Guest Boxhead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 ok, well i just need to tell someone or whatever how close i came to having my second car totally written off today(before you jump in saying michael sell your car, dont have a fast car... read it all) i actually think that this car helped me today..... ok basically, i was travelling south on the pacific highway... just before south tweed heads exit... anyway travveling at 100kmph... fair ebit of traffic, but not enough to warrent slow driving... anyway, i see a van, and the cars behind it brake medium hard to hard in left lane(i am in the right) then suddenly this box sorta floats and slides from infront of the van into my lane, the box is like bigger then the one my 68cm tv came in... it wasnt small by no means, then basically i think shit, brake... so i put brakes on, as i do so quickly look in rear view mirror and see a semi trailer.. all i think is shit i cant brake too hard.. anyway i got to like 30-50 ish i guess(i wasnt looking at speedo) and consiously think shit i have to hit the box, i didnt want to swerve down into bank, and i couldnt go left... so i just took it and hit the box, it bounced off, lucky for me it was full of those rice foam crap... looking back i guess it was a hint that nothing heavy was in it coz it slid across road easy, but t didnt click.. i just chose the box over the truck hitting me, after hitting the box and about 10-20mins after that i looked in mirror again, all i could see was top half of truck, as there was so much smoke around its tyres, it had locked up his brakes hard. when i arrived home(like 5mins away) looked at car, i can see in the dirt thats on my car were the box hit and rubs teh dirt, lucky its so dirty, no paint damage i guess... but yeh, it happened quick, and i dont know if what i did was 100% correct or not, i dont really care, im just happy i or my car wasnt harmed... im feeling very woosy now, likei sorta wanna be sick.. but ohwell.. MORAL OF THE STORY - i dont really know, i guess when you brake hard you should look in rear view mirror??? well im not sure, i just had to share it with someone as im a little freaked out and it just goes to show, shit can just happen, to anyone, at anytime on the road. Michael Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryz Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 what was in the mystery box? there could have been fantastic prizes in the box. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boxhead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 thats crappy rice foam, i just wanted to get home, so i didnt bother stopping it to claim it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryz Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 but what was in the box??!!? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravs Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 the box! the box! the box! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelGarion Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 yer, theres a thing on a gtr that copped a truck up the bum in one of the hpi issues apparently the guy had only had the 33 gtr a few days and stopped suddenly, truck bashed it up the ass and sandwiched it between the truck and another car Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryz Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Originally posted by BelGarion yer, theres a thing on a gtr that copped a truck up the bum in one of the hpi issues apparently the guy had only had the 33 gtr a few days and stopped suddenly, truck bashed it up the ass and sandwiched it between the truck and another car We don't care! SOMEONE THINK OF THE BOX! AHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedLineGTR Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 good that your okay. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismoman18 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 yeah man ur pretty lucky hey, good thing u looked in the mirror b4 u fully stopped, that truck wouldve err killed u ! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boxhead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 there was nothing i could tell in teh bloody box, cept teh rice foam shit that went eveyrwere when i hit it hehe Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoGirl Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I'm gathering you couldn't swerve into the left lane?? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birty Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Try and slow down enough to miss the box and so the truck doesn't screw you over to much. But if the truck hits you, he's in the wrong...just don't let him kill ya. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boxhead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 no erin, i couldnt, i thought i stated it in original post.... ahhh yes i did nah there was nothing cept stop or go.. i chose go, mum told me i shoudl have let truck hit me, coz its then his fault and he pays for repairs... im like, thats no good if i have to wait for new car, and im in hospital... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boxhead Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 thats what i tried to do birty, but in the end it became clear it was one or the other. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-457781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 hmm lets see hitting a box or having ur car and urself knocked into next week.......im guessing the truck was traveling the same speed so if it hit you would be lucky to not get harmed and only the car had dirt on it Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-458050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slip Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Did the right thing. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-460373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARKAD Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 i agree with slip i think you took the best course of action at the time.... good thing it was foam! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-460446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanlee38 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 is it true that: if someone rams u up the bum when u jam brake, they have to pay for ur damages?? someone enlighten me with the true facts. thanks Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-460448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parag0n Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 wow, good that your safe... Anyway did you bother to try and flash the van that had the box fall off it... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-460618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus9 Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Originally posted by bryanlee38 is it true that: if someone rams u up the bum when u jam brake, they have to pay for ur damages?? someone enlighten me with the true facts. thanks It is true. The vehicle behind should be travelling at a safe enough distance from the vehicle in front to stop without hitting the vehicle in front. If you hit the vehicle in front of you then you are deemed to be too close, therefore it is the trailing vehicles fault. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21608-truck-or-mystery-box-which-would-you-choose/#findComment-460835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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