Close call

[arubadub]

True, happens to me all the time too. Here it's mostly cars getting on the road when im bombing requiring me to slide to a stop or slide off the road into the dirt, and bailing. But some of the drivers freak out too, especially moms with kids or older people stop the car and sit there as if they almost died instead of me.

I know that most of the times they are just inconsiderate drivers but when they I notice that they don't know where I came from I apologize to the ones I notice are freaking out. Although sometimes i just can't help smiling cause it was a close call. I know its kinda odd but It's my automatic reaction when I almost get hit or fall while boarding, don't know why.

When I do smile they just nod and tell me I'm crazy. I ride padded up with a helmet but I know it can go wrong even with protection, because it happens often I think I got my reaction time and drift-sliding-off-the-road thing down.

Glad your alive dude, hope you enjoyed that beer. Ride another day.

[Cann0n]

when im bombing requiring me to slide to a stop or slide off the road into the dirt, and bailing.

We got these nasty little sandspurs here.



Careful bailing on the side of road. Sometimes it hurts more than eating asphalt.

[arubadub]

We got these nasty little sandspurs here.

Careful bailing on the side of road. Sometimes it hurts more than eating asphalt.

Ouch man! those look painful. I kinda have to slide off the road when I know I wont slide to a stop before reaching the car. Lucky we don't have those mean looking plants. We do have cacti and sharp rocks, but not on the road I bomb luckily.

[e.man]

Wow. 17 deaths due to car accidents in one year! I come from a school of about 2,000. We'd be lucky (or unlucky) to see 1 or 2 the whole 4 years of high school. I know a few wreck-less drivers but nothing compared to your stories.

[Cann0n]

Ouch man! those look painful. I kinda have to slide off the road when I know I wont slide to a stop before reaching the car. Lucky we don't have those mean looking plants. We do have cacti and sharp rocks, but not on the road I bomb luckily.

Luckily, we don't have rocks... just soft sand and those little bastards. I saw a cactus once or twice before... but none on the actual spot I claimed as my turf. I couldn't image hitting a cactus... >.<

[slide]

Don't take your life for granted, because it can end in an instant.

The one thing that worries me most is people seeing all the nasty fcked up shlt I got on my computer.

[glideronfreerides]

Yeah. I was riding in the car with a friend of a friend and he hit 70+ in a residential. He blew through a stop sign and tried drifting around the corner. I was in the back seat. I was like, "Dude, un-####ing-cool!" He replies, "Relax, I do this all the time!"

yeah I knew a guy like that in high school. he rear ended someone eventually; busted up his girlfriends nose against the dash something awful.. she had a rather awkwardly large nose to begin with.


the closest I've come to death was riding my motorcycle a few years ago... some girls in a giant SUV blew a stop sign at around 40 on a residential street, I was also speeding, but had the right of way.. ended up stopped parallel to the vehicle about 2 feet from the gas tank lid, the image of which for some reason is like etched into my brain. that kind of #### really clears the cobwebs out of your head.

[Bryant@BCLongboards]

Whew that was a close one. You almost missed out on a free beer.

Glad all is good!

[Cann0n]

yeah I knew a guy like that in high school. he rear ended someone eventually; busted up his girlfriends nose against the dash something awful.. she had a rather awkwardly large nose to begin with.


the closest I've come to death was riding my motorcycle a few years ago... some girls in a giant SUV blew a stop sign at around 40 on a residential street, I was also speeding, but had the right of way.. ended up stopped parallel to the vehicle about 2 feet from the gas tank lid, the image of which for some reason is like etched into my brain. that kind of #### really clears the cobwebs out of your head.

Yeah dude, I had one similar incident... I'm glad that day I took my car. These girls made a 100% illegal left hand turn out of this daycare. They had a right turn only sign. They pulled out less than 100 foot in front of me and stopped completely in my lane, waiting for traffic to clear to continue. It happened so fast, I cocked the wheel and hit the brakes, drifted around them. It was such a close call... I thought i hit them. I mean, i came within 6 inches easily. I left 4 separate tire marks.

I look back now and wonder if I should have hit them in sheer spite of failing to be a considerate driver. They had a nice car. I'm sure I could have sewed...

I'm so glad I didn't take my bike out. I would have hit them for sure. I fly on my bike.

[Sk8Guy31]

I know what your talkin bout when you say it was a realiy check. I was walking to school one fine mornin (didnt have a longboard then) and I was crossing a street bout a minuit from my house and I looked both ways but there were cars parked all along the side of the road so I couldent see properly. Then I go to run across the road, look right and theres some car speeding twards me. I managed to get far enough across that it only cliped my hip/leg and I got sent about 3 feet up and landed in the grass on the side of the road. I picked myself up, only had a small scratch on my forehead, and was able to walk away after the woman in the car calmed down. they ofered me a lift but they semed realy creepy so i refused. I carried on my to school and realised what a wreak i looked and exactaly what happened and freaked out, I called my mum and went to the hospital for a cheak up and I was fine, but it was flippin scary. they must have been goin over the speed limit cos there were no cars on the road and they couldent have got off the roundabout at one end of the road in that amount of time if they were at 20 like the law says.

[Understanding In a Crash]

DAM

YouTube - Skaters Super Close Call

[Cann0n]

Thursdays and Sundays are skate days for the crew. We skate more days than that, but those days are set aside strictly for skating all day.

So, Thursday we hit up his new hill. I'd say it was about 900 feet long of pretty steep hill action and ended at a left or right turn stop sign. I look behind me and didn't see any cars. I get about half way down and see an SUV gaining on me FAST. This dude was well above the posted speed limit, which was 15mph. I looked back and decided to shutdown in the other lane and leave the spot. Well, I figured I'd have plenty of time to bust a shutdown in the other lane so the maniac could pass me in his lane... I did a quick left hand signal and a brake signal, but by the time I dropped my hands, the ******* idiot tried passing me on double yellow lines.

I swerved into the other lane and did a shutdown slide the same time as the SUV swerved into the same lane to whip around me... When I swung around to face up hill, my hands where under his bumper and my head was within 2 or 3 feet from his grill. He slammed on his breaks as I cut out of the slide and continue down the hill in switch. This asshole nearly completely ran my ass over.

Now, I know this was mostly my fault since we shouldn't have been bombing hills when people are just getting off from work. When I looked behind me, he was about 200 feet up the hill. Not even 2 seconds later, he was up on me. If he would have sped around me like he wanted too, he'd have slammed his breaks on for the stop sign... in front of me.

When I busted the shutdown slide, I was about 1/3 the way from the bottom... so about 300 feet from the stop sign when this asshole tried to pass me... I was pretty pissed. My buddy was at the bottom and saw the entire thing. I tried to stop the SUV but he jackass threw his arms up like I was in his way. I know for a fact I was doing much faster than 15 mph... since I kicked as fast as I could into the slope.

The point of the story is to be aware of your surroundings. Drivers in FL are fucking SHITTY drivers.

[mrsocksman]

Did the beers tip you off to why they hit you? lol, but good job staying alive man

[roadrashed]

Here in Melbourne, Aus, First off, we get learners at 16, have to do 120 hours of driving, then we can get our P's when we turn 18. On red P's you can have 1 person in the car with you, you can't drive anything with more than 6 cylinders, can't drive it if it's got a turbo or a super, can't drive it if it's got any perf modifications. blah blah.

You can't drive any of those until you turn 21. We still have shloads of hoons.

The government decided to bring in a new initiative, I'm not sure about specifics, but mainly it involved school kids visiting the Intensive care unit in hospitals, getting to see all of the people that have been F##### up by car accidents (or collisions).

[skimmerkid04]

in texas we have the age set to 21. maybe not as much crap happens but still drunk driving is still a cause to beat the **** outta someone