Ever had any close calls whilst driving?

[Flat_White]

After my fan belt seized today and i lost power steering when taking a corner, i had to slam the brakes on to avoid a collision with another turning car. It really freaked me out how close i came to a collision.

Has anyone else had close-calls or near-misses when driving?

[Cursed CX8]

yer i was making a turn out of work about a week ago, 2 am. Its a quiet street but i did do a check for cars. I was about to pull out but something didnt seem right, so held off and that christ i did... Motorbike, black, black leathers, no lights on. Missed it by inches

[ashbox]

yep a few, that was when i was 18 and had the turbo awd driving up in the hills cutting corners at night with lights on.

[quick308]

yeah plenty when i was younger and a complete idiot. so many things i look back on now even at the age of 22 i regret

[Philthy]

I had one the other day. I was doing maybe 65 along a quiet road and a woman in an astra turned right at an intersection in front of me. Swerved right to avoid her and missed by less than a foot. Ended up in the path of a beemer waiting to turn right and swerved left again. If the back end came loose at all I would have swiped his bumper.
Came out of it a bit shakey but very happy with how my car held the road with sudden turns at a reasonable speed.
Closest I have ever come to hitting anything (except my accident last year)

[LUMPY 8]

I havent even had my Ps 4 a year yet and ive almost been in sht loads of crashed. Most of them involve roos and the wheelie bins next 2 my m8s drive way. Btw he lives on a dirt road.

[And_ROOS]

Nearly got wiped out by someone speeding on the wrong side of the road, and after seeing the HSV decal on my car he called me a "HSV driving wanker" so i cracked it and called him names that would embarrass George Carlin.

[greenfoam]

I was riding a motorbike up a dirt road and came to T intersection. My mate was allready across the road on his RM waving at me like a maniac, I assumed he wanted me to come over there so I continued riding out not having noticed anything unusual because I was looking at his crazy waving actions. Rode out slowly and had a rally master in a Hilux doing about 120? swerve and miss my front wheel by about 2 inches. That was so close to being dead I can never forget it. I didnt even hear it or see it until it was at my front wheel. My mate was trying to warn me about the oncomming speedy Hilux but the plan almost backfired

[TVR-190]

taking a roundabout bit too fast in the wet i kept sliding and almost hit a pole

[Full Spectrum]

Was just coming off the westgate into Williamstown road turn off, many years back, Maybe 94?, IN the VB Commodore, We were on our way to get tyres, IT was poring bad, Come next to a truck, And hit this massive Puddle hard, Lost all front steering, And the car went left, But only the front, Thought for a split second it was going under the truck, But some luck involved and hard steering to control, We only slammed into the side rear and bounced straight off.
MY poor mother froze in the car, Her back completely locked up she couldn't move,
I got out to inspect the damage, And to my shock, The guard was bent, But it was pretty good considering the force in the car.

That's about as close as i have ever felt to death, Driving on our roads.

[Lumps of cheese]

Had a few in the truck, young p plater didn't give way merging and i almost ran straight over the top of her. Had to swerve on the wrong side of the road narrowly missing a on coming car.
Also on my honeymoon an idiot went to overtake us when a truck was coming the other way, just got back in behind me in time. That was pretty hairy.

[Philthy]

And another one: When i first got my car it had the worst imaginable tyres on it the dealership had thrown on to get it past roadworthy. First time driving it in the wet, and also first time driving with mates since my crash where I could have killed a mate so I was being the most grandma of granny drivers.
Stopped at lights to turn left, VERY gently acceleration, doing maybe 20 and must have hit an oil patch. The back end stepped riggghhttt out into the other lane, but I managed to pull it back in before getting to the oncoming traffic.
The guys in the back thought it was awesome, but I had no control over the car at all. Set of 18's fixed that tyre problem

[Scooter79]

Going back a few years now. Was travelling between Sydney and Griffith and following a Finemores truck (anyone remember that company? Worst trucking company to drive on our roads) doing 100km/h and all of a sudden the spare tyre from under the trailer falls onto the road and come shooting at me. Was lucky I didn't road the car when I swerved just missing it. Truck driver pulls over 500m down the road looking completely dazed not knowing what happened. I said "if your looking for you tyre it's in the middle of the road 500m that way". Stupid prick just stood there scratching his head.

[hsvpunk]

i nearly have one every night on the way to work... **** heads that, dont indicate, or just drive with there park lights on... (11pm at night) and dicks that go thru red lights when other traffic is around.

When i ahd my vp my power steering went on me, and i was doding 80kms... Shat my self.... was like driving a bus home.

[TA 91 WA]

Was driving around a 5 exit roundabout here in Albany, statistics show that 1 in 3 cars that come around break the law (People in left lane going more than 2 exits... every exit/entry is 2 lanes). Some lady in the left lane keeps going around, nearly had her T-bone me.. because she went 3 and I went 2. Hard to describe but hopefully I did it enough.

[immortality]

ws traveling down the motorway a few years ago in my trusty old VH when the beemer in front of me came to a complete stop. slammed on the anchors and the rear locked up, lucky for me a leaking wheel bearing seal stopped on wheel locking up completly. was able to fish tail the car into the next lane and came to a complete stop next to the beemer

[Tom_1569]

Had a few, the more serious ones i can think of are...
1. Doing 110 down a country road at night and tired, when I spot a big ass roo, by the time i got my foot to the brake he had decided to move across the road, the car just wasnt pulling up and i was going to hit it, at the last second i accelerated and swerved into the other lane and abit into the gravel. Theirs wasnt much i could do, i was driving my ex's grandmas mazda 121 and the roo was a big bastard.

2. Recently driving back from melbourne with terrible rain, visibility was **** to say the least and i had this truck infront of me doing 90 (110 zone) so i thought id try and pass him so i didnt keeep getting all his splash back. Doing 110 and just as im about half past him, on a slight right hand bend, he decided my lane was better and cut the corner. A wall on one side and a truck on the other. Hit the anchors, locked up (thanks ABS) and missed the truck and slid across the road and managed to get it back as i hit the far left emergancy lane.

[jules]

when the throttle stuck in a mate's old Triumph T2500 or whatever it was, i was forced to overtake a car on a sweeping country road bend at 100, 110, 120.. i'm sure the pr**k next to me decided to speed up and make life difficult, although it's possible that was my imagination. anyway an F150 came in the other direction and i just pushed the guy next to me off the road into the gravel.

that was the closest i've ever come to being toast.

[Rhino Racing]

I had a very close call last wednesday night driving back home from work. I now work away and my trip home for my days off is a 10hour trip and it is mainly rural driving, always at night and the most traffic i see is trucks.
About halfway home a set of dual wheels and brake drum came off a truck trailer that was coming towards me (Bouncing and rolling) i caught a glimse off it as i passed the truck and hit my spotties.... Holy fark!!!!! I had to brake hard and turn directly in behind the truck to avoid being cleaned up. There was no one coming behind him luckily and the left side of the road was a huge drop off.
I pulled up called the truckie on the 2 way and never got hold of him at all. His wheels and drum shot off the road down the embankment.... never to be seen again.
Every trip back and forth lately have had 2 many near misses with black cows on the road. Have cleaned up several wallabies and small roos though. Luckily i am in a 4wd ... but even still you have no chances against a cow or a set of duals travelling at 100kph straight at you.

Worse bit is i start driving back to work in a couple of hours time!

[Dayvo]

I was driving down the backroads near Coralynn many years ago in my HQ Statesman at about 110 kays when the bitumen road suddenly turned to a corrugated gravel track . Started sliding sidways towards the main drain , over corrected ,ended up hitting a barbed wire fence side on . Lost the headlight trim , hubcap , two mudflaps, and broke my little toe .There was an old farmer picking spuds in a paddock . He just looked at me limping down the road to pick up my bits and pieces shook his head and kept on working .

[vicarious]

going in reverse in my old torana down a hill, hit the breaks and the car did a 180 and almost hit a tree, my mate outside almost ****ed himself laughing.

[Troy711]

going to work one morning at 5:30, i had the cruise control set to 115 on the highway. i came around a bend and a roo jumped out. i had to pull down hard right and then back left to avoid it.. my heart didnt slow down for the next 15 minutes!

[TVR-190]

thought of another one, accelerator got stuck behind floor mat, flying through 60 zone at 100 trying to free the accelerator and brake and watch road at same time, was scary ****

[BOY1236]

you ppl need to come to Saudi Arabia to get a REAL Anti-Arshole drivers lesson.

****in ppl here drive like they are in a video game.

when I first drove a car, I used to drive all legal and stuff but now ... I RACE everyday and find my way between cars while doing 150km at least !

the last time I had something gone bad was 2 months ago, I stopped at a red light, and there was a Camaro and a ford crown Victoria, the 2 mofos were going to race on green light, the Camaro slammed it and swirved left going to the ford, the ford turned left to me, I manged to squeeze my car between the ford and a light pole.

I followed the Camaro and stopped him (VE SS =6.0 ) I almost killed the driver with my "knuckle Duster" while my friend crushed the driver window with a baseball
bat

Stupidity NEVER goes unpunished here (#_#)

[Joey_21]

nearly hit one of those wooden posts blocking pathways etc being ******** in back streets tried 2 2 do a burnout from one street turning left then into another street right and pressed accel instead of break hit the grass missed a tree parked car and roller door that was right next 2 the footpath luckiest got out 2 have a look where i left impressions missed everything by about 30cm i rekon changed my ways after that hahahahah