guppy wrote: (bad to hit even a small tree) I CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. It wasn't intended. the blasted tree smacked me back and totalled my car.
I was driving on a C-class road (narrow, although still two-way) at night a
year or three ago. It wound around a bit. There was a bend, a sweeping
100 degrees approx, good for about 60MPH in my experience, before what I
knew to be a half-mile straight. Trees, probably with a trunk diameter of 8"
or so were planted on the verge, 10' or so off the road. There was no other
vehicle about, except one parked on the LHS of the road, pointing my way. The
road was sparkling, as if frosty (broken glass). There were four people in the
road, all OK but for the odd broken limb. They'd been coming the opposite
way, gone off the road, and hit a small tree. The car had rolled, and gone
end-over-end. Every single window and light was broken. The roof over the
drivers seat touched the steering wheel. All the air-bags had gone off (aren't
they small - like footballs!). The off-side wheel and suspension were 150 yds.
up the road. The tree had lost a patch of bark.
Yup, it was an idiot driving. They threw their resin into a nearby field (no idea
whether smoking some of it had contributed to the problem). It was his mum's
car. His mate and a 15-year old were carted off to hospital. No idea what
happened to him - nothing heard from the police, so I suppose he got away
with it.
do you wear your seatbelt
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Bill Sikes;440648 wrote: I was driving on a C-class road (narrow, although still two-way) at night a
year or three ago. It wound around a bit. There was a bend, a sweeping
100 degrees approx, good for about 60MPH in my experience, before what I
knew to be a half-mile straight. Trees, probably with a trunk diameter of 8"
or so were planted on the verge, 10' or so off the road. There was no other
vehicle about, except one parked on the LHS of the road, pointing my way. The
road was sparkling, as if frosty (broken glass). There were four people in the
road, all OK but for the odd broken limb. They'd been coming the opposite
way, gone off the road, and hit a small tree. The car had rolled, and gone
end-over-end. Every single window and light was broken. The roof over the
drivers seat touched the steering wheel. All the air-bags had gone off (aren't
they small - like footballs!). The off-side wheel and suspension were 150 yds.
up the road. The tree had lost a patch of bark.
Yup, it was an idiot driving. They threw their resin into a nearby field (no idea
whether smoking some of it had contributed to the problem). It was his mum's
car. His mate and a 15-year old were carted off to hospital. No idea what
happened to him - nothing heard from the police, so I suppose he got away
with it.
i had a drunk driver run me off the road. i was going about sixty. when i hit the curb i lost control. the car hyroplaned over the grass smack into the tree. part of the engine got pushed up and into the car.. the top caved in to the seat. i slipped into the floorboard during the wreck. Even the windshield was layed down over me. broke both my knees and half my ribs. but if i had been wearing my seat belt it would have been worse. the funny part was i was twenty years old at the time. i was so scared that i had wrecked the car that i would not tell the officer my name. so he called it in as a underage driver. he guessed i was about fourteen. another car behind the drunk driver got his tag and he was charged. I had so much blood on my face from the cut on my head that my own uncle stopped at the scene and did not recognize me. The wreck folded the car up like a cracker box. I was very lucky.
i know seatbelts are important but i think every new car should be equipped so that if you are intoxicated it will not start.
year or three ago. It wound around a bit. There was a bend, a sweeping
100 degrees approx, good for about 60MPH in my experience, before what I
knew to be a half-mile straight. Trees, probably with a trunk diameter of 8"
or so were planted on the verge, 10' or so off the road. There was no other
vehicle about, except one parked on the LHS of the road, pointing my way. The
road was sparkling, as if frosty (broken glass). There were four people in the
road, all OK but for the odd broken limb. They'd been coming the opposite
way, gone off the road, and hit a small tree. The car had rolled, and gone
end-over-end. Every single window and light was broken. The roof over the
drivers seat touched the steering wheel. All the air-bags had gone off (aren't
they small - like footballs!). The off-side wheel and suspension were 150 yds.
up the road. The tree had lost a patch of bark.
Yup, it was an idiot driving. They threw their resin into a nearby field (no idea
whether smoking some of it had contributed to the problem). It was his mum's
car. His mate and a 15-year old were carted off to hospital. No idea what
happened to him - nothing heard from the police, so I suppose he got away
with it.
i had a drunk driver run me off the road. i was going about sixty. when i hit the curb i lost control. the car hyroplaned over the grass smack into the tree. part of the engine got pushed up and into the car.. the top caved in to the seat. i slipped into the floorboard during the wreck. Even the windshield was layed down over me. broke both my knees and half my ribs. but if i had been wearing my seat belt it would have been worse. the funny part was i was twenty years old at the time. i was so scared that i had wrecked the car that i would not tell the officer my name. so he called it in as a underage driver. he guessed i was about fourteen. another car behind the drunk driver got his tag and he was charged. I had so much blood on my face from the cut on my head that my own uncle stopped at the scene and did not recognize me. The wreck folded the car up like a cracker box. I was very lucky.
i know seatbelts are important but i think every new car should be equipped so that if you are intoxicated it will not start.
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SnoozeControl;440732 wrote: I always faithfully wear my seatbelt and insist my passengers do too. As for the cell phone, I've never even used one, don't own one and don't plan on getting one so that's a non-issue. driving:
Ditto (wink).
Ditto (wink).
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YZGI;440542 wrote: It's pretty much like any other medium size midwest American city. The people here are very friendly. It seems the sports people i.e. hockey players, minor league baseball players etc.etc. that come and play here seem to end up settling here. My cousin married a player from the hockey team who was from New York City, He said he couldn't believe how nice people were here. If you need something all you have to do is ask and its done. Now dont get me wrong we have the usual gang hot spots and such but they pretty much stay in the northern part of the city.
I'm glad, I always had this good feeling about Wichita, it just seemed impossibly glamorous to be driving around the big open plains in a mad big American car and go to places like Wichita and Houston and Kansas City, when you were brought up on a council estate in Birmingham (England) and then move to Co. Tipperary in Ireland and spend your time chasing one another on little bycycles and where the cops are called Segt Murphy, drive a Renualt 4, and never have anything more difficult to deal with than angry pensioners at the post office. Then again I think I was pretty lucky where I grew up too, it was a good place to be a kid.
I'm glad, I always had this good feeling about Wichita, it just seemed impossibly glamorous to be driving around the big open plains in a mad big American car and go to places like Wichita and Houston and Kansas City, when you were brought up on a council estate in Birmingham (England) and then move to Co. Tipperary in Ireland and spend your time chasing one another on little bycycles and where the cops are called Segt Murphy, drive a Renualt 4, and never have anything more difficult to deal with than angry pensioners at the post office. Then again I think I was pretty lucky where I grew up too, it was a good place to be a kid.
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
do you wear your seatbelt
Galbally;440762 wrote: I'm glad, I always had this good feeling about Wichita, it just seemed impossibly glamorous to be driving around the big open plains in a mad big American car and go to places like Wichita and Houston and Kansas City, when you were brought up on a council estate in Birmingham (England) and then move to Co. Tipperary in Ireland and spend your time chasing one another on little bycycles and where the cops are called Segt Murphy, drive a Renualt 4, and never have anything more difficult to deal with than angry pensioners at the post office. Then again I think I was pretty lucky where I grew up too, it was a good place to be a kid.
i was raised in houston, live in georgia. i have always wanted to go to europe and see italy, england, and ireland. hmmmmm.
i was raised in houston, live in georgia. i have always wanted to go to europe and see italy, england, and ireland. hmmmmm.
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SnoozeControl;440772 wrote: Funny, I never really thought Wichita sounded all that glamorous. 
Yeah but its your country init? Conemmarra in Galway or the Cork and Kerry mountains are not that glamourous to me, but thats cause I'm Irish. I'd love to drive around America, I'd say its amazing, specially the south west with the scenery thats always appealed to me! How are you snooze?, havn't heard from you in ages!!!
Yeah but its your country init? Conemmarra in Galway or the Cork and Kerry mountains are not that glamourous to me, but thats cause I'm Irish. I'd love to drive around America, I'd say its amazing, specially the south west with the scenery thats always appealed to me! How are you snooze?, havn't heard from you in ages!!!
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
do you wear your seatbelt
guppy;440768 wrote: i was raised in houston, live in georgia. i have always wanted to go to europe and see italy, england, and ireland. hmmmmm.
Oh you'd like Europe I'd say, its great I have had quite a few American friends in different European countries and they all seem to love it, and there is an awful lot of stuff to see and do, obviously Americans also really enjoy Britain and Ireland cause we are the most similar Europeans to Americans, but different enough to be interesting, and we all speak the same language, (mostly).
Oh you'd like Europe I'd say, its great I have had quite a few American friends in different European countries and they all seem to love it, and there is an awful lot of stuff to see and do, obviously Americans also really enjoy Britain and Ireland cause we are the most similar Europeans to Americans, but different enough to be interesting, and we all speak the same language, (mostly).
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
do you wear your seatbelt
Galbally;440791 wrote: Oh you'd like Europe I'd say, its great I have had quite a few American friends in different European countries and they all seem to love it, and there is an awful lot of stuff to see and do, obviously Americans also really enjoy Britain and Ireland cause we are the most similar Europeans to Americans, but different enough to be interesting, and we all speak the same language, (mostly).
want to make a bet. everywhere i go outside of the south everybody stops and listens to my accent, and it never fails, someone will comment and ask me to talk some more just to hear it. :wah:
want to make a bet. everywhere i go outside of the south everybody stops and listens to my accent, and it never fails, someone will comment and ask me to talk some more just to hear it. :wah:
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guppy;440795 wrote: want to make a bet. everywhere i go outside of the south everybody stops and listens to my accent, and it never fails, someone will comment and ask me to talk some more just to hear it. :wah:
We probably wouldn't be able to tell that much of a difference, but I can definetly tell a southern person from a new england person (usually) , its pretty hard for us though, most american accents sound quite neutral to us. Accents are so varied here, I go to Belfast, which is only about 180 miles away, and I can hardly make out what people are saying to me (which is probably a good thing :wah: ).
We probably wouldn't be able to tell that much of a difference, but I can definetly tell a southern person from a new england person (usually) , its pretty hard for us though, most american accents sound quite neutral to us. Accents are so varied here, I go to Belfast, which is only about 180 miles away, and I can hardly make out what people are saying to me (which is probably a good thing :wah: ).
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
do you wear your seatbelt
In my college days I earned my tuition money by driving a tow truck. I have seen enough examples to know how bad it can be not to wear one so I never go anywhere without using it. I have a hands free set up for my cell phone but rarely use it. I can barely sing and drive let alone conduct an intelligent conversation and drive. :rolleyes:
At Christmas I no more desire a rose
Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth;
But like of each thing that in season grows. -Shakespeare