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Wow man glad you are not a news story. That's some scary shit.

I had a similar experience around age 20 driving the cliffs in New Zealand, south island west coast. It's a lot like Oregon hwy 101 there. I was with a buddy and a hitchhiker we had picked up. Buddy was driving, got impatient, tried to pass a big truck on a blind turn and another truck appeared coming right for us at the worst possible time. Basically zero time to do anything, wall and truck on the left side, cliff on the right, truck coming right as, buddy punched it and we missed death by probably 6inches on the front and back. We pulled over as soon as we could and I threw up. Still wonder to this day if I actually died and I'm just living out some death dream.
 
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Tyrant of Ants said:
...with the Grim Reaper the other day. Was driving on a notoriously dangerous part of a road on a mountainside when a bus swerved and clipped me pretty good. My vehicle was probably no more than a foot from rolling down a steep rocky cliff. Had to crawl out the back to get out, as the driver's side was dangling off the cliff. Not a scratch on me but I definitely thought I was done (or at least mangled enough that the wife might look for a new husband).

Any experience with death flashing before your eyes?
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Yikes. Glad you're OK!
 
Glad you got through that one ok.....I've had a few close calls in my life...one on a motorcycle broadsided by a carload of drunk sailors...helmet saved my life.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
Funny thing is, I'm usually on my bike 90% of the time when I'm in VN and have never been in an accident. Been hit 3 times when I was driving my car.
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That’s ultimately what got me to stop riding. I got rear ended at a stop light by an old guy in an SUV. I was sitting there in my car and I could see him coming up on me real fast. I had time to kinda brace for it and say, “well shit…..” before he smashed into my back. I was mostly fine. My back and neck have never quite been the same since then, but after it happened I couldn’t help but think that I would be dead if I had been sitting there on my bike.

It made me realize that you can be the safest rider in the world, you could wear all the protective gear, but some people are just bad drivers and are dangerous. It’s amazing to me that we barely test people before allowing them to take these giant metal death machines out into the public.
 
Natebishop3 said:
That’s ultimately what got me to stop riding. I got rear ended at a stop light by an old guy in an SUV. I was sitting there in my car and I could see him coming up on me real fast. I had time to kinda brace for it and say, “well shit…..” before he smashed into my back. I was mostly fine. My back and neck have never quite been the same since then, but after it happened I couldn’t help but think that I would be dead if I had been sitting there on my bike.

It made me realize that you can be the safest rider in the world, you could wear all the protective gear, but some people are just bad drivers and are dangerous. It’s amazing to me that we barely test people before allowing them to take these giant metal death machines out into the public.
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It's why I refuse to ride my bike on streets designed for, occupied by, and paid for by, cars.
 
julius said:
It's why I refuse to ride my bike on streets designed for, occupied by, and paid for by, cars.
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Yeah... I have always liked the idea of commuting on a bicycle, but it never sat well with me that I'm a foot away from someone who isn't paying attention to the road. And then you compare all the protective gear that I wear when I'm riding a motorcycle and most bicycle riders are wearing spandex and a Styrofoam helmet.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
...with the Grim Reaper the other day. Was driving on a notoriously dangerous part of a road on a mountainside when a bus swerved and clipped me pretty good. My vehicle was probably no more than a foot from rolling down a steep rocky cliff. Had to crawl out the back to get out, as the driver's side was dangling off the cliff. Not a scratch on me but I definitely thought I was done (or at least mangled enough that the wife might look for a new husband).

Any experience with death flashing before your eyes?
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Glad you made out unscathed. Go buy a lottery ticket!
When I was in early 20 I was a passenger in a car that rolled downed Mclouglin Blvd at 80 mph. I too crawed out the back window while the car was on the roof. It must have rolled 5/6 times. The driver and passenger (friends) were both thrown from the vehicle, driver was in critical condition but made it after about 3 weeks in hospital.
I was unscathed but in shock, lost my bearing on things.
Couldnt believe I walked away from it, gas was pouring down on me as I tried to get out of the car.

Glad your good to go!
 
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Glad you are fine. We had a roll over when I was in high school that was a bit like that. Rolled over twice with 5 of us in a Ford Explorer due to my friend's terrible driving. Ended up dangling upside down from my seat belt and had to crawl out through a broken window. There was a severe cliff only a foot or two away that quite frankly was not survivable. Got lucky.

Also had a gun against my head on 2 occasions and survived an attempted murder by my dad. Good times.
 
theprunetang said:
Glad you are fine. We had a roll over when I was in high school that was a bit like that. Rolled over twice with 5 of us in a Ford Explorer due to my friend's terrible driving. Ended up dangling upside down from my seat belt and had to crawl out through a broken window. There was a severe cliff only a foot or two away that quite frankly was not survivable. Got lucky.

Also had a gun against my head on 2 occasions and survived an attempted murder by my dad. Good times.
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My heart goes out to you my friend...nobody should have to go through that.
 
I once bought a 1948 GM truck and drove it home through the Sierra Mountains on some steep winding roads and looked out the window and my wheel has sheered off and was going down the road in front of me.....I coasted on 3 wheels to a small pullover on the side (one of the few) and it clanked down and stopped....learned a real lesson about metal fatigue and running gear on old trucks. That was an adrenaline rush. Rusted lug nuts.
 
Was in India once, being shown the local sights in a taxi with a friend from there. Friend wanted to go on a crazy muddy mountain road that the taxi driver was scared to take, somehow he convinced/bribed the taxi driver to let him drive the taxi. We ended up trying to pass a truck on the cliff side, there wasn't room and the truck tried to push us over. It was slow motion but very scary - the taxi was damaged and the taxi driver was very, very unhappy with us.

barfo
 
barfo said:
Was in India once, being shown the local sights in a taxi with a friend from there. Friend wanted to go on a crazy muddy mountain road that the taxi driver was scared to take, somehow he convinced/bribed the taxi driver to let him drive the taxi. We ended up trying to pass a truck on the cliff side, there wasn't room and the truck tried to push us over. It was slow motion but very scary - the taxi was damaged and the taxi driver was very, very unhappy with us.

barfo
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You being you, as I was reading this I was convinced that it had to be a scene from some obscure movie I've never heard of.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You being you, as I was reading this I was convinced that it had to be a scene from some obscure movie I've never heard of.
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My biopic has not yet been released, but I'll invite you to the opening when it's ready.

barfo
 
julius said:
It's why I refuse to ride my bike on streets designed for, occupied by, and paid for by, cars.
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I hear ya. I used to ride my bike downtown Bend. Didn't take too long to determine that was a crazy proposition. Plus, nobody is really paying attention. They're sightseeing, looking for restaurants, and the like.
 
Got stabbed in the shoulder. Guy was going for the neck. I moved my shoulder up to take the hit.

Got hit by a car when I was 14 crossing Powell in a crosswalk. I went up in the air over the hood, along the side of the car, breaking the driver side mirror, flipping landing ass first on the back door leaving an imprint before bouncing off and hitting the pavement. While I was being hit and bounced around I was in darkness, feeling nothing. I was floating in darkness and I was thinking to myself this is death. This is what death feels and looks like. It was strangely very peaceful, then I hit the pavement and came too....that's when I felt all the pain. Luckily though, somehow my body balled up when I hit the pavement and I kind of rolled a bit. I crawled to the side of the road and collapsed.

I was in an accident in a truck too. My aunt missed a turnoff on the highway and tried to make it anyway. We had another truck attached to us behind with a tow cable. We flipped over and I ended up laying on the windshield. Had to crawl out. Several people had stopped to help. I was about 8 then.

I talked down a group of guys who wanted to kill my friend (They had already beat him up badly), by putting him behind me, rasing my hand and telling them repeatedly there would be no violence. My friend was drunk and being beligerent and disrespectful. They would've beat him to death. They had might of had weapons I don't know. They had us surrounded. They kept saying I could go, but he had to stay and to go while I could. I kept repeating that I was leaving and I was taking my friend with me. Finally, they opened up the circle and I backed us out.

Interestingly, my dad did the same thing when he was alive, before I was born.

I have had dreams where I die. I have fallen off a ranger watch tower in the woods, been shot in the head, and fell and rolled out into the street without the ability to get up and been run over. I felt it all too.
 
Chris Craig said:
Got stabbed in the shoulder. Guy was going for the neck. I moved my shoulder up to take the hit.

Got hit by a car when I was 14 crossing Powell in a crosswalk. I went up in the air over the hood, along the side of the car, breaking the driver side mirror, flipping landing ass first on the back door leaving an imprint before bouncing off and hitting the pavement. While I was being hit and bounced around I was in darkness, feeling nothing. I was floating in darkness and I was thinking to myself this is death. This is what death feels and looks like. It was strangely very peaceful, then I hit the pavement and came too....that's when I felt all the pain. Luckily though, somehow my body balled up when I hit the pavement and I kind of rolled a bit. I crawled to the side of the road and collapsed.

I was in an accident in a truck too. My aunt missed a turnoff on the highway and tried to make it anyway. We had another truck attached to us behind with a tow cable. We flipped over and I ended up laying on the windshield. Had to crawl out. Several people had stopped to help. I was about 8 then.

I talked down a group of guys who wanted to kill my friend (They had already beat him up badly), by putting him behind me, rasing my hand and telling them repeatedly there would be no violence. My friend was drunk and being beligerent and disrespectful. They would've beat him to death. They had might of had weapons I don't know. They had us surrounded. They kept saying I could go, but he had to stay and to go while I could. I kept repeating that I was leaving and I was taking my friend with me. Finally, they opened up the circle and I backed us out.

I have had dreams where I die. I have fallen off a ranger watch tower in the woods, been shot in the head, and fell and rolled out into the street without the ability to get up and been run over. I felt it all too.
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Good grief, Chris. You’re kind of like that dog named “Lucky”.

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tlongII said:
I was hit by a car when I was 21 riding a moped in Vegas. Broke my back and spent a month in the hospital. I don't remember anything other than waking up in the hospital.
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My dad when he was alive, before I was born was hit by a car. He was at a bar doing a magic show and drinking. He decided to leave at the end of the night and didn't live too far away so he decided to walk...he didn't want to drive drunk. He had to cross a highway. He looked and saw no lights. He went to cross. He got hit by a guy without his headlights on. Got knocked 20 or 30 feet the guy was driving so fast. It knocked him out of his boots. He had two packs of playing cards on his person. They scattered the whole length between where he was hit and where he landed. So, there was his boots, a long path of playing cards, and then him. He woke up two days later to the doctors working on his leg, which had turned all the way around. They told him he wasn't supposed to be awake yet and put him back to sleep. He recovered thankfully.
 
closes call I have had actually involved my oldest daughter. When she was two months old we were headed to Portland for the Holidays. My wife was staying long then I was so we were taking two vehicles. She complained that our Daughter was going to cry the hole way, but in my truck she didn't . So we switched her car seat to my vehicle. Half way up Santiam something happened to my wives car and she lost control, dry pavement and under 55 mph, and she ended up hitting a tree just right and rolling her car. Everything that was in the back of her Honda CRV ended up where our daughter would have been. The playpen and other items would have all landed on top of her. We were always glad she drove with me. Also bought a gate after that to make sure everything stayed in the back of the SUV instead of flying forward.

For me the worst was when working in a bank had the robber point his gun at me as I was the only guy in the bank. Everyone else came up to me afterwards and told me they thought he was about to shoot.
 
twobullz said:
closes call I have had actually involved my oldest daughter. When she was two months old we were headed to Portland for the Holidays. My wife was staying long then I was so we were taking two vehicles. She complained that our Daughter was going to cry the hole way, but in my truck she didn't . So we switched her car seat to my vehicle. Half way up Santiam something happened to my wives car and she lost control, dry pavement and under 55 mph, and she ended up hitting a tree just right and rolling her car. Everything that was in the back of her Honda CRV ended up where our daughter would have been. The playpen and other items would have all landed on top of her. We were always glad she drove with me. Also bought a gate after that to make sure everything stayed in the back of the SUV instead of flying forward.

For me the worst was when working in a bank had the robber point his gun at me as I was the only guy in the bank. Everyone else came up to me afterwards and told me they thought he was about to shoot.
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Damn. Definitely a close call. And the gate is a great idea. With our rollover, the same thing happened with my old electric guitar hitting someone in the back of the noggin and then flying out the window and down the cliff. Haha

Stick with that gate idea.
 
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