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re: Your biggest uh oh moment
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:47 am to Pettifogger
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:47 am to Pettifogger
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Hydroplaned on 20 once outside of Birmingham. That feeling as you begin to lose all control is a pretty terrifying one.
This happened one Christmas Eve back around 98-99. We were coming home from my MIL's house just south of B'ham in my wife's Grand Cherokee. We were on I-59 north coming through downtown B'ham and the roads were starting to ice (the interstate is elevated through downtown). We'd just got to the exit for the Civic Center and it had got bad enough that I knew we had to get down on ground level. The exit ramp on the north bound there is one of those that does a semicircle. Soon as I hit the ramp I realized it was a solid sheet of ice. Scared the hell out of me but somehow we just glided right down the middle of the ramp and hit the street which thankfully was not iced over yet. We still had quite an adventure making it home that night, having to turn around twice and take alternate routes when we got to iced over bridges that had been closed.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:49 am to Darth_Vader
Day I agreed to move to Dallas with my college gf after graduation.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 9:56 am to Darth_Vader
Lived in New Hampshire for a year. Rolling towards a 3 way intersection a minute into my commute, I hit the brakes for the red light and the ice slide begins.
I'm making a right and turning the wheel right as I'm sliding towards a nice BMW that's in the left lane. He is a badass mofo because he sees me sliding and hits the gas. My SUV slides right in behind him in the left lane maybe a foot away from clipping his bumper.
SUV gains traction perfectly in lane as if I did it all on purpose
I'm making a right and turning the wheel right as I'm sliding towards a nice BMW that's in the left lane. He is a badass mofo because he sees me sliding and hits the gas. My SUV slides right in behind him in the left lane maybe a foot away from clipping his bumper.
SUV gains traction perfectly in lane as if I did it all on purpose
This post was edited on 4/2/15 at 9:57 am
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