Stupidity that almost killed us
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Reading the 'filling while engine running' non-drama, I thought it might be interesting to see a chain on stupid things we have all done that really did almost kill us. To avoid the 'almost stepped in front of a bus' stories, how about the following ground rules:
1) bruising, bleeding, or broken bones occurred,
2) you were shaky after it happened,
3) you still cringe thinking about it.Who knows, reading these might save some people in the future. I will add my somewhat embarrassing and definitely stupid incident in a bit.
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my contribution:
We have a house in the mountains with a gravel driveway pad and a steep drop off down the mountain (too steep to climb). Last year I tried to turn a 19' jayco trailer (3000 lb) around in the driveway by hand.
Chocked one wheel to prevent an oops, had wife stand on the back bicycle rack to lighten the tongue weight and I started swinging the trailer around. About 1/2 the way around, the wheel I was pivoting on decided to jump over the wheel chock. Like an idiot i tried to stop the trailer by digging my heels in the gravel, but within seconds I was tumbling under the trailer as it raced for the drop off.
Luckily my wife jumped off the bike rack, causing the tongue wheel to dig in more, and the trailer stopped about 2 feet from the edge with me about 3 feet from the rear wheels.
Bruised, shaky, and lucky.
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Was riding my bike and decided to ride on pavement as this particular road was a dangerous one, so I was riding along and suddenly this guy walks out infront of me, so I throw on my brakes fly off the bike right into the middle of the road, smashing my wrist during the crash and laid helplessly as I saw a double decker bus hurtling towards me as I lay in the road, he stopped just on time obviously. Fucking terrifying moment!
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The stupidity of my story was that I was 3 pints gone on this occasion!
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Spent a weekend drinking with some mates down south. A fuse in th main power box went out so we went to replace it. They gave me th duty to put it back in. As I put it back in, a mass of sparks occur.. We forgot to turn iff th power. I was drunk before it happend. But I sure was sober after.
Anothr-a mate opens up a Jerry can out cmping. It was a hot day. So instead of openin it slow an let th pressure down. He just opended it. Fuel went all over me. I was drenched in fuel. I was th only none smoker of 12 ppl there. So I sprinted for thbeach to wash it off. I still think. If someone unknowingly flicked their cigaret butt towards me. I would of been one big candle. (ps. Still can't stand the smell of petrol. Feel I'll while filling up th car) -
Insomnia had me up for three days. I was ridding with my dad in his truck, when we started to argue about something. When ever I get in an argument with someone I tend to just walk away before my inner hulk takes over. So I did just that, opened up the door and walked away. He was only going about 30mph but yeah that hurt. When someone says hit the ground running I just laugh now.
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I was riding my bike one day and ramping of some stuff my friends and I made. I went to ramp and when I came down I went head first over my handle bars. One handle bar went into my right thigh nearly hitting the artery there. I went to the hospital and got out that next day. 17 stitches on the inside and 17 onthe out side. My legs cramps at the hip if I stretch for too long.
Bruised, bloody, and fucked up with a 1-2 inch hole in my leg.
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ΤΓΔΙιΞΓΤΓΔΖΗ wrote:
Biking can kill.....I was riding my bike one day and ramping of some stuff my friends and I made. I went to ramp and when I came down I went head first over my handle bars. One handle bar went into my right thigh nearly hitting the artery there. I went to the hospital and got out that next day. 17 stitches on the inside and 17 onthe out side. My legs cramps at the hip if I stretch for too long.
Bruised, bloody, and fucked up with a 1-2 inch hole in my leg.
I was doing some jumps off a homemade dirt stunt trail down here in San Jose, and there was this split ramp that my friends dared me to try. I was feeling confident, so I gained speed, attempted to jump it, and realized I didn't have enough speed, so i tried applying the brakes. Hid the second part of the ramp, flippedd and dislocated my shoulder. I had to ride home. Not fun. -
Back in college, my girlfriend lived in about an hour away. On Friday I would usually drive the hour to stay with her for the weekend. The highway drive is a two-lane road with a lot of hills and limited visibility. On the drive back and forth I would often find myself stuck behind some loser doing the speed limit (go figure). One day, for whatever reason, this guy was really pissin' me off because I kept trying to lead up to pass him and he kept speeding up or doing something that would prevent me from passing him. But I showed him...I decided to pass him where the road had double-solid yellow lines, going up a hill, just before the rise. At the time I was like "Take that!"...but when I got done and thought about what I had done I realized if a car had come the other direction over the hill, I probably would have killed someone else or myself or both...stupidest thing I've ever done.
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I Was riding down a very steep street on my bike, I saw a pothole and i tried to Ollie over it. I forgot that I had my schoolbag on the back of my bike, so I only managed a wheelie. I landed the wheelie in the pothole. It flipped me over my handlebars, and I hit the street real hard. I kept on sliding down the street for about 50 feet. My girlfriend was on the sidewalk and watched everything. My phone in my pocket was untouched.
1. I was bleeding bad, half the skin on my right arm came off, some of my left arm, scraped my face and shredded my clothes... Alot of scrapes and bruises on my legs.
2. I was extremely shaky when it happened and it took a day to recover
3. When I think about it, I could care less now
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TwistedSchrock wrote:
What???ok I have one I was rideing a souped up moeped tide along my friend street hit a pot hole front tire jumps in the air and lands on geravle front tire lock dead and I flip the bike head first in to them pavement flip twice only to see the bikes tail light comeing at my face it barely miss my head and I flip three more times landing on my back
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I was 17 (haha yea) I just got my car on the road did some sick shit to the car.. Anyways I was with my boy and I found a open EMPTY road I opened my car up had it to 90mph and outa nowhere I see a sharp ass turn!! We almost went into an empty field that drops about 6feet we woulda fliped and rolled and hit a wall the works.. I was fighting the wheel and took the turn we were safe once stoped we started banging out.. He thinks he won but I choked em out! I learnt from that if I wanna act stupid do it alone don't drag others wit me..
👆 might not make sense.. That's my eyes after about 15 hours worth of work!!
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I have swolled petrol (gasoline) whilst syphoning the fuel tank on the Kawasaki. No word of a lie for the next 4 hours I was constantly belching and on each occasion the fumes where as painful as the initial taste. I was so Ill and my head spun for hours. It has affected me to the extent that now i only drive diesel cars because even the faintest whiff of gasoline makes me sick.
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βΣ∠†Σ₫ 💺⚡💀 wrote:
I no the feeling. Went fishing once with my old man. He had to fuel up first. So he did. Got to the boat ramp. Found out 25$ worth of fuel went into th rod holder.. We still tried fishing. Got out there threw buckets of water into the boat. Let th builge pump it out. Started fishing 9k offshore. But th smell was to much. So I went snorkeling for a few hours. It was about 30-35 meters deep. Couldn see th bottom. But sore some dolphins still. A watching someone bring in a big Dhufish from under water is quite intrrsting.I have swolled petrol (gasoline) whilst syphoning the fuel tank on the Kawasaki. No word of a lie for the next 4 hours I was constantly belching and on each occasion the fumes where as painful as the initial taste. I was so Ill and my head spun for hours. It has affected me to the extent that now i only drive diesel cars because even the faintest whiff of gasoline makes me sick.
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This happened when imma 3 year old. My cousin had this baby cart that he had when he was little, i went in it. He said let's go for a ride. He lives on a pretty steep hill. So I said ok I want ride. So his friend somehow was 30 ft away trying to catch me when mah cousin let's go. And his friend... Missed. I went down the hill at around 50-60 mph and hit a parked van. VERY luckily the steering wheel prevented me from DEATH. No injurys but I was so fuck in shook up.
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Realized after my initial post that I hadn't had any other life threatening stupid mistakes since an accident I had on the farm when I hit a fox hole while racing across a pasture (basic front wheel stops immediately and I tried to hang on by my hugging the handlebars as I went over the front...forgetting that one handlebar was wired together with baling twine, so lots of blood and a scar that I can still see 40 years later :) ). I think if you actually survive growing up as a kid on a farm you have probably already been tempted by enough stupid things and if you make it with all fingers and no crushed body parts you are ahead of the game :). Oh, and there were a scary amount of stupid things you can do and I am sure I did on the farm.
Any farmers/ex farmers out there? Ever wonder how much more fun it would be to plow for 12 hours if you could have been playing turf wars at the same time?
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