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yup... definitely crashed my car into a tree this morning. it sucked pretty bad. slippery leaves and a corner made my morning commute a little rocky.
i'm ok, car needs a new bumper, - AND TIRES.
cop gave me a written warning. traveling too fast for conditions, i guess he could have given me a ticket, so i'm ok with the warning. (for the record, i wasn't really going that fast, the leaves just got me)
happy f'ing november. 
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Gosh, at leats you are ok. Glad you weren't hurt.
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I think that tree was trying to commit suicide! He dropped all those leaves down there so someone would slip and crash into him. Damn sneaky dirty trees! Git'em!
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry 
cop gave me a written warning. traveling too fast for conditions, i guess he could have given me a ticket, so i'm ok with the warning. (for the record, i wasn't really going that fast, the leaves just got me)
Not that fast was too fast apparently. (Which you are now painfully aware).
Leaves are like ice when you are on them. You can have all-wheel drive and it doesn't matter if you don't have traction.
Damn leafs.
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You may not think you're injured - but go see a personal injury attorney and I think you'll discover that your injuries are very severe. The owner of the tree is liable for both damages to your car and the cost of your lifelong medical care and lost wages due to your permanent disability.
Tree owners need to be held responsible for their blatant disregard of motorists.
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Glad to hear you are ok. Don't worry about the car, it sounds like it could have been much worse.
I am glad I just got my brakes replaced last week in preparation for the winter.
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what a birch! glad you are ok
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So was it wet and there were a lot of leaves in this particular area? Or was it frosty? There must have been A LOT of leaves otherwise.
Do you have all season tires?
All season = No season.
You're better off putting summer tires on your wheels, and buy some black steelies from a junkyard and put winter tires on them.
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Be careful Mrs Larry.
I totaled a car in NH with the same conditions. Just slick.
Then, it turned cold, I borrowed my friends car and slick turned to ice.
360˚
Almost died in a lake.
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I took a tree down in 2001, glad to hear you're ok.
It's not fun.
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I've never heard of anyone driving into anything because of leaves. Maybe that's cause up here it's just a perpetual sheet of ice on the roads.
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When I read this title I instantly though of George of the Jungle. Does he exist in America?
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did you honk? If not it IS your fault
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry
yup... definitely crashed my car into a tree this morning. it sucked pretty bad. slippery leaves and a corner made my morning commute a little rocky.
i'm ok, car needs a new bumper, - AND TIRES.
cop gave me a written warning. traveling too fast for conditions, i guess he could have given me a ticket, so i'm ok with the warning. (for the record, i wasn't really going that fast, the leaves just got me)
happy f'ing november.
Can you take some pics?
You know, you will be banned when posting a thread of some kind of accident and/or extreme event without pictures.
I have alerted the mods and they said they will get to work immediatly.
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Originally Posted by drnkn_stylz
So was it wet and there were a lot of leaves in this particular area? Or was it frosty? There must have been A LOT of leaves otherwise.
it's not like i drove through a PILE of leaves, it's just that the wetness of the road mixed with the leaves, and the lack of tread on my tires made the perfect concoction of slippery-ness
Originally Posted by Salty
I've never heard of anyone driving into anything because of leaves. Maybe that's cause up here it's just a perpetual sheet of ice on the roads.
Now you have! Perpetual sheet of ice, eh? that must suck!
Originally Posted by besson3c
When I read this title I instantly though of George of the Jungle. Does he exist in America?
Yup. George was teh inspiration for the title.
Originally Posted by kick52
Can you take some pics? You know, you will be banned when posting a thread of some kind of accident and/or extreme event. I have alerted the mods and they said they will get to work immediatly.
Umm, huh? 
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry
Umm, huh?
Weird Lounge humor, don't worry about it 
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Weird Lounge humor, don't worry about it
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T - You're my hero. =)
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Weird Lounge humor, don't worry about it
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Perhaps it's some of that 'funny' humor the cartoonist was mentioning earlier.
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry
Umm, huh?
oops.. left a bit out
Fixinated.
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Originally Posted by kick52
oops.. left a bit out
Fixinated.
Still....wtf?
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Originally Posted by Salty
I've never heard of anyone driving into anything because of leaves. Maybe that's cause up here it's just a perpetual sheet of ice on the roads.
Live around more deciduous tress and then report back. Wet leaves are incredibly slippery, almost more so than ice because they have an adhesion level that just lets go all of a sudden, while ice is a constant slippery surface.
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ha cheap jad couldn't resist
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
Still....wtf?
I don't get it either. We should report kick52 
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
I don't get it either. We should report kick52
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Translation:
kick52 -> English
"You know, you will be banned when posting a thread of some kind of accident and/or extreme event without pictures."
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"Give us some pics"
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Much better. If you could always run what you say through that translator, that would be grrrreat.
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry
it's not like i drove through a PILE of leaves, it's just that the wetness of the road mixed with the leaves, and the lack of tread on my tires made the perfect concoction of slippery-ness
That makes sense  That's shitty.
I modify my car so I have a set of summer wheels and winter wheels. Regardless of whether you mod a car or not, having a set of summer and winter tires makes a huge difference. Your tires are the equivalent to 4 index card sized pieces of rubber holding your car on the ground. Tires are the best upgrade you can do to a car.
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Originally Posted by G4ME
woman drivers
ha cheap jad couldn't resist
Why is Helen Keller such a bad driver?
Cuz she's a woman. 
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