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Mad Aussie
03-28-2010, 06:15 PM
Just remembered what I found on our drive yesterday morning. We cruised up and over Mt Mee and down a very cool road for cycling that I'd never ridden on but my wife had so I wanted to check it out.
At the bottom was the scene below.
I parked the van (you can see it in the background) on a concrete driveway.

The accident had started about 5 metres further back (the other side of my van) and rolled into the ditch.
Actually it started when the driver decided to drive too fast on wet roads with a rear tyre so bald Michael Schumacher would have put it on his F1 car.

Anyhow ... I grabbed the camera and headed over for a look ... hoping not to find a body or someone injured in there. Thankfully it appears the occupant(s) had escaped unhurt.

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Michaelaw
03-28-2010, 06:43 PM
Yep...Walking up on that scene would give me the fear for sure. You must have been relieved that no drastically injured occupants were within :D
That rear tire is as bald as a babies bum...Poor traction there!
Mad Aussie
03-28-2010, 06:58 PM
Yeh I'd rather not have to check for life signs on someone who has passed, who have to deal with someone injured badly. Not sure of what phone coverage I had there either.
jjeling
03-30-2010, 01:52 AM
Thats kind of crazy to come upon a scene like that. Glad to hear noone was injured. I probably would have spent some time with this one. Should have been driving a Suburu, or a Jeep.
Mad Aussie
03-30-2010, 02:05 AM
I've come across this sort of scene a few times actually. Usually while either riding my bike up the side of a mountain or, like this time, out driving with my camera around a mountain.
Water ... mountain roads ... speed ... bad driving ... bald tyres ... you gotta wonder!
jjeling
03-30-2010, 02:10 AM
HA, wish I could say the same, but not really. Everything is about as flat as a penny in our parts of the Midwest USA. Couple bumps here and there, but thats about it. Although I did see a car that drove up a guardrail the other day. It was at night and there were about 6 cops around so I didnt stop.