Originally Posted by Socks

I've had two very close incidents driving a car that I can think of right now.

First one was all my fault. I was driving normal highway speeds and looked down to change the radio. Looked up and the car in front of me was 100% stopped. I didn't have any time, I just instantly whipped the wheel to the right and back left again without seeing who was beside me, and there was just enough space, with an 18 wheeler right on my ass in the next lane honking at me.

The second time I was on a two lane curved overpass probably 50+ feet in the air. For whatever reason the right lane was jammed with slower moving traffic and the left lane was wide open. I was doing maybe 80km/h around the curve, blazing past the people in the other lane. Then some old lady driver just slowly changes lanes in front of me without looking or signalling. The speed difference was enough that I couldn't stop in time, so I honked and flashed my lights, but it was too late.. I threw my car right then left hard, and was now sliding sideways on the road, staring at the wall in front of me.. Then my car started a massive fishtail.. I gained control and was able to drive away without hitting anything at all. I was mad enough that I didn't stop, I just drove away. I looked in my rear view and everyone had stopped their car. Truly amazing I didn't hit the wall or someone else.