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"Here in my car", said 80s pop hero Gary Numan, "I feel safest of all". He obviously never shared the same stretch of road as me, then. Automotive tales of mirth and woe, please.

(, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:34)
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Teen Car Crash - Everyone's had one. Here's mine.
My mate was the first one of our group to pass his test. His parents gave him a two door silver-blue mini metro for his first car. It therefore became our first car.

Many weekend evenings were spent driving aimlessly around the Kentish countryside. We'd all hop out and go wandering through some farmer's wood, and then, on a prearranged signal, everyone (except the victim) would dash off back to car and with a screech, we'd be off, leaving the hapless loner in the middle of a pitch black wood with only the diminishing rear lights of the silver-blue metro for company. We always came for them eventually.

After one evening's merrie japes in the car, we were driving back to town. My mate, the driver, doing a bit over the speed limit, said "Shall I swerve about a bit?" - "YEAAAHHH" shouted the chorus of the other four teenagers crammed in the vehicle (including myself).

The car went left. The car went right. The car went left again. The car...

The car rolled over. Flipped onto its roof, and span around and around. The occupants were dangling from their seatbelts (we were reckless teens, but we were not stupid - clunk click every trip). The car continued spinning (on its roof) down the Kentish B-Road, and finally slipped into a ditch, crashed through a fence and came to a halt in field.

Someone said "Is everyone ok?" - A low chorus of "yeaaah" was emitted by the upended deathcheaters. Someone (possibly me) said "If I smell petrol I'm fucking smashing a window." My mate managed to prise open his door, and we all crawled out. We climbed over the fence, none of us hurt apart from the bumps on our heads. We looked at the other side of the road. The other side consisted of closely spaced oak trees, that, if we'd gone the other way (50/50 chance), it would have almost certainly resulted in a few fatalities.

We went to the nearest house. My mate rung his parents. I walked home. My parents were out. My sister was in. "Where have you been?" she asked. "Car crash" I said. I didn't elaborate, but simply went up to my room and played 'Hexen' on my computer.
(, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 8:25, 1 reply)
I loved Hexen

(, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 8:52, closed)

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