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OutOfTheCube · 03-04-2019, 07:22 AM

A time when you almost died or narrowly avoided tragedy? When a difference in seconds or a change in plans saved your life?

Last summer I was with the family in BC at The Log Barn just outside Vernon. We were leaving, going to turn back out on to the highway — look the one way, clear. Look the other way (the side I’m turning in to, the close side), all clear. I start to pull out and have a car blast past me, missing by inches. When I looked the other way, someone had pulled in to the oncoming lane (the lane I was turning in to) to pass. Had I started to drive even one second earlier, my wife would’ve certainly been killed as the car would’ve hit her side at 110km/h. Likely my youngest too. Me and my oldest would’ve been seriously injured, at best. Sometimes I still think about that, how a matter of seconds was the difference between tragedy and life going as normal. Obviously I learned a lesson that day to triple check before pulling on to the highway — I don’t do a lot of highway driving and someone pulling out to pass hadn’t even occurred to me.

What’s your scariest ‘near miss’? Can be driving related or not.

03-04-2019, 07:22 AM	#1
OutOfTheCube Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	What’s your scariest ‘near miss’? A time when you almost died or narrowly avoided tragedy? When a difference in seconds or a change in plans saved your life? Last summer I was with the family in BC at The Log Barn just outside Vernon. We were leaving, going to turn back out on to the highway — look the one way, clear. Look the other way (the side I’m turning in to, the close side), all clear. I start to pull out and have a car blast past me, missing by inches. When I looked the other way, someone had pulled in to the oncoming lane (the lane I was turning in to) to pass. Had I started to drive even one second earlier, my wife would’ve certainly been killed as the car would’ve hit her side at 110km/h. Likely my youngest too. Me and my oldest would’ve been seriously injured, at best. Sometimes I still think about that, how a matter of seconds was the difference between tragedy and life going as normal. Obviously I learned a lesson that day to triple check before pulling on to the highway — I don’t do a lot of highway driving and someone pulling out to pass hadn’t even occurred to me. What’s your scariest ‘near miss’? Can be driving related or not.