DUMBEST Accident You've Ever Had

[WhipE350]

Been driving since 76' and haven't caused an accident yet. Was hit twice but no good story with them except the one at a stop light the lady's husband was in front of me (she hit me from behind) in another car and begged me not to tell the cops she was drunk. Somehow I got between drunk and dumb at a stop light. Go figure. My truck had a scratch on the bumper, her hood was trashed.

My most embarrassing ding was pulling in a parking lot I was checking out a girl and my Dodge truck hit one of those very solid yellow posts. Ya laugh!

[Meir]

Originally Posted by WhipE350

Been driving since 76' and haven't caused an accident yet. Was hit twice but no good story with them except the one at a stop light the lady's husband was in front of me (she hit me from behind) in another car and begged me not to tell the cops she was drunk. Somehow I got between drunk and dumb at a stop light. Go figure. My truck had a scratch on the bumper, her hood was trashed.

My most embarrassing ding was pulling in a parking lot I was checking out a girl and my Dodge truck hit one of those very solid yellow posts. Ya laugh!

Hey, at least you wasn't looking at a guy

[CoBeerToad]

I've had some dumb ones that I don't feel like sharing. Mostly rear-ending people that I don't think are going fast enough. But my favorite one was driving on a 30 mph road that my friend lived on. I didn't have any turn signals so I slowed early and signaled with my arm out the window making a right hand turn. All of a sudden I feel this big bump and when I turn my head I see this Mustang spinning out with several pieces of the car in flight right behind the car. (I can still see it in slow motion in my head). I continue to pull into my friends driveway and get out of the car to check if the other person was all right. Before I can get out of my car this girl comes at me screaming, "I hope you have insurance!" My buddy had come out of the house by then and I just looked at her, then looked at my buddy and told him to call the cops and I wouldn't acknowledge her. She was belligerant the entire time the cops were filling out the report.

A couple of days later, I get a message on my answering machine (remember those) from a guy. The owner of the car. Turns out he just finished restoring this car and he let his girlfriend drive it. He asked me not to report it to my insurance company and he would take care of my damages out of pocket. It left a paint streak on the bumper of my rusted out 1973 Caprice. I told him not to worry about it. He had enough to deal with.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by WhipE350

Been driving since 76' and haven't caused an accident yet.

same here although I haven't been driving as long you.
I attended an EVO school at the Nassau Colliseum stadium parking lot one summer. I think it was the second advanced day class (all day) for like $300. It was pouring something unbelievable on my drive over to the class and the whole way over I was wondering if they would simply cancel it. When I arrived in the lot they were already running (and sliding all over). Windshield wipers working over time. I can honestly say I have never driven that hard in the pounding rain before. But by mid day I was a regular Ayrton Senna in the rain. Okay not quiet but I had real confidence to lay into the brakes in wet conditions. That simply never happened before because you take it easy when its raining on regular roads and if raining on autocross day my lazy arse would stay in the bed instead of chasing down cones.

So about a week afer the EVO school I'm on a three lane highway on another rain day and someone up ahead cuts off another driver and causes this chain reaction.
Like an idiot I wasn't totally paying attention but once I got my witts about me I reacted, I flicked the wheel, accelerated hard and missed two cars doing parallels directly in front of me by a cat's whisker. Probably less. I pulled over to the side, picked my marbles off floorboard, and quickly realized the EVO school was money well spent.
One way to avoid accidents on the road is to take part in some driving instruction with your local PCA or SCCA. It changes your 'field of view' of the open road.

[WhipE350]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

same here although I haven't been driving as long you.
I attended an EVO school at the Nassau Colliseum stadium parking lot one summer. I think it was the second advanced day class (all day) for like $300. It was pouring something unbelievable on my drive over to the class and the whole way over I was wondering if they would simply cancel it. When I arrived in the lot they were already running (and sliding all over). Windshield wipers working over time. I can honestly say I have never driven that hard in the pounding rain before. But by mid day I was a regular Ayrton Senna in the rain. Okay not quiet but I had real confidence to lay into the brakes in wet conditions. That simply never happened before because you take it easy when its raining on regular roads and if raining on autocross day my lazy arse would stay in the bed instead of chasing down cones.

So about a week afer the EVO school I'm on a three lane highway on another rain day and someone up ahead cuts off another driver and causes this chain reaction.
Like an idiot I wasn't totally paying attention but once I got my witts about me I reacted, I flicked the wheel, accelerated hard and missed two cars doing parallels directly in front of me by a cat's whisker. Probably less. I pulled over to the side, picked my marbles off floorboard, and quickly realized the EVO school was money well spent.
One way to avoid accidents on the road is to take part in some driving instruction with your local PCA or SCCA. It changes your 'field of view' of the open road.

Though I did have some very close ones. More than once someone stopped fast in front of me, I knew the guy behind me would hit me and my teenage reflexes at the time allowed me to pull around the stopping car and give the guy behind me enough distance to stop. Lots of other close calls, with lots of fast reflexes, driving in the snow up north and dirt-bike crazy stuff will give one quick thinking...not so sure at my age now I would be able to pull it off...now I just keep my distance and use wisdom to keep me out of trouble.

Now why aren't my insurance rates low!? 37 years is a long time...ya'd think it was worth something...maybe time to shop around.