had a front tire suddenly blow out at about 65-70mph on a >downhill
interstate curve. The rim immediately dug in and the car flipped over 4-5
times (or so I was told by a eyewitness ) and ended up >remarkably
barrel-shaped and upside down in a drainage culvert in the central divide -
I lost a small piece of one of my ears and various cuts >and bruises and but
otherwise was undamaged. Then in '99 I met a sleeping driver who suddenly
swerved across a state highway into my >path - probably an 80-90mph offset
head-on impact. I came off a bit worse that time. In neither case was there
time to avoid a crash, you >just had to try to make some very quick
decisions about whether you could make the situation a bit more more
surviveable.
tires for signs of road damage and always wear a seat belt.
Yes my comment was taken a bit out of context. The "avoid crashing" was
referring to not driving significantly slower than the other traffic in
order to be safe, and my argument was it's better to use common sense, stay
aware, and avoid causing a preventable crash in the first place then to
drive really slow hoping to make the crash less severe. Obviously you can't
always avoid it, there's plenty of stupid people on the road and if you
never make a mistake, chances are someone else will sooner or later.
