Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted August 29, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 29, 2014 literally. BAM! BANG! And that was that. I was driving down the road and suddenly a green curtain dropped in front of car. I had just enough time to recognize the 'curtain' as a limb filled with leaves. The car bounced in the air, thumped a couple times on the way down, and came to a stop. Somewhere along the line I'd managed to get a foot on the brake and try to steer left to avoid the tree, but no luck. I had to call a tow truck since the radiator was dripping antifreeze into the road. Looks like at least a front end alignment as the front wheels didn't look like they'd track straight. Busted up front bumper and plastic trim, and passenger side rocker panel dented up. Front wheel bent and tire ripped up. I seem to be ok, maybe just banged my hand on the dash because the skin was scraped up a bit. At first I was rather ticked at myself because I didn't avoid the tree, but it literally dropped right in front of the car. I didn't stand a chance. A lady standing in front of her house saw it and thought the limb dropped on the car, it was that close. This gives you an idea of the size of the limb that fell If you look at the limb you can see a couple of white spots. That's where my car took the bark off as it went up and over the limb. That part of the limb was about 2 feet off the ground. The front tire and rim with a bit of souvenir wood to knock on for good luck I was on my way to a meeting, and needless to say I didn't make it. I called one of the engineers I was supposed to meet and he said "That has to be the best excuse I ever heard to get out of a meeting!" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted August 29, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 29, 2014 Wow....just goes to show ya...timing is everything. Glad you weren't hurt...cars can be replaced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 29, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 29, 2014 Is Nate ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destination Posted August 29, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 29, 2014 Wow. Glad you're safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted August 29, 2014 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2014 Wow. What are the odds, I wonder? That same sort of thing happened here locally about a year ago during a storm and the driver was killed. Seriously. Glad you didn't get hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 29, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 29, 2014 Holy cow, TK!!! Glad you were not hurt! That's crazy stuff right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 29, 2014 Share #7 Posted August 29, 2014 Glad you weren't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted August 29, 2014 Glad you're OK - jeez, what are the chances of this happening? That "limb" might as well have been a "tree". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted August 29, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 29, 2014 Well apparently you haven't heard of the Governors new program "limbs 4 limbs" In order to crack down on reckless drivers speeding down the highways, who could potentially get into an accident and lose a limb, he has ordered all street trees to drop their limbs in front of such drivers. I really can't believe you haven't heard of this, you live right there next to the guy. I'm sure there will be a press release this morning giving him credit for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 29, 2014 Share #10 Posted August 29, 2014 Yeah - scary how close we came to losing you! I sure hope you aren;t reduced to buying an Aztek if you have to replace your wheels. They are "cute". D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 23, 2014 Share #11 Posted September 23, 2014 So, you were drunk and texting? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 23, 2014 Share #12 Posted September 23, 2014 So, you were drunk and texting? It was a single vehicle accident, so probably. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted September 23, 2014 Share #13 Posted September 23, 2014 It was a single vehicle accident, so probably. Is there a word for drunk text driving? Druxtving? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 4, 2017 Share #14 Posted February 4, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 4, 2017 Share #15 Posted February 4, 2017 I'm glad you're ok TK. When everything settles down we will go find a book about tree body collisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 4, 2017 Share #16 Posted February 4, 2017 9 hours ago, Ralph T. Mooseknuckle said: Nice dredge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted February 4, 2017 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Nice dredge It was a high hanging curve ball, I had to swing at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted February 4, 2017 Share #18 Posted February 4, 2017 10 minutes ago, Ralph T. Mooseknuckle said: It was a high hanging curve ball, I had to swing at it. Congrats. I would have had a hard time searching for it with that rather unusual title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 4, 2017 Share #19 Posted February 4, 2017 I had a coworker and her husband who were killed when a tree fell on their car, so I think about that risk more than I used to. Very glad you are ok and it was only the car (and the tree) that had serious injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted February 4, 2017 Share #20 Posted February 4, 2017 Is this you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 4, 2017 Share #21 Posted February 4, 2017 Fake news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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