Accident Avoided
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- k0na_an0k
This morning I was driving to work in the early am. I’m coming up to a very large 4-way stoplight intersection and am about 70 yards away and about 7 or 8 car lengths from the car ahead of me in my lane. I’m in the right lane and I casually check the drivers side rearview mirror were I see a truck 3 or 4 car lengths behind me. I look back up to see the woman in the car ahead of me slamming on her brakes to a green light, I instantly hit my brakes and realize I won't be able to stop in time so I’d better switch to the open left lane, which I do (mind you all this is happening in a heartbeat), so I’m like 'wtf are you stopping for!?!' and as I switch lanes I see an ambulance on the other side of the intersection which WAS blocked by the urban assault vehicle she was driving, so I put my brakes to the floor to stop myself from running through the intersection and t-boning the ambulance. So as I screech to a hault I realize there were no sirens on the ambulance, just lights which I didn't see because the urban assault vehicle that was in front of me was blocking it.
So as I narrowly avoid an accident because of a) the stupid driver in the ambulance who was going through a busy intersection without the sirens on b) the idiotic woman driver of the assault vehicle who needlessly jammed on her brakes to stop WELL before the intersection for the ambulance that was on the opposite side of the intersection traveling through the stoplight and c) the truck in the left lane that I cut off who almost rear-ended me because he was going to fast and too did not see the ambulance and it occurred to me...
If the accident did indeed happen where I would have hit either a) the car ahead of me b) the truck as I switched lanes/or rear ended by the truck or c) t-boned the ambulance which was blocked by the assault vehicle and didn't have it's sirens on... it would have been my fault for some fucked up reason and I would be paying the rest of my life for everyone suing me because I reacted to other peoples stupidity. Not only was the woman who still some fucked up reason that I can’t think of jammed on her brakes when the ambulance was at least 40 yards away, if not more, but the guy I cut off who was hauling ass on his way to work and on his cell phone almost hit me, but all the cars around me were looking at me like I was the stupid fuck. Shit man, all I did was avoid an accident that was almost caused by everyone around me.
That’s one thing that scares me about America today. Everyone is seeing everyone over everything. I shudder at the thought of how fucked up the rest of my life would have been if I didn’t have cheetah like reflexes and I wasn’t driving a high performance vehicle that uses premium gas. Heh heh.
Just thought I'd share that cause I just got off the phone with my girlfriend and became really pissed telling the story cause of how stupid other drivers can be.
End rant. Sorry.
- gruntt0
well damn.
so how's that kitty?
- stewart0
nice.
- jevad0
jesus christ mate...I can't believe how useless most drivers in america are - and Im not generalizing either....licenses to drive are given away far too easily here...in England you have to take so many hours of driving lessons and take an hour long test before you pass...it's hard! we actually TEACH people to drive...defensively...not like you're playing a bloody playstation game!
/rant
ps - glad you're safe
- jox0
You should've kept enough distance to the stupid woman though :P
- k0na_an0k0
gruntt: the cat rocks. still, best investment ever.
jox: i was way behind the woman and we were still a good distance from the intersection and out of no where she just jammed on her brakes. i don't think she noticed it at first and when she did she just paniced. oh, and both drivers were on the cell phone. which is another thing i HATE!
- SteveJobs0
"You should've kept enough distance to the stupid woman though :P "
true. as drivers, we've all made mistakes. for all you know that could have been her first and the day before she could have been the one on her cooking forum going on about how crazy other drivers are.
i will agree, however, that a real problem in america is how some people call their lawyers before their insurance companies. there's no accident about that, it's comepletely deliberate and it's sick.
good to hear you're ok though.
- gruntt0
glad your ok kona.
i too HATE motherfuckers talking on the cellphone while driving.
I'm using the word HATE here.
HATE, HATE, HATE.
- k0na_an0k0
thanks all.
i was so pissed at first and before i could even start swearing there were 4 or 5 cars around me all glarring like i was the a-hole 2 of those cars people i could see flipping me off and swearing at me.
i tried sinking down into my seat to no avail. so i drive off all embarassed. now that is f-ed up.
it's cold day in hell when i pick up my phone while i'm driving. f that.
- Soler0
Yeah, You should be able to drive, vote, join military and drink at 21. Keep the idiots off the road.
- tymeframe0
Damn, you island people drive crazy
jk
:)
- k0na_an0k0
the way i see it there are two types of drivers.
assholes and me.
- Point50
..not like you're playing a bloody playstation game!
/rant
ps - glad you're safe
jevad
(oct 13 04, 12:57)------------------------------
* reloading uzi while talking on phone, steering with knee and running over civilians...
- lilbabyarm0
Kono you see what you failed to realize is that YOU were the idiot in all this. you should NEVER follow the car infront of you so closely that you are unable to brake before hitting it. In this case YOU would have been found at fault by the insurance companies 100% no matter the outcome. LOL.
This exact scenario happend to a firned of mine in which he simply followed the car in front of him too close. When that car braked because an oncoming car turned left in front of it, my friend rear ended the car that braked. We all thought the fault would go to the car that turned left but it actually went to my friend because he was dumb enough to follow to close.
and this is exaclty why america is going to hell in a hand basket. people like you living in a bubble not thinking that anything could possibly be your fault. lol.
end of rant
- ctrlRmB0
Drivers are just as useless up here too. Toronto is auto insanity some days.
We were in our car yesterday waiting to merge onto a busy street. Traffic was bumper to bumper. Each time traffic moved a bit another bozo would pull into the intersection blocking us from pulling out.
As we were waiting a boy and his dad started walking across the crosswalk. Cars are supposed to completely yeild to pedestrians on city crosswalks. The boy was carrying a plastic bag that said happy birthday on it. It was pretty full of stuff. As they stepped onto the street to walk between the barely moving cars, a souvenir hockey figurine fell out of his plastic bag. He screamed "Oh No... Dad!!!" and went to pick it up. The bozo in the 200 tonne truck didn't see him and kept inching forward... The dad noticed this... grabbed his son and stepped back onto the sidewalk but not before the boy dropped the plastic bag in the street.
The truck continued to move forward... completely oblivious to the people in the crosswalk or the cars in the intersection trying to merge. CRUNCH went the bag full of plastic toys which I'm guessing was an entire hockey team worth of figurines. Probably a birthday gift given that the bag said 'happy birthday'.
- Dancer0
HaHA
".....if I didn’t have cheetah like reflexes ..."Go K0na_Cat
Grrrrrrrrrrr
P.s Glad ya wheels are still turning ;)
- Soler0
Thats why I drive swedish
- lilbabyarm0
my driving habits could best be descibed as such...
Courteous Asshole
- welded0
I take the bus so, by association, my vehicle is responsible for some of the more attrocious traffic crimes that can be had in such a vehicle.
Bus drivers are total assholes.