That Was Close !

[Bazile]

Have you ever been in any life threatening situations / had a lucky escape ?
( apart from illness ) ?

[jennyjoan]

Yes, 2 car crashes.

One about 1980 - old vehicle and brakes failed. I somersaulted over twice and landed upside down. I escaped with big bruises on my thighs and quite bad lumps on my head.

Also in 1998 again on a motorway I was slowing down when a massive truck hit me from the left - I bounded on up to hit 2 more cars. Walked away from that.

[cupid04]

Ran out in the road when I was a toddler...I'd seen an ice-cream van on the other side of the road and ran out without looking. A car had to screech and swerve to avoid hitting me.

[Cathyhuns]

Rolled over in a 1974 open topped sports car. Crushed my fingers because I grabbed the roll bar but otherwise the 40 year old seatbelts held us in place and we walked away with just bruises.

[Baldric]

Yes, bit of Argy-Bargy back in early 80's, thought I'd been shot, turned out to be a chunk of rock the had been hit by a bullet(?) had taken off, and I got in the way (must stop doing that!)

[BongoFury]

in 1973, i was in Summerland on the isle of man the day before it burned down, that year we had to go home early for some reason, otherwise i would probably have been in it. Then in 1987 with my wife, then girlfriend went on a trip to Brussels and was on the the Herald of free enterprise a couple of days before it capsized.

[jno]

I hope you have stopped, Baldric...

[Svejk]

no-one will want to post after you, bongo. ;)
doh!

[rabet]

Fell off a balcony when working on a building site; my safety helmet flew off before I hit the ground but fortunately I landed hands first like a diver and didn't bang my head. Both forearms smashed in several places, but it could have been worse.

[Slapshot]

Came off a bike doing over a ton... couple of broken bones and a bit of road rash... wasn't too bad really, I was very well protected!

[clyde59]

Fell of a ladder cleaning windows,same as rabet smashed both arms and done my knee in

[grasscarp]

I was in a bad car accident when I was about 20 in France. Funny thing was I knew it was going to happen. For the whole holiday I was worrying what my mother would think when she saw in the paper I had been killed in a car crash in France when I hadnt told her I was going there. (with boyfriend parents didnt like)

[aelmpvw]

four of us rolled over endlessly in a reliant robin and not a scratch between us

[Bazile]

Baldric - where were you , with bullets flying around ?

[Slapshot]

Balders....Falklands??

[aelmpvw]

to clarify, it was the reliant robin that was rolling over ...

[Svejk]

sounds like your parents were right, glasscarp.. ;)

[SirOracle]

Maybe guarding our shores to repel immigrants Bazile.

[Zacs-Master]

When I was about 7 I slid on he lino in the kitchen and went straight thru a plate glass door. My mum didnt dare look but all I had was a small cut on my forehead.

Not sure how accurate this is but flying on holiday earlier this year and I felt the plan 'bump' slightly, almost like a momentary build up of pressure. I looked back out of the window and we had flown underneath another passenger jet which i could very clearly see for a few seconds, much closer than I think it should have been, so not sure how close that was.

[grasscarp]

They were Svejk. The idiot grabbed the steering wheel while I was driving (said I was too close to the middle of the road - it was a country lane type backroad). Car rolled. Thought I had lost my sight forever but it came back as we arrived at hospital where they stitched up back of my head and lower leg. We returned somehow to UK. Car and belongings didnt make it.

[Hopkirk]

I had a season ticket for A & E as a kid.