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Originally Posted by spankaveli
glad i'm that 10% or my damaged fender would have been FAR worse as there were cars around me and i was going about 80 when the seat flew out of the boat and smacked my left headlight/fender
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...I really wanna get out and shoot people.
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Originally Posted by wilsel
Sorry it happened, but there's a lesson to be learned from this. You don't swerve erratically.
STFU.. and that goes for the rest of you that said he shouldn't have swerved.unless i were completely crowded with cars around me, i'd swerve if a tire, or anything large enough to cause damage for that matter, were headed towards me as i was cruising down the highway. and those of you that wouldn't, or haven't.. i'll chalk that up to poor reflexes.
Last edited by reno96teg; Jun 23, 2004 at 11:44 AM.
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Originally Posted by DakarM
Good to here he wasn't seriously hurt.
On a side note 90% of you jackasses will swerve and lift if there was an object in the way or even worse a tire bouncing towards you.
Last week I ran over a good sized rabbit. I was going straight on a narrow two lane country road. If I swerved I might have missed the rabbit. But instead I just kept going straight and lifted off the gas a bit. It took some concentration to keep my arms from moving the steering wheel.
It's an unfortunately natural instict to try and swerve! So stop criticizing what happened. Specially when you know you will probably do that exact same thing. Save for a few of you.
On a side note 90% of you jackasses will swerve and lift if there was an object in the way or even worse a tire bouncing towards you.
Last week I ran over a good sized rabbit. I was going straight on a narrow two lane country road. If I swerved I might have missed the rabbit. But instead I just kept going straight and lifted off the gas a bit. It took some concentration to keep my arms from moving the steering wheel.
It's an unfortunately natural instict to try and swerve! So stop criticizing what happened. Specially when you know you will probably do that exact same thing. Save for a few of you.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
STFU.. and that goes for the rest of you that said he shouldn't have swerved.unless i were completely crowded with cars around me, i'd swerve if a tire, or anything large enough to cause damage for that matter, were headed towards me as i was cruising down the highway. and those of you that wouldn't, or haven't.. i'll chalk that up to poor reflexes.
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Originally Posted by wilsel
Then you are one the same 90% that would jerk the wheel if their tire ran off the edge of the road, making yourself end up on the opposite side in a ditch, or worse hitting on coming traffic head on. Unfortunately that is a natural reflex as well.
the point being, there are times when you HAVE TO swerve. personally, i'd rather spin out into a ditch, than have a tire go through the windshield and smash me in the head. if that makes me a jerk, i'm a jerk.
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From: GA
Originally Posted by reno96teg
that's funny, because in the 8-9+ years that i've been driving, my record is still 100% clean, and i have yet to run over a single live animal, or run into an object that causes damage. and yes, there have been many occasions where i've had to swerve, and others where i didn't and knew that i would be ok. there have also been occasions where shit happened too quickly, and i didn't react in time (i.e. poor reflexes), but ended up lucking out.
the point being, there are times when you HAVE TO swerve. personally, i'd rather spin out into a ditch, than have a tire go through the windshield and smash me in the head. if that makes me a jerk, i'm a jerk.
the point being, there are times when you HAVE TO swerve. personally, i'd rather spin out into a ditch, than have a tire go through the windshield and smash me in the head. if that makes me a jerk, i'm a jerk.
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Originally Posted by DakarM
Good to here he wasn't seriously hurt.
On a side note 90% of you jackasses will swerve and lift if there was an object in the way or even worse a tire bouncing towards you.
Last week I ran over a good sized rabbit. I was going straight on a narrow two lane country road. If I swerved I might have missed the rabbit. But instead I just kept going straight and lifted off the gas a bit. It took some concentration to keep my arms from moving the steering wheel.
It's an unfortunately natural instict to try and swerve! So stop criticizing what happened. Specially when you know you will probably do that exact same thing. Save for a few of you.
On a side note 90% of you jackasses will swerve and lift if there was an object in the way or even worse a tire bouncing towards you.
Last week I ran over a good sized rabbit. I was going straight on a narrow two lane country road. If I swerved I might have missed the rabbit. But instead I just kept going straight and lifted off the gas a bit. It took some concentration to keep my arms from moving the steering wheel.
It's an unfortunately natural instict to try and swerve! So stop criticizing what happened. Specially when you know you will probably do that exact same thing. Save for a few of you.
Concrete slab = instant death. Swerve = good chance at like.