I've seen some serious accidents, and I've driven by as people were zipped up in bodybags.
I was also in a combined 60mph head on collision with a 95 Impala SS in my 88 LX hatch years ago. Everybody walked away from that accident, and my Mustang took the brunt of the force as I was moving slow and the SS was moving pretty quick.
People seem to come out of the woodwork to ram my cars... I don't get it, my friend started thinking I was paranoid till he lost his license for 6mo fleeing and I was driving him to our work everyday. He started figuring out that people really are trying to hit my car!!! Anyway, from the couple of accidents I've been in in Mustang's (rear ended, head on etc) I've gained a tremendous respect for how safe the cars really are.
There were two accidents I recall that I thought I was gonna see people die in that didn't. One was a dump truck that veered off the hiway and proceeded to roll several times right in front of me. I remember seeing the driver get out. The other was on my way back from St. Cloud, MN. Heading 94E back to the cities I saw what appeared to be a head on collision between an 18 wheeler and a Volvo. Traffic was crawling, roads were icy and snowy. The firemen had the jaws of life out trying to pry the Volvo open. As I got closer I expected to see a lifeless body inside, but to my suprise and thorough amusement, here was a guy hopping around inside the car like he didn't even have a scratch. This Volvo was annihilated! And he looked like he was havin a great old time inside the car, crawling from front to back to get out of the way of the jaws of life. I was glad, and it reaffirmed everything I've ever heard of Volvo safety.
Incidently, I've seen two Geo Metro vs 18 wheeler accidents right before my eyes. The Geo lost, big time.
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