What sort of near miss accident stories do HANers have? With the inclement weather I'm sure there's some worth hearing. Plus being home sick is boooooring.

 

Back when I was driving my 89 accord hatchback about 2 or 3 years ago. I was coming down a hill that was all covered with snow, very slippery. I couldn't stop or turn... was headed right for the rocks around the corner. What saved me was the ruble strips they cut into the shoulder of the road. It gave me just enough traction to stop and then slowly turn and get going in the right direction.

 

asshole in a car completely slammed on his brakes infront of me, god thing i know how to stop in the snow (and how to keep a distance)

also on that same drive i nearly hit a telephone pole cause some AWD asshole was about to hit me so i had to tail whip the car around the corner for him to miss me or risk getting pushed into a building by a scooby

 

I've spun twice and both times I luckily escaped unscathed. The first time I was driving home from school. I am on this 2 lane backroad and I see a minivan up ahead waiting to pull out. I was really pissed off that night but I wasn't going too fast, like 40 but the roads was sandy and this was the first time I'd really driven on a dry sandy roads. I overestimated the traction I had. So I am approacing this minivan and and the last second it starts to move. So I downshifted so I could power out of the swerve and I swerved around it. Now that I think back I way overreacted. I don't even think it was in my path at all. Anger + driving = bad. So I swerve left and then I turn back right. However I feel the back of the car is loose. I cut the wheel back left and floored it to try to get the front of the car to catch up so it doesn't spin. It came back a little bit but it was too late. I let go of the wheel, pushed in the clutch and let it go. I spun a full 360 degrees and ended up on the shoulder of the other side of the road with the front of the car facing the road. I looked behind me and saw some trees 6 feet from my rear bumper. I just drove off, didn't even check to see if there was anything wrong with the car. There was grass stuck in the bead I found out later but that's about it.

The second time again with the sand I was going around an onramp I go around everyday on the way to school. It was again dry but sanded and there was like this narrow path where there wasn't any sand from so many cars. I'm going pretty fast, like 45 in 3rd gear. It gets tighter at the end and then straightens out so I lift off the gas a little to get the rear end to rotate a little bit. I was still on the not sandy part but my line was right on the edge. So I lift and the rear comes out a little bit. The outside rear tire catches the sand and the car goes sideways. I just straightened out the wheel and let it go. I end up stopping at the end the grassy divider thing that seperates the highway from the end of the ramp after spinning 90 degrees. Would've really sucked if I went into the highway and there was a car coming. This was like 2 days after the first incident.

I don't drive like I used to. I don't think I'll get lucky a third time. I used to drive fast ever single time I drove. Getting the car taken away for the $375 speeding ticket wasn't any fun either.

 

too many to list, but since yesterday i've had a jetta and something else, can't remember what try to change lanes right beside me. people need to pay attention to their blind spots, just because you don't see me in your mirror doesn't mean i'm not there, that is all.

 

i almost wrapped my gs-r around a tree one time. luckily, i flipped before i got to the tree h:

 

The only thing that really stands out is the one time I was following someone on a main road way too closely in the Si, just when I first got it, and he hit the brakes for a guy who was slowing down in front and I mashed the brake pedal and ended up locking up all four wheels. I was lucky that he moved before I got to him.

 

:lmao:
my bad man, but for some reason that made me laugh. sorry bout the gzr.

 

sliding through a red light yesterday in the snow with my kuhmo 712's.

 

all the time people are nuts they dont lok at all....****ing az lots of grannies with boats and guys with lifted trucks that think they are the shit......