Awesome Mitsu Lancer video, how to drive, and how not to... Options

[richardL]

Take a look at this video:

http://www.gti18t.com/files/lancer500.wmv

Richard

[mikester]

when I was 18; I got stupid on the freeway and was going very fast in my mom's new MX-6 (1992). I was in the fast lane on the 60 freeway out of Rubioux here in CA, probably only doing about 100 (...only he says...) and there was a car up ahead probably only doing 75 at most in the same lane. I moved over to the next lane on the right...slowed down a bit too. Then they cut in front of me... I yanked the wheel over to miss them, I didn't have any time, they just cut there in front of me and I was going to fast. The car went crazy sliding and then I was on the inside dirt shoulder between both directions of sparse traffic...

I finally got a hold of the car at about 60 mph on the shoulder and I decided I better get back on the road.

As soon as the tires got hold of the asphalt the car went sideways and start rolling, from what I understand it went over 5 and 1/2 times ending up on the top on the other side of the highway. I hit the car that cut me off a bit (broke her tail light on one side and that is it) and sent them spinning and then up an embankment on the side of the road.

I climbed out of the car...luckily without a scratch. The car of course was totaled and to this day I wish I had a picture.

I got picked up by the CHP of course but was lucky again in that one of the officers on the scene was a neighbor. He took care of me and got me home too. I took a lot of shit for that accident and probably deserved a lot of it for driving my mom's car like that and endangering the public in such a way. And I almost never once said outloud in my own defence...that woman changed lanes into me and cut me off. I may have been going to fast, but she didn't LOOK where she was going.

It's been a few years, Dad's stopped hounding me about it now - it's safe to defend myself. Other than the life threatening part it was an "E" ticket ride.