My first NEAR CRASH

SUVs should be illigal. People driving SUV, while half asleep at the wheel and trying to still rush to work should be arrested and given the electric chair :mad:

Anywhoo, I was driving to work minding my own business, going SLOW (thanks God) when this loonie driving a large SUV decided to drive ACROSS my lane (as in cross it at a 90 degree angle) and decide to do ZAT as I was 10 feet away. He simply forgot to look for oncoming traffic as he decided to take his 'oh so illegal and ever so STUPID' short cut.

ONCOMMING TRAFFIC BEING A 1932 FORD ROADSTER WITH BUICK DRUM BRAKES FROM 1940. Oh, and with a chick at the wheel.

Well, this chick has excellent reflexes so her foot hit the brake pedal in 0.0001 second and much to her surprise, she was to find out that her 1940 drum brake DO brake afterall. All 4 wheels came to a complete stop, but the Hiboy kept going...

As I heard the screetching sound of my tires as they skid across the last few miserable feet of asphalt that were still seperating me from the SUV WALL OF DEATH, all I could think in my head was:

OH NOOOOO MY ROADSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hiboy was now sliding a bit sideways and there was no way in hell I would have had time to pump the brake a second time to unblock the wheels, cause the SUV was only 4 feet away and I was almost already on him.:mad: :mad:

Ironically never did it cross my mind to fear for my own safety at all. ALL I could think about was HIBOY getting smashed into a stupid god darn SUV. And how twisted he woud look :eek: :(

Well, HIboy was smart enough to stop about a feet (or less?) from the SUV.
And the SUV then had ONE PISSED OFF HOTROD GIRL on his hands! To his defense I must say he was SO VERY SORRY, I could tell he felt really bad, especially because of the type of car he almost caused to crash. he immediately put his reverse and backed out of my lane (well thank you so very much!! :mad: )

Did I swear at him? Of course not, I am too much of a lady for that. But I did vehemently wave both my arms at him and yell:

JESUS CHRIST! WHAT IS WROOOOOONG WITH YOOOUUUUUU ???

Well, I was pretty shaken after that, so Hiboy and I really went SLLLLOOOOW to work. I was so grateful to be able to drive away in one piece, with not a single scratch on my baby. PSHHHHHT that was CLOSE.

Faith, That kind of driving happens here in South Florida all too often. Lot of discourteous drivers. Glad it didn't any cause you anything more than a scare and a little anger. Jim - BTW, I enjoyed your short video last week. :toocool:

Sure glad ya didn't get banged up HiboyGal. Just knowing you'd probably come out on the short end of the stick locking bumpers with an SUV. I worry about that type of thing when driving my T coupe. Going down the freeway I just try to stay as far away as I can from the other cars.
Glad your OK!!
Larry M.

Makes you appreciate doing your brakes and suspension a little more now, doesn't it ? The 100's you spent on those 2 jobs have probably saved you 1000's now and some skin thrown in as well. Cause they certainly made highboy's reaction times quicker as well......
Oh, glad you 2 are okay and made it.

That's the reason many of us don't use Hot Rods as daily drivers, too many idiots on the road.... With all the cell phone users pretending to be drivers and other such idiots, it's scary enough having a nice car out on weekends and evenings....

Glad to hear it was a near miss and them ol'brakes aren't so bad. I try not think what would happen to me if i were to have an accident in my roadster. There isn't a lot of protection in open top cars. Incidently, do you have seats belts?
I have fitted lap belts in my roadster and insist that anyone traveling in it wears them. If you don't have them, maybe you should consider fitting them.
I did about 3000miles during my holiday in the US and found the driving standards excellent. You ought to see it over here!!!:eek:

Glad to hear they didn't bruise your sweet .................................ride.

Glad to hear you're ok Faith,it would be a shame for anything to happen to you or that fine ol piece of Henry steel.I encounter the same kind of total disrespect when I ride my Harley.There's an old saying that I try to live by ,"ride like you're invisible".

My 32 is in sick bay NOW because of a white SUV ...

SUVs don't kill Deuces.......People kill Deuces..

Actually, you can't kill a deuce, they just get rebuilt...............

the sad thing suv vs. duece ......suv wins and lives to tell the tale

Let me guess... Only one person in the huge gas guzzler.

Glad ya both came out unbent.
I am not mathce for a SUV, but the ole 48 DeSoto stands a better chance than a Deuce roadster.
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Jack

People just are nuts anymore, especially when behind the wheel. When I worked at the body shop, we had the City of Cape Coral as an account..........we fixed the wrecked police cars. When they were done I would drive them back to the City lot and drop them off.

Here I would be, in a full dress police cruiser, with tinted glass so they didn't know if I was an Officer or not, and people would be tailgating me, cut me off, or blow past me like I wasn't there. I could have been a cop, and they didn't really care.

One time a guy cut me off, so I moved up closer to him, so he moved to the next lane. I also moved right behind him. Now he is sort of getting the message a cop is tailing him, so he moves over one more lane. :eek: I do the same. Now he has to be crapping himself, because he slows way down. After a while he puts on his blinker and turns off, hoping to God I don't follow, and I didn't. I had my fun, and it felt good for a change to be able to scare one of these idiots. :cool: :cool: Good thing I'm not a cop, my ticket book would be full every day.

Don

Close - but that only counts in the games of horseshoes and hand grenades.

NY has a no hand held cell phone use by drivers - the local cops don't even pay attention unless there is an accident, and then only if there is a complaint. I'm in the process of documenting kid filled SUVs and minivans driven by soccer moms (they are by far, the worst here)that I've had close ones with to lay on our county sheriff for action. It is also a 3 license point/$150 min fine for a first offense.

Sounds like a normal commute here in Dallas

Living in the rural Midwest does have its advantages, but not when it comes to stupid drivers. I have also had some close calls. What really bugs me is when someone tailgates me when I'm driving my '32. I want to get out at the stop sign and read them the riot act, but I would probably get arrested for road rage. To parody the Sixth Sense, "I see stupid people. They're everywhere. And they don't even know they're dumb."

Glad to hear you and HiBoy drove away from that close encounter unharmed. I find that as long as I can stay away from the "City" the drivers around here are much better. I do happen across the occasional person having an idiot moment... but for the most part ... not too bad. I've seen and survived MUCH worse.

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Originally Posted by godspeed32

the sad thing suv vs. duece ......suv wins and lives to tell the tale

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Maybe so, but owner of SUV DIES and I GET TO TELL the tale (while in jail that is LOL) :LOL:

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Originally Posted by rumrumm

What really bugs me is when someone tailgates me when I'm driving my '32.

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TELL ME ABOUT IT!! here in LA, people LOOOOVE to tail gate on the freeway. I'd be driving in the slow lane on the freeway and there are 3 other WIDE OPEN lanes and people will be glued to my 1932 ass. WITH the gas tank in it!!

I have been VERY SERIOUSLY thinking about making myself a sign that I will hold up when I am been tailgated that will say something like: THE REAR BUMPER YOU ARE CURRENTLY TAILGATING HAS A 12 GALLON GAS TANK IN IT THAT BLOWS UP NICELY UPON IMPACT: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT HOW NICELY?

Or:

THIS CAR HAS FLAME THROWERS IN ITS PIPE: KEEP TAILGATING ME AND YOU'LL BE NUKED!

:LOL:

What are the rules about flame throwers anyways? Just wondering.. Sure would be fun to see the guy's face as flames suddenly shoot out of my car's ass :)

Tailgating???? I thought that was called drafting!!!!!!!