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In The Ten Ring · 12-08-2017, 01:41 PM

I know a woman that bent down to pick something up and crashed her car.....she is now paralyzed from the neck down.

I did it too though....I was on my way to college in my 1988 Honda Accord and my 1/2 gallon of milk fell over...I bent over to pick it up and I was looking at a sign post dead in front of me. I swerved and that started an oscillation at 65 mph on the interstate.

I ended up in the gravel medium and realized I could get control by going backwards. (As soon as things started to go bad I shifted into neutral.....getting into neutral easily is one of many benefits of a manual transmission). I pulled hard and got the car going backwards at 65 mph in the gravel and I easily slowed to a stop.

I got control of myself, checked traffic, and pulled back onto the highway, continuing on to college and class. One tire was a little low afterwards, I pumped that up again.

You really cannot let yourself be distracted.

12-08-2017, 01:41 PM	#3
In The Ten Ring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 6,421	Re: Potentially dangerous car mishap that turned out ok I know a woman that bent down to pick something up and crashed her car.....she is now paralyzed from the neck down. I did it too though....I was on my way to college in my 1988 Honda Accord and my 1/2 gallon of milk fell over...I bent over to pick it up and I was looking at a sign post dead in front of me. I swerved and that started an oscillation at 65 mph on the interstate. I ended up in the gravel medium and realized I could get control by going backwards. (As soon as things started to go bad I shifted into neutral.....getting into neutral easily is one of many benefits of a manual transmission). I pulled hard and got the car going backwards at 65 mph in the gravel and I easily slowed to a stop. I got control of myself, checked traffic, and pulled back onto the highway, continuing on to college and class. One tire was a little low afterwards, I pumped that up again. You really cannot let yourself be distracted.