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Car Accidents

Unread postby vaulter870 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:06 am

Well it was a snowey morning this morning and well i hit a parked car :o thats my story luckaly i didnt get a ticket or in trouble with my parents but hey if you have stories lets hear them
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:34 pm

Niceeeeee job chris ;) haha i got a few trashcans, but thats the extent of this mornings damage.. darn ice
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:14 pm

Oh and one of our busses rear-ended a cop car today too. :yes: (this is the same bus that got pulled over for speeding 2 weeks ago)
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:46 pm

anybody got any advise to help with the being shakin up part about an accident cause i am still pretty shaken from it? cant seam to realax at all no matter how hard i try. cant really think straight either
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:01 am

you hit a parked car....going how fast? I know I wouldn't be shaken up. I was very shaken up over my speeding ticket though, had me going slow for oh, say.....2 weeks? lol
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:49 pm

well first off it was slippery and snowing here and i was only going about 20 but that was enough to make quite a bit of damage. i was more shaken up cause it happend really fast and then having to deal with the peopl and the police.
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Unread postby patybobady » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:11 pm

just relax and get back on the pole...wait, i mean in the car...just like vaulting, go right back to it...but maybe give more time between cars...

heck, go pole vault, always cured my nerves.
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:32 pm

haha i tried pole vautling and that helped but i cant say it was all that productive
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