meet my friends and watch the game... but I'm sure I did write about it on twitter or Facebook that I was stuck.
But I swear if something like this happened, I would call for AAA and then tweet/ATOT about it. I think I did something like this when my car broke down the other time. Or maybe I was too interested in the NCAA football game that was going on because I was supposed to drive to a bar to meet my friends and watch the game... but I'm sure I did write about it on twitter or Facebook that I was stuck.
guys, he slid off the road and hit a very formable pile of snow... thus he is stuck, it is not difficult to realize he has probably already called the truck, and is bored...
JujuFish
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Similar thing happened to me last winter. Hit some black ice, started fish-tailing, then did a 180 and went off the road on the opposite side and into a ditch. Fortunately, no one was coming the other way and I and my car were unharmed (snow took the impact quite well). It was a bit spooky driving for a little while after that, though.
skyking
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those couple of seconds seem like an eternity, eh?
I was working a job in the mountains about 55 miles from my home for a couple of years. I spun out like that but there was a wide shoulder and I could drive away, after my legs quit shaking
There was a damned icy bridge, so small it did not look like a bridge.
I was working a job in the mountains about 55 miles from my home for a couple of years. I spun out like that but there was a wide shoulder and I could drive away, after my legs quit shaking
There was a damned icy bridge, so small it did not look like a bridge.
Born2bwire
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GOOD GOD PEOPLE!!! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO NOT INFLATE YOUR TIRES TO SIDEWALL!!111!! :awe:
boomerang
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We caught a late afternoon movie and went out for dinner Friday night. We live in a rural area where the homes are all spread out and on acreage. Lots of trees and lots of deer.
I'm driving on a two lane road in the dark at 50 mph and was just about to flip on my high beams when 4 deer appear out of nowhere right in front of me. I hammered on the brakes and the anti-locks kicked in immediately. There were two deer that had already crossed the road from right to left, two in front of me that moved to the left, one in front of me that stayed there and the last was on my right. I initially saw four deer but there were actually six.
The car stopped and the deer in front of us backed up off the road to the right, the deer on the right retreated some also. The deer directly in front of us, we were certain I was going to hit. We didn't but we were as close as one could get.
I looked at the front of the car when we got home and you could see where the hair of the deer had smudged up the salt on the front fascia.
Pretty cool.
I'm driving on a two lane road in the dark at 50 mph and was just about to flip on my high beams when 4 deer appear out of nowhere right in front of me. I hammered on the brakes and the anti-locks kicked in immediately. There were two deer that had already crossed the road from right to left, two in front of me that moved to the left, one in front of me that stayed there and the last was on my right. I initially saw four deer but there were actually six.
The car stopped and the deer in front of us backed up off the road to the right, the deer on the right retreated some also. The deer directly in front of us, we were certain I was going to hit. We didn't but we were as close as one could get.
I looked at the front of the car when we got home and you could see where the hair of the deer had smudged up the salt on the front fascia.
Pretty cool.
boomerang
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Back in the early eighties we got a massive snow overnight. Twelve to fourteen inches with blowing and drifting. The plows had not come through yet. We're in the Northern fringe of the county and are last on the routes. I decided to try and get in to work. I was an apprenctice, had only worked there a year or so and didn't want to ruffle any feathers.
I was able to get out of the driveway and make it about 10 miles to a four lane highway. My car was plowing snow all the way, but it had front wheel drive and was holding its own very well. I had the four lane all to myself and started going faster, all the while plowing. I got the car up to 55 which was the speed limit and was amazed that it was still going. All of a sudden something grabbed or maybe I just lost traction but the car started going in circles. Snow flying everywhere. I was certain I was heading for the ditch which would not have been at all good. No cars on the road, no cell phones, 5:30 AM, etc.
The car stopped. The windows covered in snow. I could tell the car was upright. I flicked on the windshield wipers and tried to orient myself in a sea of white. I saw a road sign and realized that I was heading in the same direction I had been going. Amazingly the car got traction, starting moving ahead and I was able to not only drive the remaining eight miles to work, I got there on time. I'd be surprised if ten percent of the work force came in.
The plant manager as a thanks to those of us that came in, let it be know that we would all receive a little something extra in our checks for our efforts. A snow bonus of sorts. The next day the union said that if it was given to some, it would be given to all.
Nobody got it.
I was able to get out of the driveway and make it about 10 miles to a four lane highway. My car was plowing snow all the way, but it had front wheel drive and was holding its own very well. I had the four lane all to myself and started going faster, all the while plowing. I got the car up to 55 which was the speed limit and was amazed that it was still going. All of a sudden something grabbed or maybe I just lost traction but the car started going in circles. Snow flying everywhere. I was certain I was heading for the ditch which would not have been at all good. No cars on the road, no cell phones, 5:30 AM, etc.
The car stopped. The windows covered in snow. I could tell the car was upright. I flicked on the windshield wipers and tried to orient myself in a sea of white. I saw a road sign and realized that I was heading in the same direction I had been going. Amazingly the car got traction, starting moving ahead and I was able to not only drive the remaining eight miles to work, I got there on time. I'd be surprised if ten percent of the work force came in.
The plant manager as a thanks to those of us that came in, let it be know that we would all receive a little something extra in our checks for our efforts. A snow bonus of sorts. The next day the union said that if it was given to some, it would be given to all.
Nobody got it.
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moshquerade
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I'm thinking that's the word you were going for??
And you didn't jump out of your car with your Glock, and pop a 9 in one of them? Shoot, you could have had it gutted and dressed out in 10 minutes, in the back of your car! Free venison!! :sneaky: LOL
Beats the heck out of what happened to neighbor, back in the 70's. He had one of the (God-awful) Mustang 2 "Cobra" vehicles, and had a deer pop out in front of him. Being as this was in the days before anti-lock brakes, his car went sideways, hit the snow bank alongside the road, and proceeded to start flipping. The cops figured out he rolled it something like 7 times til it came to a stop.
Needless to say, he had a new car after that.
Red Squirrel
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Could be worse at least you did not go through a red light like I did the other day! I'm so glad nobody got hurt except for my wallet. I can't believe I did that.
We're getting a blizzard here right now actually. Perfect day to go to the mall tbh.
We're getting a blizzard here right now actually. Perfect day to go to the mall tbh.
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