How to avoid a Lamp , a Bench and a downhill.

[NickFitz]

here is the video , dont try at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhOElYhYajs

"After this I exited the car and wondered for 5 minutes what just happened."

At least there was a bench to sit on while you pondered

[hyperD]

here is the video , dont try at home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhOElYhYajs

Nice one!

Sometimes we are in the laps of the gods at times.

I remember accelerating from the sliproad onto the M25 a few years ago. The road was dry and it wasn't icy at all but they had laid some grit/salt down the previous week.

I had the car in third gear and punted the accelerator to join straight onto the middle lane to avoid the slow van in the inside. As I crossed the lane suddenly the back flew out and I was facing the barriers at 60mph. My hands just moved independent of my thought, grasping for opposite lock and I fish-tailed down the motorway over 5 times before miraculously the car steadied itself.

That was not done by conscious thought alone and no way was it driving skill - as I was merrily fish-tailing, all I could think about was that the police were really going to do me for this one as cars were desperately trying to avoid me.

Cleaning up the trousers afterwards was messy...

[SuperZ]

Where you're car ended up there appears to be a dark patch in the snow, like the snow has melted. Is that where you peeeeeeed yourself?

Go to church more often and these lucky escapes become the norm....apparently...

[newblood]

Where you're car ended up there appears to be a dark patch in the snow, like the snow has melted. Is that where you peeeeeeed yourself?

Go to church more often and these lucky escapes become the norm....apparently...

Contrary to what I'd have expected , while this was happening I was 100 % calm as there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to hit at least something. In fact I was thinking "There you had your fun now you dork".

It will take more than that to get me in church . Maybe tomorrow I will try "How to avoid an oncoming lorry" ...

[RichardCranium]

My hands just moved independent of my thought, grasping for opposite lock and I fish-tailed down the motorway over 5 times before miraculously the car steadied itself.

'Fish-tailed' - is that what it's called?

Bombing along in the early hours on a narrow road through the woods in Hertfordshire, (not far from Ivinghoe Beacon), I came out of the trees doing 70ish, met a right-hand bend and a completely-frozen-over road. To the right, trees. To the left, a steep slope down to more trees.

I went back and forth across the width of the road 4 or 5 times, regaining control and trying to steer back again each time and losing grip again.

It wasn't skill: I simply got away with it.

[hyperD]

'Fish-tailed' - is that what it's called?

Apparantly so, without the hyphen of course!

Nasty incident though RC.

It's wierd what we can do to get away with it in times of crisis. I'm sure it's a Jedi Force thing.