Thread: Scary Sunday night accident and reality check

Bloody hell, lucky is correct!
I've had a few moments like that, thankfully never ending in anything more than a slight swerve.
A good reminder to make sure you keep an eye out for the signs and stop for a rest.
Cheers, hope the defender isn't too badly damaged.
Muppet

Glad to here you are ok .Scary for sure that would have been.

Glad to read that you came out of it unscathed - it is a bloody frightening experience that's for sure.

I had a similar situation about 20 odd years ago. I spent two days with a customer at Coffs and finally left their site at 12 midnight for Sydney to make sure I got to a meeting at 8AM.

Finally got to the F3 and travelling at 130 clicks in the right lane when I nodded off. drifted over to the right and woke up from the jolting of the uneven surface of the median.

Reactions kicked in immediately, flung the wheel to the left which, when the tyres gripped the road, promptly headed me off towards the near side guard rail. Over reacted again which had me heading down the road backwards. It was at this point that I was properly awake and comprehending the situation.

I had a nice view of the rest of the central coast peak hour traffic, through the windscreen, that was travelling behind me. Gave the wheel a little flick to get myself right way 'round and pulled over. Then the adrenalin kicked in, ran around the car a few times, took a leak behind a bush and generally jumped around a bit in disbelief that I (and the car) got out of it unscathed.

I was very lucky to get out of it and have never put myself (and others) in that situation again.

holy crap mate glad you are OK!

Thanks for sharing Pete, it just shows how quickly things can change. Glad you are ok. Cars can be repaired easily, people not so easy.

G day Pete, sorry to hear about your incident but credos for sharing. We all take to many chances with our & others lives while driving. My wife lost her father in a driving accident & she has helped me realize its about how many lives this sort of thing impacts upon. Glad to hear your ok & the Landy can be fixed. Take stock, learn from your error & get on with living a long & happy life.
Regards Chris.

Glad that you come out ok. mate , It only takes a second or so , I rolled my disco , because I wasn't paying attention for just a few seconds , It's a simple as that ! Thanks for sharing your experience with us , all the very best jimr1

Many years ago I had a similar incident,shortly after my mother had her 1st heart attack I would commute from my work in Sydney to Brisbane fortnightly on my BMW R60 Motorcycle,well after a long day's work jumped on the bike,all was well till just after the BP South Grafton, north of there the road is/was concrete with tar expansion strips,and the thump-thump of the strips helped me nod off,I woke suddenly as I left the bike and sailed over the barbed wire fence into a dairy farm,lucky that I was wearing the usual touring gear of leather jacket and trousers with flying boots with an Army Great Coat over the top only thing injured was my pride all subsequent trips I stopped for a kip.

cheers