| | So I Almost Wrecked My Car Today
(Simulated re-creation of what happened Photoshop by Cody Hilpert)
On my way to school, it had rained just a little bit, making random portions of the roadways slick. This is the third or so time that I've lost traction while driving in the rain, however, it is the first time I've actually gone off the road.
I was coming around a tight 90 degree right turn at around 25mph, about the same time an SUV was coming from the opposite direction. My front wheels stopped responding to input just as the SUV began to enter my immediate field of view. In a desperate effort to correct my course and avert disaster I gently turned the wheel to the right, no use. This all occurred in the time span of a few seconds, it was at this point, still out of control sliding in the direction of the on SUV's path that I passed the SUV by a matter of a few inches! With no more than half a foot of clearance I shot past the SUV and flew into the ditch, at which point I'd like to assume my front tires dug in and took off in the direction that the wheels were jamed into, HARD RIGHT. The next thing I knew, my car had fishtailed 70 degrees to the right and shot back onto the road.
It is no small miracal that my car mannaged to doge the oncomming SUV, not hit the rocks lining the ditch on the opposite edge of the road, not ramp over the ditch into the houses acrossed the way, and course correct in the span of no more than 60 feet.
 (Rocks are just out of frame 5 feet to my left)
All this in under 5 seconds with only a blast of mud up my driver side to show for it on the car.
Now that you're done reading about my near wreck, you should totally read the update about my Sail Boat Just Below!
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| | Posted 7/9/2009 2:42 PM - 8 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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