Tonight I was in a car accident - General

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;24542339]How come the paint has all these white stripes?[/QUOTE] cause it was rolling and sliding in dirt [editline]04:12PM[/editline] a couple of years ago one of my teachers crashed into the back of a lorry actually going under it

I saw a big expedition like yours go off the road at 65mph, sliding completly sideways through the embankment, only to drive straight back onto the road to continue driving. I had no idea how he didnt roll.

[QUOTE=K2cougar;24545631]I saw a big expedition like yours go off the road at 65mph, sliding completly sideways through the embankment, only to drive straight back onto the road to continue driving. I had no idea how he didnt roll.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erhZGaGvtfo[/media] Glad OP is okay.

[QUOTE=imnotBPX;24542673]Was that car made out of paper or something?[/QUOTE] Crumble points, it's how cars are designed. By crushing in like that once something hits it, it absorbs a large portion of the energy and force.

[QUOTE=LordApocca;24520544]Great fucking artist right there.[/QUOTE] I'd be fucking mad if the paramedic started scribbling in thick sharpie all over the medical forms.

[QUOTE=JoeyZ;24518616]Start with a hand. [img_thumb]http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7650/0801002024.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I enjoy it too.

If you had been driving (or your relative) a small-medium car with low center of gravity you wouldn't have rolled over. People buy SUV's because they feel safer, but they're much more prone to roll-overs and "weight shifting" induced oversteer.

Reminds me of when I was in a car crash. The only difference is that my car got fucked by a tree. [img]http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3462596/2/istockphoto_3462596-tree.jpg[/img] These fuckers are dangerous.

Fortunately you didnt get impaled, thats a worst case scenario for me.

It's good your okay. I crashed on a scooter last year at 40 mph, im glad i was wearing a helmet otherwize i wouldnt be typing right now.

[QUOTE=mrpirate;24555147]It's good your okay. I crashed on a scooter last year at 40 mph, im glad i was wearing a helmet otherwize i wouldnt be typing right now.[/QUOTE] That's what you get for driving a scooter.

Horrifying. I'm glad you are okay, I've never been in a car crash.

Women drivers :gizz: (:ghost::pipe::byobear:)

It's pretty crazy your alive. I had a similar experience about three weeks ago. I was riding my bicycle on the road, and I saw somebody came up behind me. I attempted to get out of their way so they could pass me, and as it turns out, they were already passing me, and I had turned in front of them. It didn't feel to great. Fractured wrist and 14 stitches in my elbow. My shirt melted into my back and I got a ton of road rash. I had such an adrenaline rush that I jumped right back up and began examining my bicycle for damage, hahahah. I felt no pain for like an hour, at which point I was in the ER, and I told them I was in a good bit of pain, so they gave me some vicodin. Basically, I got hit by a car on a bicycle, lived, and got away without and super serious injuries. haha. and I got a prescription for vicodin, so that was a plus. [B]Edit: [/B]Oh, I forgot to mention the really fucked up part. I wasn't even wearing a helmet and the car was traveling at 35 mph. No head trauma at all.

It's good that you came out okay. I hope I never have to go through something like that.