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Have you ever had a close call?

Posted - October 13

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  • 23609


    I felt like had one just now watching that video. That was scary for me to watch and hear.
    I assume it's the truck driver screaming and yelling. Only after watching three times did I see the video headline -- the brakes failed.
    Quick, smart driver in the black vehicle behind bus, too.


    Yes, I've had a close call.
    I was driving on a highway with a friend on the way to a Laurie Anderson concert.
    I was behind a car that suddenly crashed at a high speed into the median rail - - it ricocheted backwards back into a car also traveling in front of me. Once past, and in front of  both impacted-and-then-stopped vehicles, I immediately pulled safely over to the right, off the highway and my friend and I walked to both vehicles. we were the very first people to approach the accident, Everyone was okay but the cars were heavily damaged (not mine at all). We stayed until the emergency people arrived.

    As I pulled over to the side of the road, and my friend was also checking the traffic in rearview mirror on his side, saying, 'Yeah, it's okay - - pull over," I remember asking my friend, "Was that my fault?"

    He answered, "No."

    Feeling compelled to do something, I also remember telling one of the ambulance workers, "I know First-Aid if you need any help."

    Thinking the incident was somehow my fault --
    Interfering with professionals on the scene --
    I'm sometimes such an a**.  Ha.










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  • 11060
    I wondered what the driver who was stopped facing the bus was thinking. I suspect they were frozen with fear and couldn't react.

    Your close call sounds scary. We're all a little discombobulated in those situations.
      October 14, 2024 9:07 AM MDT
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  • 23609

    "Yes" to everything you said.  :)
      October 14, 2024 5:34 PM MDT
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  • 16812
    Many times. So many idiots think that putting the turn signal on works like a magic broom, sweeping whatever is on their flank away so they can change lanes. The number of times I've leaned on the horn, hollering "are your eyes painted on or WHAT?"
      October 14, 2024 3:45 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    Yes.
      October 14, 2024 7:26 AM MDT
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  • 11060
    Thanks for sharing!
      October 14, 2024 9:03 AM MDT
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  • 11121

     

    Sure. Once I walked into a biker bar and thought it would be funny to announce that someone left their moped light on (came close to getting a beating that day).
    When I worked in the mine I had a few close calls that could of seriously injured my self and others.

    One more Joke.

    There were a lot of tuff guys in the mine – but when I said jump they jumped. Not because they were afraid of me but because they knew I had poor math skills and I probably made a mistake measuring out the fuses – so they better jump for cover. Cheers!

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  • 11060
    You are quite a character!  And I mean that in a good way.
      October 14, 2024 9:04 AM MDT
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  • 17607
    A number of them...
      October 14, 2024 9:39 AM MDT
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  • 11060
    Was Hurricane Milton one of them? I was worried about you.
      October 14, 2024 10:06 AM MDT
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  • 17607
    Oh, thank you for being concerning about me.  I evacuated to our family get away 800 miles from hurricanes.  I generally stay in town because of my mom being in the retirement home/nursing home but they (nursing home) made the decision to evacuate so I knew they would be fine and I jumped in the car and started driving.  I'm still here.  No sure when I'll go back home...probably another week or two of watching Accuweather. 
      October 16, 2024 7:43 AM MDT
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  • 11060
    Glad to hear it you're okay and I hope you and your Mom have a good place to return to. I have a brother in Tampa Bay, so I was watching that storm pretty closely.
      October 16, 2024 8:04 AM MDT
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  • 17607
    Was your brother OK?  My house was, again, spared.  I am so thankful about that.  I could live where I am right now and may one day, but for now my mom is happy and safe where she is and a move would be too hard.  In Florida the law protects seniors in nursing homes very effectively.   
      October 17, 2024 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 11060
    Yes, even though he was in an evacuation zone, he stayed in his house, and didn't even lose power. 
      October 17, 2024 1:55 PM MDT
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  • 44636
    Numerous. I got out of a bad driver situation when a woman in a van turned left in front of me while coming out of a parking lot. I would have t-boned her but I swerved just in time around her. That put me into oncoming traffic. I immediately had to speed up and swerve back into my lane. Most folks would have slammed on the brakes and would have been hit by the van. I never once touched my brakes.
      October 14, 2024 12:23 PM MDT
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  • 11060
    Sounds like you have good instincts. 
      October 14, 2024 5:36 PM MDT
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  • 44636
    Lots of experience. A teenager would have crashed. Also, at the time, lightning fast reflexes. This post was edited by Element 99 at October 16, 2024 7:10 AM MDT
      October 14, 2024 7:19 PM MDT
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  • 3780
    Two that I can think of offhand - both involving possibly drowning.  The first was when I got caught up in a rip current and didn't realize that I was supposed to go with it rather than trying to swim out of it.  Eventually, it spit me out onto the beach, but it was really scary.

    The second was when one of my nieces wanted to jump off a diving board but was afraid.  I said I would tread water and catch her.  She jumped and the force drove us both under the water.  Instead of relaxing and just coming back up, she started flailing and I kept going under to keep her head above water.  Eventually, she stopped and we swam to the edge of the pool.
      October 15, 2024 8:54 AM MDT
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  • 11060
    Yikes!
      October 15, 2024 10:15 AM MDT
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  • 3780
    That's what I said!
      October 15, 2024 10:39 AM MDT
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  • 16812
    I got rescued from a rip by lifesavers when I was in my teens and the board leash parted. Scary and embarrassing. Didn't stop me from surfing but I learned to spot dangerous currents by subtle changes in the colour of the water when viewed from the beach.
      October 16, 2024 5:43 AM MDT
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  • 3780
    It's very scary feeling that you're going to drown.  I just never went into the ocean to swim again.
      October 16, 2024 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    Yes, with a super achiever. :  )  I am clapping my hands and dancing with glee at his antics. lol This post was edited by Art Lover at October 16, 2024 7:11 AM MDT
      October 16, 2024 4:13 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    Some things are hard to judge.  


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