I nearly died 5 days ago...

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  • JSE81
    JSE81 Posts: 114 Member
    Thanks. I am literally elated to be alive. I have no grudges or ill feeling towards towards the person that has done this to me just happy I can still go ahead and achieve the things I want to from life.
  • fit_war
    fit_war Posts: 985 Member
    Ouch! Glad u are ok ☺
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Well I'm annoyed with her sorry.
  • CindyMarcuzAdams
    CindyMarcuzAdams Posts: 4,007 Member
    Wow, crazy pick. Glad you are recovered. Scary.
  • JSE81
    JSE81 Posts: 114 Member
    mockchoc wrote: »
    Well I'm annoyed with her sorry.

    A lot of people are. :smile:
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    That's because you're such a lovely guy to be honest.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Here's to hoping you have a full recovery. :)
  • rachaelgifford
    rachaelgifford Posts: 320 Member
    Really glad that you are ok! However, in regards to the girl driving and peoples annoyance... who here has never sped, or pulled a dumb manouver or just temporarily lost concentration? Thankfully - we all do this often, but luckily we usually get away scot free. Sadly accidents do happen - thankfully you all survived and hopefully this girl has learned a lesson.

    As an aside, I was in a very serious bike accident about 5 years ago - as a pillion passenger. Totally rider error - my friend was speeding and he messed up badly. He hyper extended his thumb, and I nearly lost both legs. I never harboured one bit of resentment towards him (despite living daily with pain) - I got on the back in jeans, I knew the risk and I didn't ask him to slow down.

    However, about two years ago, I was out on my own bike and I passed him on a roundabout. He was repeatedly going round the roundabout far too quickly attempting to get his knee down with a pillion on the back. Once I realised he hadn't learnt from his mistake my resentment kicked in!

    Not that I have learned my lesson - I still get on bikes and go too fast - just not normally as a pillon.

    It is sad that this has happened, but as stated by the OP - these things do happen, and she has to live with it... lets hope she learns from it. Bloody women drivers LOL
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    JSE81 wrote: »
    raysputin wrote: »
    Unless you were in NT, 120KPH is over the speed limit. Doing 120KPH in a 4WD is asking for trouble anyway - they are unstable at speed as the six rollovers attests. I can't see a bitumen surface in the photos which makes the 120KPH even more ill-advised.

    With luck, your pains are just minor and will go away by themselves but you must get them checked out to prevent possible troubles later in life.

    I hope you choose your drivers more wisely in the future.

    Goes without saying however this does not need to be covered as I wasn't driving. We have talked about it with the driver and left it at that.

    The roads were sealed. I'm not sure what photo you are looking at but the wreck is sitting in a towing yard.

    Thanks for the advice but it's not a recruitment process. She's made a mistake and now has to live with it. If the state government is prepared to give her a license then that's good enough for me.

    Cheers

    I was ready to get annoyed with the driver until I realised that 120kph isn't all that fast. It's not in speed-demon-showing-off type territory at all.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    My friend the OP has forgotten to mention she was doing something else while driving so it wasn't the speed so much Oishii.
  • Lauren8239
    Lauren8239 Posts: 1,039 Member
    mockchoc wrote: »
    My friend the OP has forgotten to mention she was doing something else while driving so it wasn't the speed so much Oishii.

    And what would that be??? :p

    Glad you're recovering. Those leg lacerations look brutal. Must have hurt like ****.

  • pleasurelittletreasure
    pleasurelittletreasure Posts: 236 Member
    Ouch. Those are some nasty lacs, but considering how much worse it could have been...wow. Prepare for some freaky nightmares to hit you just when you think you're over it. Even when the body is healed, the mind likes to mess with you a bit. Glad you made it and get to tell the story!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Lauren8239 wrote: »
    mockchoc wrote: »
    My friend the OP has forgotten to mention she was doing something else while driving so it wasn't the speed so much Oishii.

    And what would that be??? :p

    Glad you're recovering. Those leg lacerations look brutal. Must have hurt like ****.

    LOL! Not that from what I was told hahha!
  • JSE81
    JSE81 Posts: 114 Member
    Haha. Nah nothing like that. I dont want to say.
  • Falcon
    Falcon Posts: 853 Member
    Thank God you're alive and recovering. Speedy recovery.

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