Near death experience.

[uscmhicks]

I just had a split second to save my own life and somehow I managed it.

I was walking back from a local shop , sat down on a bench since the bags I was carrying were quite heavy , there was a junction in front of me and all of a sudden a car that was definitely speeding spins out of control and the back end swerves straight towards me and I had to run out of the way , I literally felt the air off the back of the car as it swerved past me. I saw the two guys in the car and sure enough they drove back off. Everyone was staring in there cars and a few people came out of shops to see if I was ok.

My heart is still racing. I had a split second to make a decision to move , if I'd have gone the wrong way I'd probably be dead now.
Debating on whether to do anything further now. If I'd have been an older person , a kid or even just had headphones on damn , I don't know what would have happened.

 

[devilof76]

Good move.

 

[Adoptedscot]

Damn hicksy that sounds like it was close. I'm glad you're okay

The next person might not be so lucky, if you can report them then do so (imo).

x

 

[Voorhees27]

Damn Tay, thank God you're ok. Imo you wouldn't have done too good either way. Being that you weight like 60 lbs

 

[Boba Ben]

Sounds like you pulled of a Hicks move right there. Good job. It'd be great if somebody got the license plate number.

I had a near death experience once. I was about 5 years old and starting choking on a red hot dollar. My dad held me upside down by my feet and kept slamming my head on the floor until the obstruction dislodged itself. Not the most orthodox method, but it worked.

 

[Voorhees27]

Quite the technique, Ben.

 

[devilof76]

I was doing 60 on a backraod when the torque nut fell out of the steering box in my little sister's '86 LeMans. Shot straight off the road. Luckily it wasn't the river side. I missed the one telephone pole on that side of the road by 6'. My first instinct was to grab the door handle and slam both feet into the brake, and it worked. The car caught the dirt shoulder and the right front got punched by a grove of small trees, a hundred feet from where I left the road. It crushed the body from the headlight to the rear panel. The car bounced off the trees, then twice into the road, where it stalled. If the trees hadn't been there, there was a three foot wide oak waiting for me on the other side.

When it was over, the steering wheel came off in my hands. 42 minutes before midnight on my birthday, 1999.

 

[wofford29]

Reflexes like a cat. Buy a lotto ticket now.

 

[Batty]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Balsquat]

Damn hicks!
Glad to hear you are okay. Stay Frosty bro.

 

[Reinhardt]

If this experience has made you reconsider keeping your customs, send me a PM.




Glad you are still here bro!

 

[uscmhicks]

Thanks guys. I'll be keeping my customs for now.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Not a problem. I've just been back there and took a few photos. They're uploading to photobucket now.

Unbelievably now my back is killing , might be because I had to move so quickly.

 

[AllisonAmy]

Glad to hear you're ok!

 

[uscmhicks]

Ok , so here's the junction where they skid in.

Here's the bench where I was sitting.

Here's how close he was.

Keep in mind this is his left wheel so the whole car hit the bench. If the tire mark ends there imagine how close the car was.

What the tip of his bumper did to the kerb.

You can see slightly here the marks where they lost control near the junction.

 

[Batty]

Damn, that was close!

 

[Jessica]

Holy spit. Lucky guy!

 

[Karma]

was it like the matrix, did everything slow down?

Seriously though....glad you're safe and OK

 

[The Entity]

Holy crap dude! Great reflexes! Glad you managed to get out of that alive! Unbelievable how close that car came to the bench!

 

[Darth Waller]

Wow! Scary stuff!

 

[intothevoid]

Wow man glad you're ok! Well done