Near death experiences

Have you ever had any near death experiences on the road? I'll share my most recent one

>driving to pick mum up from a wine party at her friend's
>it's already getting dark
>on the way home i forget to exit the motorway in time
>have to exit next chance i get
>end up on some unfamiliar forest road
>it's so dark
>absolutely NO lights anywhere but my own
>stop at an intersection at some point
>make sure it's safe to go and i drive straight ahead
>see two bright white lights right in front of me
>"wait wh-"
>tires screeching
>i stop
>face to face with another car
>sudden adrenaline rush and i put on reverse and back up fucking all the way back to the intersection
>get to the centre of the crossroads
>see pic related in front of me
>face red, i take the road on the right which i didn't see before
>want to speed as fast as i can to get away from there
>get home
>pour myself a glass of water, hands shaking
>write greentext story about it on Veeky Forums to cope

I've never had any and I frequently drive 30mph over the speed limit at night on the way home from college. Just gotta know what's safe and what isn't.

Short one:
>Left Amsterdam 2 or 3 hours ago in my 800kg shitbox
>23:30 or something
>Two friends and two carpoolers in car
>Going 130km/h on highway, left lane, relatively close to the guardrail
>Pass truck who's driving on the very edge of his lane, close to mine
>Air displacement push me to the left, even closer to guardrail
>Can feel the hubcap touching the guardrail
>Have a microsecond of panic attack, accelerate and swerve a little bit to the right
>Nervously look around
>Everyone asleep
That was fucking close.

>right turnoff in pic related
>exit lane starts earlier and becomes right turnoff lane
>left turnoff lane starts immediately
>slower BMW (yellow) in exit lane, figure I (blue) can cruise by him him still on the old highway and then take the left turnoff lane
>right as the turnoff starts the BMW suddenly changes into the left turnoff lane without indicating for no reason
>can barely evade him and rip the car around without hitting the median and getting launched into the air either by a guardrail or by a small hill
Literally could've ended that day in a casket because of a BMW changing lanes in a turnoff section for no reason without indicating.

>be me this winter
>cabin fever
>pouring rain
>fuck it, let's go drive and do some speed runs
>80mph in a 40
>turn ahead
>slow to 70
>understeer begins
>brakes brakes brakes straighten straighten straighten
>barely manage to recover before hitting a tree
Not my best moment.

That's fucking infuriating man. Fuck that BMW.

>80mph in a 40
I mean, you kinda had it coming. They put the speed limits there for a reason. Still glad you didn't crash that day user

This sounds precisely like my worst nightmare. Holy fuck. Glad you made it out okay

>This sounds precisely like my worst nightmare. Holy fuck. Glad you made it out okay

Thanks user.
I made the mistake of driving while being exhausted, one of my friend snores like a jackhammer.
Should've stopped for an energy drink, sleepiness is no joke at the wheel.

>4am
>sitting at redlight
>light turns green
>go
>see speeding headlights in corner of eye, headed in my direction
>smash brakes
>pickup truck misses my front bumper by 2-3 feet
>would have hit my drivers side at 60+ mph
>fucker was blowing redlights at 60+ mph in a 35
>pull over and call 911 to report him

>BMW driver fails to indicate a turn

It's like poetry, it rhymes.

>be me
>be riding home after a long day in the city
>riding down this country lane, trees hemming me in on both sides so almost all the corners are blind
>come around this 90 degree left hander at 50mph
>suddenly cow, cow on the road
>BRAKEBRAKEBRAKEBRAKE.jpg
>pull up well in time, idle slowly towards the cow
>cow gives no fucks
>slowly he moves to the side after what seems like forever
>make my way past him and continue on with my journey

>be me
>be riding out in some farmland
>come down the hill to this single lane causeway bridge thing
>there's a crest on the other side, followed by a 75 degree left hander
>it's dry, figure I'll be able to do the corner at 35-40mph without pushing it
>zoom down the hill, over the bridge and back up the other side
>road dips down again to reveal a stretch of gravel leading the corner entry to just before the apex right at the last second
>not signposted, no real indication it was there
>keep in mind I'm doing probably 45mph
>and I'm not riding a dirt bike
>have already committed to the corner
>sheeeit.wav
>try and stand the bike up without going off course too much, can feel the front wheel wash out a bit
>before she goes completely the tarmac starts and she grips up again
>tip it back in and finish the corner

And that is why you always leave a margin for error unless you know 100% the road is clear.

damn aren't you a badass

>friend gets tired on the road and asks me to take over
>first time driving his luxury landbarge
>highway exit is a 270 degree loop with a 25mph speed limit
>take it at 40 to see if I can
>nope, barge can't make a turn that sharp that fast
>edge of road and ditch getting closer and closer
>slam on the brakes and get down to the proper 25
>guys in the car behind us are probably laughing
>my friend is mildly amused I nearly crashed us

Speed limits are there for a reason. Luckily that's the closest I've ever come to disaster.

>driving old farm truck in town
>carb is shit but still runs
>making left turn at light on 50 mph road
>see opening and hit the gas
>carb surges
>get lurched into intersection as engine stalls
>driver slams on his brakes and misses me by less than a foot
>takes a few cranks to get started again
>baby it home and forget why I even went into town

High speed laterally moving objects don't exist in nature so animals aren't scared of them. It's the same reason why falling at any speed is scary but driving at 100km/h isn't.

>following mate on touge
>suddenly sheep
>they don't give a fuck
>I pull out and overtake my mate, straight into the sheep at WOT
>my old DE straight piped 300zx so I'm going slow as fuck but incredibly loud
>sheep move

Found the trick

Speed limits exist for the lowest common denominator, and at that moment, you were it

I accept this truth, and work to better myself because of it.

>Speed limits there for a reason
Yeah, it was really stupid looking back, I wasn't thinking clearly when I did it.

i have two

> Last year, L plater 145kmh in 90 country straight
>coming up to corner
>hard on the brakes, still doing 120kmh
>drivers side tyre comes off the road onto the gravel
>try and pull back onto the road
>nothing happens
>try and ease it back into the road,
>got it back onto the road just before i hit the corner which had no railing and was a 30m drop

the other one which happened recently

>coming back from school
>country road that is usually busy because it connects a town to the city
>two lane highway, see girl coming up in her mk4 supra fast behind another driver in the other direction
>overtakes the other driver going over a double unbroken line around 30k over the limit
>have to slam on the brakes to the point where they locked up
>if i didnt stop the bitch would have caused a head on collision, she didnt even look like she lifted off the throttle at all.

i was on a road like pic related, passing a truck in the middle lane and there was a transport truck in the middle lane also coming around the blind curve

so scary

>not giving it GAS GAS GAS and transitioning into a fully hektik drift

this.
STORY TIME
>be me
>17 year old, coming home from school on 3 lane highway
>raining pretty hard
>cruising at an acceptable 65 in my trash miata behind a box truck
>out of fucking nowhere a black charger flies by me going at least 110 in the rain
>whatafuckingidiot.jpg
>2 or 3 miles down the road I come to a turn
>I notice bits of car around the left gaurdrail
>thatsodd.jpg
>all of a sudden the box truck in front of me swerves to the right, visibly almost tipping over
>huge mangled up remains of a charger
>RIGHT. FUCKING. IN FRONT OF ME.
>pic related
>swerve to the right
>loose traction
>hydroplane, presumably what happened to the charger
>countersteer but overcompinsate and spin the car
>come to a dead stop in the middle of the highway facing the wrong way
>catch my breath
>watch as the charger ignites
>I really thought the rain would put it out but it just kept burning

scarriest day of my life.

Had a really adrenaline pumping close call trying to pass a semi going 15 under on a 2 lane highway.

>Truck is loaded up with stuff because Im moving.
>Early in the AM before the sun was up
>The second I see a strait stretch of road I move over to pass
>Trucker speeds up a bit for whatever reason
>My truck is not moving like I want it to
>Sudden single headlight in the oncoming
>Cant judge its distance
>Dubble down and redline my junker because Im already half way past the trailer and a new car is riding the truckers ass
>Suddenly oncoming vehicle has a yellow light in view
>the lights are way too far apart to be a distant vehicle
>Actually start yelling a cliché "OHHHHHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIT"
>Reenter my lane with a fat swerve and a full 5 seconds later a motorcycle followed by a car with one yellow light.
>I just about had a heart attack and crashed my vehicle over a cliff, even though I was nowhere close to an actuall collision.

Still not sure how I feel about the whole thing.

It was FWD and the parking brake was (and still is) broken... Drifting would have been a challenge beyond me.

All the time.

Most recent
>flooding so all the retarded truckers are driving all over the fucking place.
>at a stop sign, waiting to turn
>trucker goes full hektik and cuts the corner
>trailer goes over car
>by the time I have it in reverse I'm staring straight at the rear axle

If I was in a SUV I would be fucked

Yesterday

>redneck with a horse trailer doesn't realize that just because theres no centerline that doesn't mean he can drive on the left side of the road
>have to go full takumi and drop the right wheels off the road to clear the trailer and not lose traction

Like a week ago
>white suv driven by woman blows a stop sign, I stop like a foot and a half from her passenger side door

>Suburban road, light traffic
>Exit roundabout
>Road gently curving to the left
>Solid white line
>Hatchback pulled over to the side of the road, stationary with hazards on
>3 cars ahead of me go half over the white line and pass him without issue
>My turn
>Ok, should be about past him by now, I'll just pull back in…
>wtf he started moving with his hazards on?
>Oh shit oncoming traffic
>Oncoming hatchback jerks to the edge of the road
>All pass three-wide
>Honking horn fades into the distance behind me
Fuck you you stupid immigrants (and fuck me for not giving it enough gas to get around promptly to begin with).

>1000kg hatchback
>late summer night, comfy driving with windows down
>stopped at a red light, at a quiet intersection
>lights go green
>take off
>all of a sudden can hear the sound of tires on road to my right
>SUV approaching rapidly, at least 100km/h
>stomp on my brakes just before we cross paths
>SUV flies past, misses my front bumper by about 20cm
>SUV hits the brakes 50 metres after clearing the intersection, then continues driving
>i stayed in my middle of the intersection for a few seconds trying to take in what just/almost happened
>my roastie bursts into tears
>taxi driver pulls up beside me and tells me to buy a lottery ticket

Glad I had my windows down, and even if i wasn't really up to speed, didn't hurt that i had sticky rubber and good brakes.

>riding passenger back to college town
>interstate is absolutely shut the fuck down
>all traffic is routed down backwoods Missouri 2-lanes
>including all tractor-trailers
>it's a dark, steady, 30mph march down the middle of nowhere
>can see long upward bend ahead where the oncoming traffic has died off
>passing zone begins
>I'm suddenly in a rocketship
>the grand marquis roars like never before
>passing at least 20 semis
>we literally passed a town that I missed by blinking at over 90mph
>squeeze back into a gap as headlights blaze over the horizon

Nothing happened, but looking back is terrifying.

hory sheeeet CHECKED

A lot of near death experiences on my motorcycle have been me following the car in front of me much too closely without even realizing it. It's very scary because you don't even notice it until they hit the brakes

Was driving a back from a job site in a rurual area, and a pine tree had grown to partially cover up a stop sign which I evidently never saw. Ended up going through an intersection around 60kph at the same time a family in a minivan did, and missed it by a couple feet at most. Had I been a quarter-second ahead of myself I would have killed several people.

Phew.