Experienced my frist car wreck today...

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by bowener

...Anyone else have some "1st wreck" stories? I hope none have any death or serious injuries in them...

I was getting on I-10 in El Paso a couple of decades ago. As I accelerated up the on-ramp, I was looking to my left and over my shoulder to see whether I could merge into the normal traffic.

That ended up being a bad move. I slammed at 60 mph into the back of a stationary 18-wheeler that was dead on the ramp ahead of me just over the rise.

My Volkswagen Rabbit ended up with a 15" front end. The guys behind me said that I hit the truck, vaulted several feet in the air, and came down in my own tracks.

I lifted the shattered windshield off of my lap and walked out.

My right eyebrow was sheared off below the skin, but I had few other injuries, except for bruises. These days, my right eyebrow grows in with white hair, while the other grows in with dark hair.

I've always figured that I'm living on borrowed time since then.