The Horse killed in spectacular car accident?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (231532)
Walnut Creek, California
December 19, 2018 7:05pm CST
On my drive to work is a fork between I-680 and CA 242. At 70 mph, drivers decide whether to bear left or bear right.
Yesterday, as I was bearing left, on the way to work, someone cut across four lanes of traffic to bear right from the left lane if the left side of the split.
I slammed on my brakes so as not to be hit and and then accelerated so as not to be rear-ended by the car behind me.
Had the bad driver clipped me, I would have spun out in the middle of I-680, probably being hit by several cars as I helplessly spun.
As I continued to work, I was reminded how precious life is. I worked that morning with a bunch of diaper-clad 2-year-olds who gave me lots of hugs and life-stories I couldn't understand They had no idea that I almost didn't make it to work.
Have you ever almost been killed?
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@FourWalls (79510)
• United States
20 Dec 18
Many years ago I was driving to Nashville and a semi decided to come into the lane I was in. Thankfully, there was a grassy median (there isn't one there anymore since they widened I-65) and I found refuge in the median. It took me a few minutes to stop shaking so I could continue driving.
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@FourWalls (79510)
• United States
20 Dec 18
@TheHorse -- of course! He/she obviously didn't see me, and probably wouldn't have even known if my car'd been wrapped around his/her wheels.
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@TheHorse (231532)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Dec 18
@FourWalls Sigh. But here in California, many drivers of small cars drive as if there are no other cars on the road. It's weird.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Dec 18
Only once that I recall and it was an auto accident, when a car ran a stop sign.
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@TheHorse (231532)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Dec 18
Oh, I almost got hit by a college girl running a stop sign in Bloomington Indiana. Now that I think about it, my car DID get run into by a college girl running through a yield sign in Bloomington Indiana. But it was a fairly low speed collision.
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@TheHorse (231532)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic That sounds like a pretty serious collision. Did you learn why the person ran the stop sign? Did their insurance pay for everything? Was it a young (learning to drive) driver?
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Dec 18
@TheHorse A good thing! I was in the hospital about five days.
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@BarBaraPrz (50484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Dec 18
Just the other day, a woman zoomed up beside us and snuck in ahead of us in a turning lane.
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@BarBaraPrz (50484)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
21 Dec 18
@TheHorse No, I didn't. I'm just going by what my friend said.
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@TheHorse (231532)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Dec 18
@BarBaraPrz Did she get a look at her? I'm always curious about who the really bad drivers are.
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@wolfgirl569 (123755)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Dec 18
@TheHorse A guy coming at me blacked out and swerved into my lane. I got over some but we still hit mostly head on.
I even married him later.
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@TheHorse (231532)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Dec 18
@wolfgirl569 Does he still black out?
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
21 Dec 18
oh yea.i got hit by a car when i lived in tucson.
of all people,a cigna doctor in a porche.jerk got away with it too.
his lawyer was better.
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@ptrikha_2 (48509)
• India
21 Dec 18
Thankfully you are unhurt. Sometimes drivers could be lethal on highways or state roads. I too had a near escape once when driving on a highway.
And another time when crossing a road.
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@ptrikha_2 (48509)
• India
22 Dec 18
@TheHorse yes in such times we appreciate the value of life.
But also makes us a bit more cautious of certain situations.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5740)
• Philippines
20 Dec 18
Sorry to hear that experience of yours. No, I never tried having this kind of experience before. Thank’s God you’re safe
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@andriaperry (118698)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Dec 18
Oh yeah! I have had a flying shovel hit the car in the middle of rush hour. Been ran off the road by a semi..... Bad stuff happens on the interstates.
Now I have done this, but there was no one in the way. I was being followed and I was in the fast lane, left, and the car following me was also in the fast lane a car or so behind. I have taken those three and got off at an exit. They could not get over and I got away.
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
21 Dec 18
I think everyone will feel it, but sometimes it might be possible for them to ever get killed by love and anything ...
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