[News] Last night I cheated death

[Worried Man Blues]

I used to live in Blunts Wood Road round the corner. I cycled and walked up that road to mates houses as a kid. Amazed you managed to roll it coming down there!

 

[timbha]

Someone was looking after you. No surprise that you are feeling like you are. You are in shock.

A lesson to all of us to take a little bit more care. Life is precious.

 

[Durlston]

Well wishes to you and a speedy recovery. Don't wait too long to get back behind the wheel, put those demons to bed.

Was it on the Balcombe road? By Penland road would be a 30mph into Haywards Heath, did you hit the verge or something?

A stationary car felt the full impact as well. The bang was so loud it brought out about ten different households, some helping, some just rubbernecking. For insurance purposes I cannot say everything. Thanks for your best wishes mate.

 

[Bodian]

Blimey - sounds horrific.

I was coming home on the A6 some years back in the dark. It had been raining in the morning, but had stopped at lunchtime. I knew the road very well and was doing about 50 or so..

Anyway, coming down a hill, my left wheels hit standing water, where there had never been water before, and it was pretty much invisible with the lie of the road and so on. What amazes me is the speed of your mind and how it works at moments like that. I veered sharply left, in my mind was the big stone wall, so tried to straighten - but bounced off the kerb, and headed straight to the other side of the road. Without any real vision (no street lights / dark) I knew full well there was quite a drop on that side, so wrestled with the wheel - got slightly straighter and bounced off the kerb on that side - and so on. Ended up facing backwards, and on the verge on my side of the road.

I still don't really know quite how the mind works in situations like that. But, like others, my main thought was 'thank god there was nothing coming the other way).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm glad you're in one piece, but go easy on yourself as you could be suffering from delayed shock. Rest, keep warm and talk about it, either to a relative, friend or the doctor.

 

[Durlston]

Someone was looking after you. No surprise that you are feeling like you are. You are in shock.

A lesson to all of us to take a little bit more care. Life is precious.

I've certainly used up one of my nine lives! I can barely move my neck and my legs are like jelly today as I was kicking so much, trying to free myself.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Maybe not just yourself that cheated death either. We all need to slow down and take more care.

 

[LennyTee]

A stationary car felt the full impact as well. The bang was so loud it brought out about ten different households, some helping, some just rubbernecking. For insurance purposes I cannot say everything. Thanks for your best wishes mate.

So you were at fault then. Harsh, probably.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Drink driving is not a good idea.

Why would you even post that?

 

[The Clamp]

Thanks mate. I know we disagreed before Christmas but your (and everyone's) good wishes mean so much at the moment.

I'm emotionally a wreck (like the car) today. I'm going to fear having nightmares for a while about the trauma.

Hopefully it’s your mind working through it all but if it persists, check in with a GP

 

[A mex eyecan]

Back in 94 was leaving Newhaven in my little white Ford Orion. Two cars in front of me stopped to do a right turn into South Heighton. I stopped and looked in my mirror to seve some frigging great artic lorry heading straight towards cars rear at great speed. Oh he hadn’t seen any of us. Stupidly quick thinking was ‘if he hits me my car will be crushed’ I somehow had the wits to turn steering hard left so that as he hit me i was pushed off the road just missing the back of car in front. The bang was deafening and horrific. I remember pressing the brake as hard as i could but it did nothing. That turned out to be because the front wheels had gone over a raised earth ’ ramp’ for better description, this caused my car to literally take off, it cleared the wire fence at side of road without clipping it at all. Car ended up around 20’ into the field with the boot floor pan vertically in the air and a few inches from the rear of my seat. Emergency services got me out.

Even now, 30 years on I can still see the lorry in my mirror, still hear the explosive bang and the feeling of no brakes!

Amazingly I was only slightly injured, with a cut in back of me head, caused by my first aid kit was was loose on back shelf flying forward and hitting me. Pains in my legs and neck and back pains. All was well, or so we thought, however coming months pains in legs got worse and worse as did my back. About a year on I was stuck 8n bed for 4 months and eventually lost feeling from knee down. Ended with spinal surgery, to repair damaged and degraded disks which consultants said was best part a certainly caused by the impact.

Any how was back to work and driving again after about 7 months, and so very luckily with hardly any long long term issues, just have to be a bit wise when it comes to lifting and certainly no golf.

Whatever happens my friend, take it easy and make sure you do everything that the medical peeps tell you to.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Thread title worries me due to recently watching Final Destination.

Glad you are ok, hope you learn from it.

 

[Brovion]

I'm glad you're in one piece, but go easy on yourself as you could be suffering from delayed shock. Rest, keep warm and talk about it, either to a relative, friend or the doctor.

I echo this good advice. I know you haven't had the best of luck with health issues and stuff, and this is just more shit to deal with, but as The Bolt says, go easy on yourself. All the best.

 

[Durlston]

Drink driving is not a good idea.

If you're trying to be funny, that is frankly disgusting.

I was stone cold sober coming back from work. Luckily, a bit later than usual as it had been a busy day.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

First and foremost, thank goodness you are (seemingly, mostly) OK physically @Durlston, but make sure you get all the care and attention for the mental side of things – as well as physical if needed. I've never been involved in anything like that myself, but have witnessed high-speed (controlled) impacts between cars and they are scary enough, just looking on.

Bit out of order of posters second-guessing or apportioning blame, IMO. I know of someone who rolled a Mercedes-Benz SLK around a small roundabout in Spain doing about 10mph – clearly no fault of their own, just an accident. So let's leave leave the finger pointing – at someone who already clearly isn't feeling 100% – out of the conversation, shall we?

 

[cloud]

I'm glad you are OK. I had an accident on the A40 about 25 years ago, and I can still remember the car spinning round in slow motion, and the expressions on the faces of the other car driver/passenger involved. Those images will never go away.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Drink driving is not a good idea.

I think you should apologise for this.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Drink driving is not a good idea.

not even remotely funny ….

 

[Originunknown]

If you're trying to be funny, that is frankly disgusting.

I was stone cold sober coming back from work. Luckily, a bit later than usual as it had been a busy day.

Ignore him. He would be a rubbernecker too.

I should hope most households did help and try to alleviate some of the shock as it's quite disorientating and confusing, the shock mixed with potential concussion.

 

[LennyTee]

Why would you even post that?

You don't roll a car twice doing 30mph. Quite why he has shared that on here is beyond me.