Your Most Dangerous Driving Experience

Ok, another one...

Coming down the hill at Lime Rock in my twin turbo RX7, about to pass two BMW’s coming out of the apex leading onto the main straight. BMW #2 decides to pass BMW #1 just as I’m blowing by both of them....



......needless to say, it didn’t end well.

For the few who may read this and are familiar with Lime Rock, you’ll be able to imagine this scenario....
 
Viet Nam 1968 or so riding on highway 1 (nick named the highway of death) in the Chu Lai area. land mines ,ambushes, snipers.
A lot of the time we were just out at a ville just a clic south enjoying the local culture (hookers ,pot and opium)
We would start walking north to base camp and some kind of vehicle would pick us up.
A number of times kids with Honda motorcycles would give us a ride.
Hold on with one arm and cradle the M16 with the other to swing it left or right if needed.

Yup fun times when your 20 or so years old.
Not a driving experience but close enough.
 
Probably when I got hit by another careless driver. I was going to my mechanics class and was approaching an intersection where I had to turn, well I slowed down a little bit with my signal on and then a car comes around me going at least 50mph or faster and cuts in front of me and another car was in front of me and they clipped the front passenger side of my truck with their driver side then they told the police and insurance I hit them. Which I told them was false. So still haven’t gotten a court date but I’m super scared it won’t be in my favor but the other driver has tons of things on her record and I don’t have a single thing on mine. They wrote her a ticket as well for two things failure to provide adequate information in an accident and hit and run since she left the scene after demanding my information.
You're going to be fine. "Don't interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake." Lay low, it'll work out.

If someone gets a ticket as a result of an accident they are S-C-R-E-W-E-D.

As for driving, coming home from college in my dad's Escort wagon with good snows on the front and bald all seasons on the rear. I spun into a ditch-- had an out of body experience doing it. Still remember seeing the car's marker lights from outside the car. Anyhow, I lost my nerve and my mom took over driving after a tow truck winched us out.

She made it a little further then spun out sideways in the high speed lane on a bridge on the Mass Pike on a dark foggy snowy night. The bump triggered the fuel safety relay so the car was stalled, turtled, immovable. We evacuated and basically stood downstream of the car waiting for it to get whacked. A greyhound bus was beaming down on it, trying to merge into the middle lane, and found an opening at the last possible second. We figured it obstructed the view for the vehicles behind it, but everyone saw the car and moved over. A turnpike public works truck finally parked behind it with yellow lights ablaze and we were able to get it restarted and off the highway.

After all this, dad decided he'd spring for some new 13 inch tires for the rear axle but only if his mechanic thought he needed them. His mechanic, by the grace of god, asked him what the heck was wrong with him and we got the new rubber.

The rear bumper was pushed in, but like "Christene" it somehow popped back out of its own accord later on.
 
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You're going to be fine. "Don't interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake." Lay low, it'll work out.

If someone gets a ticket as a result of an accident they are S-C-R-E-W-E-D
She called my sister at 3am that night demanding I drop the charges I’m like I didn’t press charges the cops did. She is crazy. I didn’t want to go to court over it but the police said I had too since she tried to run and that it will be a big factor because of her driving record.
 
Two times for me. I was 18 hours, on a good day, away from home when I was active duty mil. 4 weeks off a year and I wasn’t about to waste that time driving. Plane tickets were an option but my shop couldn’t ever confirm leave dates til a week out. This is when tickets get expensive. So a few times I drove.

First time I had just worked a 8 hour night shift from 10am-6am. NCOIC didn’t approve my leave til the morning of. I already get crap sleep working night shift, been up for 8 hours, wait 3 more hours to get approved, take a nap for 3 hours then hit the road. I made it 5 hours and about crashed into a guard rail. Slept overnight at a hotel then finished the next 14 hours in one shot. Extra 2 hours because it started snowing during the end of my trip.

2nd time was when I got out of the military. I always said I would “pin redline when I got out” when my enlistment ended. And I did. But of course my leadership let my paperwork sit til the last moment. Got approval to leave Friday morning. I was supposed to be gone Saturday. Ended my lease, packed my car, cleaned my apartment within a matter of 4 hours. Crap sleep the night prior, up at 7am. Hit the road at 2pm and never looked back. One straight shot back home. I was up for 26 hours straight with only 45 minute naps every other rest stop. I watched the sun rise, set, and rise again.
 
Scariest experience was at a track. Freeze plug liked to blow out of my new engine. It blew out close to the end of the track, likely around 130 or so mph. spewed water out and my rear tires went right through it. I didn’t know this at the time, just knew I got squirrely and crossed the track. Luckily it was a “mustang” day. Everyone knows most mustangs, at least in the early 2000s, were 13-14 second bolt on cars. I had a few seconds on him so I was in the clear. Probably gave him his best time slip he’d ever had.
 
Have you ever been on Pikes Peak Highway?

My most dangerous drive was when my cousin and I bummed a ride down from strangers after hiking up the mountain.

It was my first time on an honest-to-goodness mountain highway.

It was a couple in a Prius! The girl drove, and actually did very well, but, seeing the car, I have to admit I engaged in some stereotyping!
 
Have you ever been on Pikes Peak Highway?

My most dangerous drive was when my cousin and I bummed a ride down from strangers after hiking up the mountain.

It was my first time on an honest-to-goodness mountain highway.

It was a couple in a Prius! The girl drove, and actually did very well, but, seeing the car, I have to admit I engaged in some stereotyping!
In my personal experience walking, Prius drivers at a red light don't feel that they are required to stop before turning on red nor do they believe they are required to yield to pedestrians at an intersection when they're attempting to turn on red.
 
In my personal experience walking, Prius drivers at a red light don't feel that they are required to stop before turning on red nor do they believe they are required to yield to pedestrians at an intersection when they're attempting to turn on red.
That's true for *any* drivers here in Da Swamp, Prius or not.
 
Running 80-90 mph on snow/ice during a rally transit stage in a new X5 with minimally studded tires.
Unintentionally going three wide into turn 1 at Putnam Park.
Trying to keep up with an E30 M3 while driving a manual E34 525i down Loveland Pass in Colorado.
 
Every time I drive out here. Forget about other "drivers" not using turn signals; running red lights, cutting across 4 lanes to take an exit ramp, making an evasive left turn from the far right lane, tailgating and flashing like a Christmas tree to pass , weaving in and out of traffic with no regard to the reaction of others when they're tenths of an inch away from spinning you out are just a few examples. Then you got trucks that are improperly loaded; couple months back I had to "dodge" an office chair at 75 MPH. Add potholes to the list, along with unpaved roads waiting for months to be resurfaced and it's Disaster Central.
 
Heading home from a vet visit after dark on a rural two lane, with a few gentle turns and few hills. No other traffic, cruising near 55 (the speed limit), and just about rammed a drooling moron in front of me who was pulling, at maybe 20 mph, an old pontoon boat covered with most of a forest, trees and branches camouflaging it entirely, that I can only guess was used, or intended to be used as a floating duck blind; no trailer lights, or reflectors whatsoever. No tags either.
During the day around here , Bubba rarely, if ever, bothers to connect trailer lights on trailers towed during the day, if the trailers even have lights, but after dark, one would think the few operable brain cells would conclude that some kind of rear illumination might be a good idea. Apparently not.
 
Summer 2015, riding with my dad on the back of his triumph, heading to our birth place, California, where he took me at least once a year, often more, to see relatives.
California drivers must all be legally blind, no common sense, and borderline brain dead. My father has been telling me since I can remember, " when you start riding on the street, remember to not stop directly behind a car in front of you, when you have to stop. Stay way way back, and off to the side, so you have an escape route. Then watch the idiot coming up behind you really closely in the mirrors. Sometimes they just don't stop, and you have to move fast, or die, because almost all drivers suck, especially in California". Well we had been stopped a few seconds this time, and my dad shot ahead suddenly up the side of the vehicles stopped in front of us at this red light, and sure enough the moron in his Nissan plowed into the car wenhad just been behind. I was just the passenger, and my heart was pounding.
I say this every day, my Dad is my hero, and the best dad ever! He has taught me so many valuable skills, I feel ready to take life head on, and kick its a... I never in traffic stop right behind anyone, but as far to the side as possible, and well back, then closely watch my mirrors until at least two vehicles behind me have stopped, they are my safety cars, they will take the brunt of an idiot who may not stop at a red light. Thankfully where I live, drivers aren't as bad as California, here they are just terrible. Mind you yesterday, and so far today, I'm not home, but in Vancouver BC, and the drivers in Vancouver are almost as clueless as California drivers. Do they even have to do a road test in California, or do you just ask, and they hand you a license? If I was a driving examiner in California, 99% of the drivers would fail their road test!
 
Summer 2015, riding with my dad on the back of his triumph, heading to our birth place, California, where he took me at least once a year, often more, to see relatives.
California drivers must all be legally blind, no common sense, and borderline brain dead. My father has been telling me since I can remember, " when you start riding on the street, remember to not stop directly behind a car in front of you, when you have to stop. Stay way way back, and off to the side, so you have an escape route. Then watch the idiot coming up behind you really closely in the mirrors. Sometimes they just don't stop, and you have to move fast, or die, because almost all drivers suck, especially in California". Well we had been stopped a few seconds this time, and my dad shot ahead suddenly up the side of the vehicles stopped in front of us at this red light, and sure enough the moron in his Nissan plowed into the car wenhad just been behind. I was just the passenger, and my heart was pounding.
I say this every day, my Dad is my hero, and the best dad ever! He has taught me so many valuable skills, I feel ready to take life head on, and kick its a... I never in traffic stop right behind anyone, but as far to the side as possible, and well back, then closely watch my mirrors until at least two vehicles behind me have stopped, they are my safety cars, they will take the brunt of an idiot who may not stop at a red light. Thankfully where I live, drivers aren't as bad as California, here they are just terrible. Mind you yesterday, and so far today, I'm not home, but in Vancouver BC, and the drivers in Vancouver are almost as clueless as California drivers. Do they even have to do a road test in California, or do you just ask, and they hand you a license? If I was a driving examiner in California, 99% of the drivers would fail their road test!
I warned my son about that as well. He was stopped on an interstate behind an eighteen wheeler and saw a guy behind him closing fast. He pulled into the emergency lane and the dimwit behind him stopped about a foot behind the truck that my son had been stopped behind just a moment before.
 
Yesterday my dads friend who is a truck driver got rear ended by a speeding car who wasn’t paying attention traffic was stopped due too another accident and he got hit. He said it was the scariest thing ever it’s his first accident. The company him and my dad work for tried to fire him but they didn’t end up doing it. Apparently the drivers behind the car weren’t paying attention either and all slammed into each other so 4 cars and a tractor trailer. Fortunately even though all cars were totaled everyone walked away. That’s one thing I fear is being rear ended on the highway.
 
yep, drove that many times in 2003-2004.......only gave it one star on trip advisor.:D
/bow down

we had a guy in our unit that was with Bradleys on the initial invasion into Baghdad/BIAP/Victory Base. He goes, "looks a little different than before. There used to be a tower there or a building here, etc." lol
 
Have you ever been on Pikes Peak Highway?

My most dangerous drive was when my cousin and I bummed a ride down from strangers after hiking up the mountain.

It was my first time on an honest-to-goodness mountain highway.

It was a couple in a Prius! The girl drove, and actually did very well, but, seeing the car, I have to admit I engaged in some stereotyping!
Buddy and I tried driving up it one March. The top 4 miles were blocked off due to high winds and snow. I remember coming over one slight hill about 3-4 miles from the bottom and the car was shaking from the blast of wind. It was ridiculous.
 
/bow down

we had a guy in our unit that was with Bradleys on the initial invasion into Baghdad/BIAP/Victory Base. He goes, "looks a little different than before. There used to be a tower there or a building here, etc." lol
We got there right in the beginning to set up BIAP. It was the "wild wild west" there back in May 2003, this was before the 180-day rotations.....
 
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