The first time I totaled my van was when I was in college. My rehab Doctor took me off Valium after taking it for 7 years. I went to extreme withdraw, which ment I did NOT SLEEP for well over a week. Then I passed out while driving to the grocery store, hitting a stone wall.
Another time I was out with my sister and friends dancing. Somebody slipped me something in my drink, I think speed. I went to take home one of my friends and fell asleep at the wheel and plowed into a tree. The van was totaled AND my power chair. Unbelievably nothing happened to me. My girlfriend got a pretty bad bump on the knee. Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Mar 30, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Don Price <donpric...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Wow! Those driving stories are crazy and scary. I'm so glad none of you got > seriously hurt! > > I have a story to share too. This happened to a friend of mine very recently. > > My buddy drives a full-sized Ford Econoline 250, with an under vehicle lift > and an EGB (electronic gas and brake) driving system. The vehicle is really > high-tech and when I ride with him it looks like an airplane cockpit of > buttons, switches and lights. Some of you probably have similar systems. > > So, my buddy gets in his Econoline at a local bigbox retail store. He starts > his van and shifts into reverse, and for some reason the accelerator floors > itself, tires screech and the van rockets backwards across the parking lot in > a big circle at an estimated 40mph! My friend is thrown off balance and can > do nothing but hold on and pray until the inevitable happens: it hits > something big enough to stop it. > > That gut-wrenching moment came when it finally plowed into another parked > vehicle,completely demolishing it. Miraculously, no one was injured, > including my friend. He said it was the scariest moment of his life and he > will never drive with EGB controls again--he's switching to the Scott System. > > Scary stuff! Be safe out there everyone! > > Don > Tempe, AZ
