Comments Welcome Here's the photos of my accident Thursday Lucky or Unlucky??

[dunover]

Note the grey plastic fascia split where my knees went through.




The solid steel on the back of the stationary wagon stopped 18 inches from my head.





Still very sore sternum/chest so can't breath deeply and get up/lie down and left knee won't bend. Plus back of neck sore. Thanks Santa.

 

[gsx600]

Wow

I would say very lucky to be alive....a guardian angel was looking out for you.

 

[dionysus]

I'm going with lucky. As a driver, your chances of being in an accident over your life are something like 1 in 1.
I was a passenger in the front when another car caved in the side -broke my back in 4 spots, threw me into the driver with enough force I broke her arm.
Cop said 'you'd have had your belt on, you'd be dead'. The fact that I'm walking today, I take it as lucky.

 

[LaHutti]

Ouch ... lucky.
What happened ? Did you try to move a parked garbage truck ?

 

[Cleveland]

I'd say lucky. Glad to see you're ok.

 

[MillyOfLeValley]

Wow very lucky thank Goodness you had no serious injuries

 

[dunover]

Ouch ... lucky.
What happened ? Did you try to move a parked garbage truck ?

I didn't, but the driver did.

 

[randomiam]

alot of this happpens this time of year

tis the season for most drivers to be pre occupied thinking about xmas allways in a rush i call you lucky you came out ok i dont think it got much to do with santa but mabye a guardian angel

 

[chayton]

Yes I'd consider yourself lucky you weren't more badly hurt. If the car was a little lower or hit at a bit more of an angle, you might have been spending Christmas and New Year's in the hospital.

Funny - first thing I thought was WTF, where's the steering wheel?

 

[Nifty29]

Ouch!

No wonder you were sitting on stools!!

Here's to a far more pleasant 2014 mate

 

[KasinoKing]

I didn't, but the driver did.

Ah... well if you weren't driving then you were very lucky.
But what on earth was the driver doing to crash into the back of another vehicle?

Glad you didn't get seriously hurt.

KK

 

[PaaskeDenmark]

Pheew Lucky! Glad you are ok mate. That just looks absolute crazy

Here is to a great 2014 for you and also happy birthday from other day. I think you are in for some very lucky months of gambling!

 

[missmichelle]

Very lucky! So glad you are okay.

Michelle

 

[SubzeroWins]

You are one lucky bastard, no doubt about it.glad you're alright!
I was in a similar accident, the hood had curled back from the impact and was 3 centimeters short of decapitating me, with one of the corners sticking trough the windscreen. never felt more alive

 

[hausse222]

lol, as a German it took a while to realize that you sat in the left of the car though you didn´t drive
Happy you year and new life

 

[Mouche12]

So glad that you got out of this with only minor injuries - although painful. I wish you a speedy recovery and hope you win big soon to make up for this misery!

 

[rena35]

Very lucky indeed and its good you came out to tell about it.

 

[jetset]

Bloody hell....you used up all your monthly measure of good fortune in one go there, Dunover - glad you're OK (well, sort off!)

 

[chuchu59]

Note the grey plastic fascia split where my knees went through.

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The solid steel on the back of the stationary wagon stopped 18 inches from my head.


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Still very sore sternum/chest so can't breath deeply and get up/lie down and left knee won't bend. Plus back of neck sore. Thanks Santa.

Red may be your lucky colour. You may be born in a year of the Element Earth as Fire is your lucky element. Do you have a 3Dice account? I wanna send you a lucky chip for pulling through all this.

 

[rshkrn]

I'd say you got very lucky when it mattered!

 

[dunover]

Red may be your lucky colour. You may be born in a year of the Element Earth as Fire is your lucky element. Do you have a 3Dice account? I wanna send you a lucky chip for pulling through all this.

I'm actually born in year of the Dragon if that has any significance. I don't have a 3dice account but thanks!

 

[incrediblestuff]

A very good year indeed, the year of thee dragon, especially '76!!
Anyway, i'd definitely call that lucky, and glad you're ok!

 

[dunover]

lol, as a German it took a while to realize that you sat in the left of the car though you didn´t drive
Happy you year and new life

Yes, in the civilized countries like the UK/Aus/NZ/S.Africa/Japan etc. we drive on the left...

 

[Balthazar]

...and I thought I were driving a small car.

What is that? A Golf Cart? Where's the engine on those things? Lucky to be alive indeed.

 

[dunover]

...and I thought I were driving a small car.

What is that? A Golf Cart?

It is now.


The wagon is very big BTW

 

[Balthazar]

It is now.


The wagon is very big BTW

The pic is misleading then. What make/model?

 

[dunover]

The pic is misleading then. What make/model?

This site still wont upload pics but here's the exact model:

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[aceking123]

best of luck getting well dunover , anyway at least you got very very lucky there !

 

[chuchu59]

I'm actually born in year of the Dragon if that has any significance. I don't have a 3dice account but thanks!

No matter which sign you were born under every twelfth day its a poor day for everybody. It so happens that 22 December this year is a poor day for those born in the year of the Dragon. Its winter solstice festival for us Chinese folks though.

 

[mrmark21]

That's terrible! Wishing you a speedy recovery Dunover

 

[Mousey]

Yes, in the civilized countries like the UK/Aus/NZ/S.Africa/Japan etc. we drive on the left...

Yes and you also drive cars the size of a thimble.

And USA cars are following along... newer cars getting smaller and smaller, made of tinfoil and plastic... it's like driving around in toys... and just about as safe.

Glad you made it without any major injuries dunover.

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Glad to hear you're in one piece dunover, not a pleasant experience for sure but as has already been noted, could have finished off a lot worse than you did.

The collision must have occurred at a reasonable pace, how the hell did the driver pile into the back of something that size?

 

[dunover]

Glad to hear you're in one piece dunover, not a pleasant experience for sure but as has already been noted, could have finished off a lot worse than you did.

The collision must have occurred at a reasonable pace, how the hell did the driver pile into the back of something that size?

Yet to be determined, he will face enquiries. I saw it. He didn't. As for the van, even in your worst post-AWP hiding rages you couldn't have trashed it like that....

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Modern vehicles are designed in such a way that they crumple and fold up to absorb the impact to protect the occupants, so ironically the damage can look worse than it would have done in an older car, but the passengers would have suffered far worse injuries.

It's also why vehicles can get written off after relatively minor collisions, as the crumple zones do their job.

Some people think modern cars aren't as 'strong' (and by extension safe) as older cars, but of course the reverse is the case and it's common for folks to survive crashes now that in the past would have been fatalities, or at least resulted in very serious injuries.

 

[dunover]

Modern vehicles are designed in such a way that they crumple and fold up to absorb the impact to protect the occupants, so ironically the damage can look worse than it would have done in an older car, but the passengers would have suffered far worse injuries.

It's also why vehicles can get written off after relatively minor collisions, as the crumple zones do their job.

Some people think modern cars aren't as 'strong' (and by extension safe) as older cars, but of course the reverse is the case and it's common for folks to survive crashes now that in the past would have been fatalities, or at least resulted in very serious injuries.

Indeed, but no vehicle has ever incorporated anti-cretin driver technology. As I found out. Boy are those pyrotechnics behind the airbags loud.....

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Indeed, but no vehicle has ever incorporated anti-cretin driver technology. As I found out. Boy are those pyrotechnics behind the airbags loud.....

Yep, although considering they're fully deployed within about 100 milliseconds of the onset of the crash, they need a fair bit of pep behind them

In fact, quicker than that! Decision is made to deploy within 15 milliseconds, fully deployed in 60 to 80 milliseconds, so less than one tenth of a second, hence the bloody big bang from the charge!

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Typically, the decision to deploy an airbag in a frontal crash is made within 15 to 30 milliseconds after the onset of the crash, and both the driver and passenger airbags are fully inflated within approximately 60-80 milliseconds after the first moment of vehicle contact. If an airbag deploys too late or too slowly, the risk of occupant injury from contact with the inflating airbag may increase.