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Originally Posted by Slava
My wife is not at all impressed with my antics in these conditions. I think it's awesome (and have tried to explain to her that screwing around potentially gives you tried and tested skills if you're in a situation where you need them!).
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Slava... show your wife this...
screwing around in the snow and knowing how to drive out of a slide saved my/my wife's life 13 years ago this coming july.
we were coming back to kelowna from a trip to calgary (celebrating our 10 year anniversary).
half way between golden and revelstoke on hwy1 we are approaching a left curve in the road. coming towards us in the other lane was a semi with an empty flatbed in tow. i guess somewhere on the flatbed was a tire rim that was unsecured. as the semi rounded the curve the rim slid off the back of his flatbed heading straight for me. i had time to yell, " *hit! " and then boom - the rim smoked my front driver side tire, then ripped into my skid plate, then back to hitting my gas tank, then driver side rear tire and then passenger side rear tire.
so there we are, now going sideways down hwy1 at about 90 km/hr into on coming traffic with flat tires.
i was able to get out of the skid and get to the side of the road with no injuries or any other collisions.
when the tow truck driver saw my tire tracks on the road he said he couldn't believe that i didn't flip. he asked me how i was able to drive out of the skid. i told him i LOVE screwing around in the snow and driving out of skids - it's just fun! and i guess having that experience saved our lives!
this is what hit me: (i went and got it off the highway so no one else would hit it)
rim by
bc-chris, on Flickr
and this was my truck:
side of road by
bc-chris, on Flickr
one positive out of all this was my wife gave me the green light to do whatever i wanted to do to my truck after that! ha! ha! oh the cash i've dumped into that truck over the years! it should be getting insurance on it again in a couple weeks - can't wait!
