RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision)
Login  | |
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/12/2007 1:56:16 PM
|
|
|
Psychropod
Posts: 338
Joined: 5/23/2007
From: Baltimore, MD
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: EuroGoldLS
I've also seen what happens when a car hits the water at 70mph... (this was actually another Maxima driven by two ragheads.) the driver fell asleep and went perfectly in between the guard rails of the bridge over Holts pond. Rolled the hood back and busted the windsheild.
That must be a Maxima issue, because that's exactly what happened to my '98 Maxima when it was totalled last year! The hood folded back and smashed the windshield. If it wasn't for the seatbelts and airbags, my wife (girlfriend at the time) and I would have been decapitated.
Details of the accident: I was driving northbound on I-97 (the Baltimore-Annapolis Freeway), and this fool of a construction worker swings a U from the opposite side. Instead of gradually merging into the oncoming traffic (fast lane, I might add), he just pulled straight in, right in front of me! As soon as I saw him coming out, I knew there was no avoiding it. My first instinct was to make a quick lane change, but I couldn't, because there were other cars in the right lane. I had to take the lesser hit, which was to rear-end him. It was ruled his fault, because he did not yield. Even though he was on duty, we couldn't sue the state because he was driving his own personal vehicle -- a brand new Nissan Titan that was totally demolished. However, there's still justice, 'cause he ended up paying for our honeymoon! 
quote:
ORIGINAL: tcmeiss
I used to work right down from there (across from the post office near the Farm Show Complex)... That construction was always a pain to drive in...
And I've driven through that site also -- on my way from Baltimore to Syracuse! It really is a small world...
As for accidents I've witnessed:
- When I was a junior in high school, I was riding on the school bus, and one of my classmates had just gotten a brand new red sports car from his daddy. He was showing off in front of the kids on the bus. On a two-lane, winding road, he passed us at about 60mph (speed limit 35), proceeded to lose control, and crashed out right in front of us! What an idiot!
- Last month, I was driving on the inner loop of the Baltimore beltway, I-695. On the opposite side, I saw a lady careening into the jersey wall. I pulled over and jumped out to help. Somebody had run her right off the highway, causing her car to slam head-on into the concrete barrier (which fortunately prevented her from going straight into oncoming traffic). She only suffered a broken arm, but she was in a lot of pain. I don't even know if they caught the person who caused the accident, because he or she never stopped.
I've witnessed a few others, but I can't think of them now. Maybe I'll edit when I remember 'em...
< Message edited by Psychropod -- 10/12/2007 2:52:14 PM >
_____________________________
Raphael
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/12/2007 5:08:23 PM
|
|
|
thegr81
Posts: 2621
Joined: 1/16/2007
From: PHOENIX,AZ
Status: offline
|
i agree must be a maxima thing i had a 99 maxima but it was all raced out i had alot of work done to it full cage motor swap took it from a front wheel to an all wheel drive to accomodate the rb26dett and tranni yea it was a long process on that one it took me 4 yrs to do it custom build the back half for the rear end outta an old 300zx which is narrow enough fuel cell and yea it was fast so i was driving doing 15mph coming up to a red light then i get smashed from behind by a tow truck and pushed under another car when i came to the rear bumper of the car in front of me was in my face thank god i had a full cage or i woulda deffinitly been done for.i still miss that car i built it when i was in the military when i had the cash 
_____________________________
2001 2wd 4.3 vortec v6
"I'm not fat, I'm a minitrucker"
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/15/2007 7:49:11 PM
|
|
|
EuroGoldLS
Posts: 3121
Joined: 2/9/2007
From: Princeton, NC, USA
Status: offline
|
Does the jinx come with the Maxima at no extra charge? Friday night a Maxima cleaned out a ditch between here and downtown Princeton.
_____________________________
My theory is that every disrict in the USA tries to send their lying scumbags to either prison or Washington D.C. -rivereye
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/16/2007 10:35:47 AM
|
|
|
Psychropod
Posts: 338
Joined: 5/23/2007
From: Baltimore, MD
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: EuroGoldLS
Does the jinx come with the Maxima at no extra charge? Friday night a Maxima cleaned out a ditch between here and downtown Princeton.
Dayummm....but would you believe I'm considering buying another one? I want the 3.5 so bad. The last one was the 3.0. Those cars are really trickable.
Thegr81 -- you should have bought an Infiniti G35 instead, because it uses the same engine but on a RWD platform -- and it's already tweaked at the factory, making 298 hp. For the money you spent doing the work yourself, you may have come out ahead.
I used to have a '97 Grand Am GT also, which was pretty quick, but the Maxima was faster. I wanted to upgrade to a Grand Prix, but the bastards at GM don't offer a stick shift at all. It makes no sense, and that's why I went Japanese.
_____________________________
Raphael
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/16/2007 2:40:12 PM
|
|
|
tcmeiss
Posts: 17
Joined: 7/27/2007
From: Lancaster, PA
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: Psychropod
I used to have a '97 Grand Am GT also, which was pretty quick, but the Maxima was faster. I wanted to upgrade to a Grand Prix, but the bastards at GM don't offer a stick shift at all. It makes no sense, and that's why I went Japanese.
yeah kinda stinks, but TAPShift is one of the best manu-matics i've ever driven... I almost got an Altima SE-R but I ended up getting a better deal on my GXP (and i didn't care for Nissan's "slap stick")... and you can't make a VQ35 growl quite like an LS4...
_____________________________
TC
1996 Teal Green Blazer LT (4dr, 4wd)
2005 Galaxy Silver Metallic Grand Prix GXP (MagnaFlow Cat-Back)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/17/2007 7:44:11 AM
|
|
|
EuroGoldLS
Posts: 3121
Joined: 2/9/2007
From: Princeton, NC, USA
Status: offline
|
Don't ya just love owning a rollover prone vehicle?
_____________________________
My theory is that every disrict in the USA tries to send their lying scumbags to either prison or Washington D.C. -rivereye
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/17/2007 8:04:08 AM
|
|
|
Psychropod
Posts: 338
Joined: 5/23/2007
From: Baltimore, MD
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: tcmeiss
quote:
ORIGINAL: Psychropod
I used to have a '97 Grand Am GT also, which was pretty quick, but the Maxima was faster. I wanted to upgrade to a Grand Prix, but the bastards at GM don't offer a stick shift at all. It makes no sense, and that's why I went Japanese.
yeah kinda stinks, but TAPShift is one of the best manu-matics i've ever driven... I almost got an Altima SE-R but I ended up getting a better deal on my GXP (and i didn't care for Nissan's "slap stick")... and you can't make a VQ35 growl quite like an LS4...
So what didn't you like about Nissan's transmission? Trust me -- there's a big difference between an Altima and a G35. I've test driven a couple of G35's with the six-speed, and they FLEW! Maybe I should test drive a G35 and then a GXP right after, to compare.
You can get an LS4 in a Grand Prix now?? It still begs the question -- if you can get a stick in a GTO, then why can't you get one in a GXP? (Come to think of it, maybe it's possible to steal a manny out of a GTO and put it in a GXP. I wonder if anybody's done that...)
But okay, I think we're digressing from the thread topic. Maybe we can continue this conversation in the Lounge.
(Edit) Okay, I continued the conversation in the Lounge. Click here to enter.
< Message edited by Psychropod -- 10/17/2007 9:55:22 AM >
_____________________________
Raphael
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 3/27/2008 6:57:59 PM
|
|
|
tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Posts: 284
Joined: 3/4/2008
Status: offline
|
I was in a accident, I had a 97 pontiac boneville, it was january 18th roughly 1:30 pm to be exact an it was a snowy day about 3 in. on the ground an the rouad i was on had not been plowed, well i saw a pickup coming so i got as far over as i dared, to make as much space between me an the pickup as possible. Well need less to say i got to far over, my right rear tire dropped of the road on to the shoulder( about a 2 in drop from road to shoulder) i corected but overcorrected so now i was fishtailing. Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do. well i was running perpendicular with the road with the pickup coming right toawards me, he swerved to the right to miss me. I hit his driver side rear, with my front, both airbags deployed. NO injurys i had pain in my chest for a couple of days afterwards. There was no tickets, it was just the weather. And thats how i ended up with a blazer. My car ended up being totalled, but the guys pickup just had some axle damage, but they had quite the vocabulary. Lots of f in heimers lol but i guess i did hit them. thats my story.
_____________________________
2000 4dr. 4wd. Blazer
glasspack muffler
pioneer headunit
235/75/15 Bridgestone dueler at
15" American Racing outlaw 2s
Future upgrades:
Speakers all around
subs
taillights
cold air intake
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 3/28/2008 2:41:13 AM
|
|
|
drperry
Posts: 3901
Joined: 1/12/2007
From: GP AB CA
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.
Or e-brake to spin the arse end out of the way faster.
_____________________________
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 3/28/2008 11:29:14 AM
|
|
|
EuroGoldLS
Posts: 3121
Joined: 2/9/2007
From: Princeton, NC, USA
Status: offline
|
I think the Maxima jinx covers the Altima as well. I saw one the other day in the rain. It apparently skidded off the road and had a tango wit the ditch culvert. about a mile down highway 70 from where the one I was talking about earlier in this thread split the guard rails and hit the water.
_____________________________
My theory is that every disrict in the USA tries to send their lying scumbags to either prison or Washington D.C. -rivereye
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 3/28/2008 2:18:19 PM
|
|
|
tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Posts: 284
Joined: 3/4/2008
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: drperry
quote:
ORIGINAL: tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.
Or e-brake to spin the arse end out of the way faster.
It didnt have a fun stick, it had a pedal.
_____________________________
2000 4dr. 4wd. Blazer
glasspack muffler
pioneer headunit
235/75/15 Bridgestone dueler at
15" American Racing outlaw 2s
Future upgrades:
Speakers all around
subs
taillights
cold air intake
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 3/28/2008 2:53:45 PM
|
|
|
drperry
Posts: 3901
Joined: 1/12/2007
From: GP AB CA
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: EuroGoldLS
I think the Maxima jinx covers the Altima as well. I saw one the other day in the rain. It apparently skidded off the road and had a tango wit the ditch culvert. about a mile down highway 70 from where the one I was talking about earlier in this thread split the guard rails and hit the water.
I drove a Maxima last night... One of the older ones, and the rear end is uber light... Like going around a corner, on gravel, or snow/ice, I could go faster in my Blazer, while ON the throttle, and accelerating... And the Blazer is less likely to spin out, lol.
quote:
ORIGINAL: tjwiens91@hotmail.co
quote:
ORIGINAL: drperry
quote:
ORIGINAL: tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.
Or e-brake to spin the arse end out of the way faster.
It didnt have a fun stick, it had a pedal.
Just needed to swing out of the way :)
Time for parking lot practice sessions!
If there's still enough snow for you to do it, lol... we've got practically none here...
_____________________________
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/3/2008 8:16:41 AM
|
|
|
Psychropod
Posts: 338
Joined: 5/23/2007
From: Baltimore, MD
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: drperry
quote:
ORIGINAL: tjwiens91@hotmail.co
Once a front wheel drive car starts to fishtail there aint much you can do.
Steer into the skid and hammer on the throttle.
Or e-brake to spin the arse end out of the way faster.
I wish I had thought of that when the Grand Am was totalled. I think that was before I started playing Grand Theft Auto. LOL
_____________________________
Raphael
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 4/17/2008 6:47:22 AM
|
|
|
jmb0326
Posts: 60
Joined: 3/28/2008
From: Ft. Wayne, IN
Status: offline
|
This past winter while driving North on I69 (the roads were clear, or at least appeared to be) traffic was moving nicely at about 70-75 mph when we hit black ice. Apparently the mini van that was in front of the semi I was following slowed down a lot faster than the semi. What I saw was the semi hit his brakes and almost jack knife and what appeared to be an explosion of plastic and metal come out the sides, then I see a minivan being crushed into the guardrail between it and the semi....Believe me, it's not a good feeling when you see a semi go almost sideways right in front of you when you're on ice. I stopped and checked on the driver of the (totalled) van and he was very shaken but ok. After that I saw three more accidents (already happened didn't actually witness) in the next 1-1/2 miles.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 9/13/2008 11:18:13 AM
|
|
|
jukdd
Posts: 38
Joined: 4/21/2008
Status: offline
|
It wasn''t a super huge collision, but i was sitting in traffic, and some guy pulled came out of burger king into the left turn lane, and on the oppisite side of the street a van came out of nowhere turning out of riteaid, and the van smashed the side of the car that came out of BK. His car was badly damaged from that impact. It was two cars in front of me.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Driving I-95 (escaped collision) - 10/2/2008 9:14:19 PM
|
|
|
cpm0487
Posts: 15
Joined: 5/1/2008
Status: offline
|
The most horrific one i saw had to be when a Ford ranger went between the bridges on the highway, only to land through the side of a Plymouth Caravan, which killed the lady in the backseat. The guy had fallen asleep at the wheel after too many alcoholic beverages, senseless really. When i saw that truck fly through there i locked em'' up and pulled off into the median to see if there was anything i might be able to do, and all i saw was the lady''s daughter in the front seat get out and start screaming horribly. Not a good time dudes. I still get a lump in my throat thinking about it.
|
|
|
|
 Today's Posts
Most Active Topics
Make A Donation
Forum Rules & FAQ
RSS Feeds
Chevy Blazer Prices
Chevy Blazer
Trailblazer SS
Advertising Info
|
Blazer Forum .com is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chevrolet Motors Division or General Motors.
|
Printable Version
