Like I said, I haven't had many accidents in the past 20 years.
And I did start driving when I was 10 - working on a Dairy Farm in Tillamook
County Oregon.
My first rollover in a pickup truck (yes, I was the driver) was at age 11.
So, probably 40 accidents between the age of 10 and 30.
One or two since.
Maybe I learned something at age 30, or maybe it's just that was when the
first of my 6 kids was born.
Or maybe it's the thing about it taking longer to heal.
Most likely a combination of the above.
Rick Bastedo
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:55 PM, mike rambour <mikey@b2systems.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 07:58 -0700, Rick Bastedo wrote:
> > I've been in over 40 accidents in my 50 years, strangely enough most of
> them
> > initiated by the other drivers.
>
> OVER 40 ? in 50 years ? Jeez that is close enough to call it a
> accident a year.
>
> I have been in 3 accidents in 35 years of driving, 2 the first year I
> got my license and one 2 years ago, first 2 were my fault, going too
> fast around a corner and second was "Geez, look at those yahoos on her,
> shit!!!" the guy in front saw the red light and I was too busy looking
> at somethings on the sidewalk. ( I clearly remember that second
> accident because my GF at the time has not let me forget it in 32 years
> of marriage ). So the first 2 were clearly my fault.
>
> 3rd one was soccer mom running a stop sign and broadsiding me on my
> Vitory, totaled the bike but I kind of walked away (limped away). Good
> part is she apologized to me AND the officer for paying attention to the
> kid in the back seat and not seeing the stop sign, made insurance easy.
>
> I also had a few "get offs" on motorcycles during the first few years
> of having my license but they were my fault, driving too fast for my
> skills, since no other cars were involved and no damage except to my
> pride or side cases of the bike, I don't count them as accidents but if
> you want to, that would bring the total up to 5 in 35 years and I think
> that is a lot. Over 40 wow !!!
>
> mike
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