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Old 10-25-2007, 02:21 PM
A_Junglen A_Junglen is offline
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Default Re: * * * Official WPT Niagara Thread * * *

By the way, I almost got in a sick wreck/died on the way.

I was driving on a 2 lane highway, had someone from the left lane try to merge into my car....apparently they didn't see me.

Upon noticing the cars door handle was 3 inches away from my left mirror I sped up, shifted right slightly, then left quickly - basically trying to cut off a car that's trying to merge into me and avoid a collision.

Well, the result was good....I guess. I ended up losing control of the car, did a 180 going 75mph in front of the car that was merging into me (I think?), and ended up on the grass (left of the left lane) facing oncoming traffic, in a perfect 180. I realized my life had just flashed before my eyes, took a drink of water, backed up, found a gap in the traffic, and continued on my way to Canada.

Edit: It really shook me up for the next 15 minutes. Looking back on the situation I was extremely lucky not to have my car flip (I'm certain an SUV would've), get hit, stop in the middle of the highway instead of the grass...so many scenario's have me in awful shape...
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