so me and punchmonk and the baby started driving to Pennsylvania this morning in our new car we bought this week. We are about 10 miles into our trip, driving north on I-77 when a SUV merges into my lane. I lay on the horn but he keeps merging. There's no shoulder, just a guardrail so I brake hard. My car begins to spin and I begin to correct the steering. I have to correct 5 times before we straighten out and pull over to the other shoulder lane. We did 2 complete spins and narrowly avoided having a semi run into us. We are all ok and the car is ok, but my bacon egg cheese bagel is all over the interior.

Be safe if you are traveling this weekend.
<3 qntmfred punchmonk and maya

8/29/2008 9:50:52 AM

Where's the part about how you caught up to the SUV, followed him to his exit, and then pounded his face in for nearly killing your family?

Seriously though, glad y'all are ok.

8/29/2008 9:52:00 AM

y'all besta be careful...tdub shouldn't lose two of its favorite posters

glad y'all are alright

8/29/2008 9:52:31 AM

mr fred. you have great maneuverability skills.

join us in the garage from now on plz.

8/29/2008 9:53:20 AM

Glad you guys are OK.

I had something pretty similar happen once, only it was the fault of the driver of my car (who was not me). We did the two spins, came to a stop squarely within the lines of a lane pointing in the right direction, and then an SUV slammed into the back of my car. The driver was drunk, though, so he stopped, asked if we'd called the cops, then ran.

Makes you stop and think for a few minutes, if nothing else.

8/29/2008 9:56:07 AM

Sounds like a pretty exciting trip.

8/29/2008 9:57:20 AM

at least you didn't have a deer try to merge into your lane



[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 9:58 AM. Reason : I'll be praying for you guys.]

8/29/2008 9:58:03 AM

well, it can only go uphill from here

8/29/2008 9:58:09 AM

wouldn't go so far as that.

8/29/2008 9:58:51 AM

holy crap glad you guys are ok




and was maya sleeping? crying? or like "WEEEEEEEEE!!!! do it again daddy!" after?

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 10:04 AM. Reason : ]

8/29/2008 10:03:29 AM

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"at least you didn't have a deer try to merge into your lane"

I think I'd rather have a deer over an SUV

8/29/2008 10:06:14 AM

glad you're ok

people are stupid and 2 seconds away from killing you.



also--and i don't mean this to sound like an asshole, i promise--but even if you had to brake hard, you should've never spun a car out in the process, let alone twice. i maintain that me driving cars hard and often in excess of the speed limit is not, in fact, excessively dangerous, but ensures that I know what to do in a bad situation.

What kind of car was it? ABS equipped?

also, in the future, you'd probably almost always be better off just hitting the other car than losing control like that. it wouldn't be a dangerous impact--the only danger would be if the collision caused you to lose control of the car.

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 10:08 AM. Reason : in the case of someone merging into your lane, that is. ]

8/29/2008 10:07:17 AM

My silver Crown Victoria will likely freak out some motorists today

8/29/2008 10:07:55 AM

^^ you're probably right it probably wasn't the optimal response. It's an 09 matrix and it does have ABS

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 10:14 AM. Reason : maya didn't freak out till after we stopped. But she's fine now. Just surprised her I think]

8/29/2008 10:13:44 AM

WOW
Jesus Loves You, but don't ask him for any favors for a while!

8/29/2008 10:16:18 AM

weak shit, shoulda pulled th parking brake and gone for a 1080

8/29/2008 10:19:11 AM

http://tinyurl.com/6gnbrr

Turn into the skid. Do not touch the brakes. Do not touch the brakes. Do not touch the brakes.

If you are no shit completely out of control (i.e., it's spinning completely around backwards), then get on the brakes (and if it's a manual, go "both feet in"...push in the brake and clutch pedals)

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Reason : +]

8/29/2008 10:19:56 AM

chembob had to step in here and make it about him.

I'd much rather hit a fucking deer than have my family steamrolled by a SUV. Your fucking hood is bent, dumb shit

8/29/2008 10:33:33 AM

Next time, hit the other vehicle. Take them out with you, otherwise you'll be stuck in the ditch and the SUV will be oblivious.

8/29/2008 10:40:19 AM

I bet there was a lady yakking on a cell phone inside said SUV.

Glad to hear ya'll are safe

8/29/2008 10:44:11 AM

http://break.com/index/truck-smashes-into-other-cars.html

You could be the best driver in the world...
And then some shit like this can happen.
Not that the driver in this vid did everything perfect, but it illustrates the point.

8/29/2008 10:49:39 AM

I bet the SUV was a fucking huge ass Ford Expedition or the likes and the driver was some soccer mom yapping on the cell phone. Then when you honked your horn she probably shrugged her shoulders like "what did i do"....

8/29/2008 11:59:51 AM

i'm glad you're alright, i got into a wreck the other day so i'm extra pissed about bad drivers

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 12:25 PM. Reason : your turn ]

8/29/2008 12:00:30 PM

^fuck you

8/29/2008 12:03:58 PM

go cry at theduke

8/29/2008 12:07:16 PM

glad you guys are safe

8/29/2008 12:13:32 PM

=



[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM. Reason : know fear]

8/29/2008 12:14:50 PM

^^^^^^^ yeah, there's no way they could've avoid that wreck. just brake as hard as you can to minimize the impact.


^^^^^ edit that shit out.

8/29/2008 12:17:27 PM

this is so much better

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 12:27 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2008 12:25:37 PM

ha, at least mine was by accident

I pm'd marko to tinyurl mine, since it's too late to edit.

8/29/2008 12:28:32 PM

I did a 540 once after losing control on the highway and im not gonna lie, i almost shit my pants.

Glad to hear nobody got hurt.

8/29/2008 2:44:23 PM

this is why there needs to be some superhero in a truck that responds to the calls of good citizens to run bad people off the road.

gg though.

8/29/2008 2:56:29 PM

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"chembob had to step in here and make it about him. I'd much rather hit a fucking deer than have my family steamrolled by a SUV. Your fucking hood is bent, dumb shit"

haha, it's a little more than bent, fucktard. almost 8000 dollars worth of work. but i've got good fucking insurance.

also, I'm saying they are lucky as I was lucky. it's not often that you hit a deer in a sedan at 70 mph and it doesn't come through the windshield.

[Edited on August 29, 2008 at 3:07 PM. Reason : and no i didn't try to make it about me]

8/29/2008 3:05:17 PM

glad everyone is okay

8/29/2008 3:34:15 PM

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"Where's the part about how you caught up to the SUV, followed him to his exit, and then pounded his face in for nearly killing your family? "

8/29/2008 3:42:08 PM

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"but i've got good fucking insurance."

USAA?

8/29/2008 4:05:47 PM

I'm glad you two are okay. <3<3<3

My tolerance for shitty drivers plummets even more (not that I ever thought I could have less patience than I already do), the more safely I drive.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DRIVE SAFELY, COCKSMOKERS

8/29/2008 4:16:37 PM

Quote :

"weak shit, shoulda pulled th parking brake and gone for a 1080"

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"I bet there was an asian lady yakking on a cell phone inside said SUV."

8/29/2008 4:26:38 PM

I drove to Duke for Silas's weekly labs and traffic is just crazy today. It's usually a little nuts on Fridays, but it's extra super special nuts because of the Labor Day weekend.

I am so glad you are all ok!

8/29/2008 5:01:51 PM

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"I did a 540 once after losing control on the highway and im not gonna lie, i almost shit my pants."

Was it a 540 on 540? That would be some irony there. One time on 540 shortly after some rain I did see a car zig and zag back and forth through three lanes of traffic perpendicularly and do at least a 360 and before coming to a stop on the side

8/29/2008 5:20:44 PM

glad you're ok qntmken

8/29/2008 5:23:12 PM

wow... good driving...

same thing happened to me except i didn't spin...this guy was being a hot head and merging onto Wade from the beltline and tried to go around the guy merging in front of him and came in my lane! I ran of the road a bit and blew the horn and he jerked back into his lane but i was freaked out.

8/29/2008 5:27:26 PM

Glad to hear you all are ok.

Perhaps you should look into having a freight train horn installed in your little car. A big bark will do quite a bit towards getting those big SUV drivers away from them. You might go deaf if you use it (even once ) but they will stay the hell away from you.

8/29/2008 5:27:29 PM

way to avoid the collision. its probably a good idea to not take your 10^56 chance of tunneling.

8/29/2008 6:14:25 PM

^odds are far less than that

8/29/2008 6:17:09 PM

no shit sherlock. it wasnt meant to be a practical statement.

8/29/2008 6:20:53 PM

720p or 720i?

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

8/29/2008 6:55:45 PM

Glad you are ok.

Reminds me of my close call coming home to NC from Pennsylvania. As I was driving in heavy traffic in my cousin's SUV with his wife and baby and my mom the back tire blew out. I was able to safely go to a shoulder and and after a few hours change a spare on to it. Then continuing on at a slower pace since the spare tire weren't the correct size. Another hour later freaking the other back tire blew out. As I was going to the shoulder on the outer lane and hitting the warning bumbs they put on the road the SUV suddenly starting to go into a spin. Probably the poor traction of the spare. I could feel the SUV about to flip during the spin and time itself seem to go slower. I couldn't think how much traffic was on the road at the time so I knew I couldn't stop in the middle of the road in case of oncoming traffic as the SUV did it's spin and sliding across the highway (3 lanes) to the inner shoulder. The car tapped the guardrail and did minor damage (180 spin). I was happy the car didn't flip, go over the guard rail into a massive ditch or get hit by on coming traffic since the people in the back weren't wearing seat belt. For month after driving on any road with tight curves I had that inner feeling of the car spinning which i hated.

8/29/2008 7:08:25 PM

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"I was happy the car didn't flip, go over the guard rail into a massive ditch or get hit by on coming traffic since the people in the back weren't wearing seat belt."

I'm sure they do now.

If they don't, show them the pictures from the accident my bf and I both walked away from, thanks to belts.

And yes, I'm still incredibly anxious when riding as a passenger, and drive MUCH less aggressively now.

I got very, very nervous when a car fishtailed a bit ahead of me on Western earlier this week. I was already scoping out safe places to stop.

8/29/2008 7:13:48 PM

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"so me and punchmonk and the baby started driving to Pennsylvania this morning in our new car we bought this week. We are about 10 miles into our trip, driving north on I-77 when a SUV merges into my lane. I lay on the horn but he keeps merging. There's no shoulder, just a guardrail so I brake hard. My car begins to spin and I begin to correct the steering. I have to correct 5 times before we straighten out and pull over to the other shoulder lane. We did 2 complete spins and narrowly avoided having a semi run into us. We are all ok and the car is ok, but my bacon egg cheese bagel is all over the interior. Be safe if you are traveling this weekend. <3 qntmfred punchmonk and maya"

be careful yo, glad to hear ya'll are alright.

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"tdub shouldn't lose two of its favorite posters "

agreed

8/29/2008 7:28:05 PM