Car - Volvo V40
Years ago - 4
Road - Highway
Time - 2pm
What was i doing - Cruising
What happened -
Well, I was passing by a truck and was on the utter left lane cruising at 160 Km/h with the truck 5 meters in front on the right lane, then some lady drove up the highway at around 60 Km/hour ( which is illegal) and instead of first gaining speed, she cut off the truck who was driving aprox. 100. , the truck took the good decsion to swing out instead of driving over the womans Fiat Punto at 100Km/hour .. instead he cut me of and went full on the brakes while I had only 4 meters left to react. According to the police I didn't even break, i just pulled my steeringwheel to the right and hit the right backside of the truck (which was down to 40km /hour by then) fullspeed ( around 160) with my left frontside, Car went into a spin from hell, bounced against the side of the highway BACK to the truck ( twice back and forth between side of highway and truck) and finally finished somehwere in the middle of the highway.
Got out without a scratch ( did have to get out through the sunroof because the car was completely smashed where only the cage of the front and backseats was left ( no more trunk, no more engine). Must have had a guardian angel ( which the cops told me repeatantly ;-) that day )
Eitherway, the speed probably did something but I don't think the extra 40km/hour really made a difference. Best of all: The lady who cause this chain of events just drove further, didn't even flinch or react, probably was powdering her nose and didn't even notice the fuzz GRRRRR
Did i learn my lesson - ? You mean there was a lesson in this ? ;-).. Well, I learned that a volvo is a robust car, that elder ladies in small city cars are a severe danger to society ( which was proved to me on several occassions after the accident aswell) and that trucks don't give, and I do mean @ ALL !