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Articles: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car! |
Posted by
Schizo on Wednesday, June 05, 2002 - 04:01 AM PST
OK. So Saturday I was riding down one of those New England dirt roads, you know the kind that two cars can pass each other IF they squeeze. The B.F. was driving, and his 2 kids were in the back seat.
We were just driving along, minding our own business, going slow to watch the scenery, when around the corner zooms this other car, coming straight for us!
They slammed on their brakes, we swerved to the right, they locked their brakes and started to slide sidways, rear towards us, we were heading into the trees, their front left tire hit the embankment and flipped them CLEAN OVER our left rear corner (and the B.F.'s 4-year-old daughter), and we came to a stop maybe 3 or 4 inches from a tree as they came to a stop horizontally across the road a few yards behind us, ON THEIR ROOF!!!!!
(All this was pieced together from our differing views of the accident, and looking carefully at the skid marks. What I saw was 3 distinct dangers - the car coming toward us, the tree coming toward us, and when we stopped, looking behind us and seeing the other car land. The B.F. actually saw the rear of the car fly over ours.)
The two teenaged girls in the other car were treated for minor bumps and scratches. Their car (or rather, the one girl's roommate's car that was just bought a few days ago) was towed away, with considerable denting and broken glass. No one in our car was hurt in any way, and not a scratch put on the car. It could so easily have been so different.
I credit our safety to the B.F.'s excellent handling, and the magical force-field surrounding my car! (And the fact that, for once, the kids were not distracting us by bickering in the back seat! Now, THAT was a miracle!)
I spent the rest of the day emitting periodic sighs of relief. I still catch myself doing it.
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by Xaoswolf (Xaoswolf@hotmail.com)
on Jun 05, 2002 - 04:41 AM
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I always liked the dirty looks people give me when they come around a bend and see me on my side of the road, which is also the side that they wanted to be on, so they have to swirve back to their side to avoid hitting me. The way I see it, if they hit me, they pay for a new car. If they hit a tree because the lost control swirving back to their side of the road, then there is one less bad driver on the road for me to worry about.
And I think I'll refrain from commenting on how the female driver's car had to be towed away, while the male drivers car didn't have a scratch. ;>
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by doyouhearthevoicestoo? on Jun 05, 2002 - 04:46 AM
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wow, how creepy, did you talk to the girls, were they as effected by that as you!?...poor room-mate! It really makes ya appreciate stuff huh, it could have all been over, right then and there!....like i said..creepy
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by Comedian (eccentrically_long@yahoo.com)
on Jun 05, 2002 - 06:03 AM
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Tooling down the highway pushing 80 in the desert, a high school friend of my fathers managed to catch himself wrong trying to avoid and armadillo or some other peice of soon-to-be road candy and flipped his convertible over. Blood streak about 60 feet long, all they found were the rubber bases of his shoes.
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by Arthegarn on Jun 05, 2002 - 09:11 AM
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Karma, sweetie. That's pure karma. Nothing can happen to you right now, so strong in the Force you are :-P Not that I try to diminsh the BF's nerve, just that I like it better to think you did your litle part, too.
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by Xaoswolf (Xaoswolf@hotmail.com)
on Jun 07, 2002 - 01:05 PM
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I could have used your force field thingy this morning. I stop a red light, then I hear brakes screaching, followed by a thud, then a car zooming past me. Hit 'n Run. Didn't do any damage to my car, just got some of her paint on my bumper, but she didn't know that, she just flew past.
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Re: The Wonderful Amazing Force-Field Car!
by Dolorosa on Jun 07, 2002 - 06:57 PM
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I guess it would be pretty safe to say, somethings watching over you...props to the B.F. the forcefield and the gravity bound kiddies...>_O
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