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niky · 08-07-2018, 01:40 AM

I've only gotten in two accidents that I consider my fault.

One, when I'd just gotten licensed, I pulled out at a green light from beside a truck and got tagged by a guy beating the red light coming the other way. He was in the wrong, but I should have known better than to pull out without a clear view of the intersection.

The other, I flipped a car taking a sharp turn over a crest around 80 mph. We skipped over the bump, understeered out to the shoulder, the road jinked the other way, understeered towards that shoulder, hit a patch of dirt, went crosswise still doing 70, spun, slid across a fence backwards for a few hundred feet, came to a near stop in the grass with everything intact...

Hit a rock buried in the grass with the spare tire well... at 5 mph. The car flipped in Hollywood style slow motion.

Not my finest moment.

I did drive the car home, though.

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It was after that I started taking high performance driving seriously. Take it to the track, not the streets.

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niky Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Philippines Posts: 2,173 Thanks: 1,739 Thanked 589 Times in 401 Posts	I've only gotten in two accidents that I consider my fault. One, when I'd just gotten licensed, I pulled out at a green light from beside a truck and got tagged by a guy beating the red light coming the other way. He was in the wrong, but I should have known better than to pull out without a clear view of the intersection. The other, I flipped a car taking a sharp turn over a crest around 80 mph. We skipped over the bump, understeered out to the shoulder, the road jinked the other way, understeered towards that shoulder, hit a patch of dirt, went crosswise still doing 70, spun, slid across a fence backwards for a few hundred feet, came to a near stop in the grass with everything intact... Hit a rock buried in the grass with the spare tire well... at 5 mph. The car flipped in Hollywood style slow motion. Not my finest moment. I did drive the car home, though. - It was after that I started taking high performance driving seriously. Take it to the track, not the streets. Last edited by niky; 08-07-2018 at 01:48 AM..