Good Mindset Saves Off-road Driver

Accumulator · 05-15-07, 10:10

Check out out this video clip. The guy's *great* driving skills don't impress me as much as the way he kept his head and did the right thing when it hit the fan.

LINK: LiveLeak.com - Good Save

Way2SSlow · 05-15-07, 10:13

Whoa. That could have been a BAD BAD day for that dude.

Kriminal · 05-15-07, 10:59

That wasn't skills - that was the Hand Of God !

Juniorss · 05-15-07, 11:05

anybody else think doing something like that is entirely stupid

Kriminal · 05-15-07, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Juniorss

anybody else think doing something like that is entirely stupid

Definitely - especially if I'd spent hours detailing it first

velobard · 05-15-07, 12:30

I came across that one not too long ago. The guy made an incredible recovery. Always good to see someone make their own luck in a positive way.

Prometheus · 05-17-07, 07:00

wow, that's insane. I'm just impressed he had the presence of mind to THINK to do that, let alone pull it off. Props to him.

bigfoot · 05-17-07, 07:15

Great skills. If that driver was me, I would be dead now...

Accumulator · 05-17-07, 10:06

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Originally Posted by Prometheus

... I'm just impressed he had the presence of mind to THINK to do that...

Yeah, that's what got my attention. This seemed like a great example of how keeping one's head can make all the difference.

FWIW, *I'm* still here only because, a few times, I (and/or others) kept thinking when it mattered, so this sort of thing always hits close to home for me. You just *can't* freeze up.

And yeah, a lot of those "incredible save" moments only come about because somebody's doing something that's, uhm...ill-advised. Doesn't make 'em any less impressive though, and they can be good learning experiences if you live to tell

awahl63 · 05-17-07, 10:18

Well it's story time...Speak up Accumulator

Accumulator · 05-17-07, 11:04

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Originally Posted by awahl63

Well it's story time...Speak up Accumulator

Nah...well..the first time was when I was a very little kid- riding shotgun in a '62 T-bird with no seatbelt on, I pulled on the door handle when my dad was taking a hard left-hand turn at highway speed; I fell out of the car quite a ways but dad grabbed my leg and pulled me back in. Fastest reaction-time I think he ever exhibited, had he paused for an "OMG!" response it woulda been way too late. The sight of the blue-upholstered door swinging away, the moving asphalt getting closer, and then that *yank* on my leg is one of my earliest memories.

velobard · 05-17-07, 12:10

Parents can have super-human response times when the occasion calls for it. Good thing, huh?