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.

[bowener]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

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.

Damn, dude. That is not a good cra to go to battle with a semi in.... well at least it doesnt seem like it... worked for you though. That has to be like winning the lottery at those odds.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by bowener

Damn, dude. That is not a good cra to go to battle with a semi in.... well at least it doesnt seem like it... worked for you though. That has to be like winning the lottery at those odds.

I figure that I owe the crash engineers at Volkswagen a nod or two. The car crumpled around me just as they designed it to do. The engine dropped right under me and the shell members held intact.

Too bad, guys. You could have had a world with one fewer Bronco backer.