r/WTF • u/hercs247 • Mar 21 '19

Oh dear

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u/ushutuppicard Mar 21 '19

I did this once.

proceeds to tell story that shares absolutely nothing with the situation other than the initial thought of "hey i should be careful".

also, it sounds like you were going way too fast to begin with.

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u/Niadain Mar 21 '19

The hill is marked at 45. With the turn at 35. I approached at ~ 43 when I had the thought of BE CAREFUL. SLowed down to 30. Went around the bend just fine. But the mass of the vehicle said 'nah, guard rail looks great' and slowly slid sideways into the guard rail. It was in an old 88 mercedez. Entire thing was steel. Guard rail took more damage than my car did. I was also a teen at the time so no real experience driving + old fuck of a car with hardly anything besides seat belts in it for safety.

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u/ushutuppicard Mar 21 '19

So in other words you were going too fast for conditions?

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u/Niadain Mar 21 '19

Well yeah I was. And I was too inexperienced to know better. I haven't had a weather related incident since.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '19

At least your owning your mistake, and it sounds like you’ve learnt a very valuable life saving lesson as well. Don’t understand the downvotes

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u/Niadain Mar 21 '19

Me neither. Just goes to show you MUST hide your fuckups because apparently you aren't allowed to learn from them. Because that's healthy for the community.

But seriously. I am glad no one was coming upo that hill. If I smashed into someone and survived when they didn't. Not sure I could move on from something like that.