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Old 09-16-2011, 04:29 PM   #22
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The deer one; if the driver had stayed on the gas instead of braking he would have gone under the deer and probably would have been fine. But it's just a reflex...you don't have time to think about what you are doing, you just react.

I had a similar one but it was a wheel and tire bouncing down a highway at me. It fell off a Ford Exploder in the opposing lane..I saw it bounce once off the jersey barrier about 200yrds away from me as I was going 60mph in the Miata (with no top on it) and knew I needed to either commit to stopping really quickly (but there were other cars behind me that probably wouldn't have stopped as quickly) or stand on the throttle...either way was a gamble...I chose the gas and the tire bounced less than a few feet from my rear bumper (my wife was in the passenger seat and watched it in disbelief), then bounced once more hitting a truck, and then rolled onto the shoulder. Definitely a moment. Not the worst I've had, but the only on on the road (every other one was on the track).
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