taza
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Well I will start from the begining. Here is a bit of my life just before we begin. Well im 17 I have just gotten off my red P-Plates and on to my Green ones. I have been driving for just over 6 months in my 2001 Forester M/T which I love very much. I Love driving it on and off the road. I just got a job at a school as an ICT Services Officer and I started this week. I finished work friday and drove home to Kalbarri in Western Australia for Christmas and to see my family. Anyway, had a good morning with the family, great food, got some new clothes, new stereo in my car. So im in a fantastic mood.
The Murchision river has started flowing brown from all the rain up north, including the blocked off roads to Carnarvon. So I though I would go for a drive up to Manara hill to go and see how much of the ocean is brown from it flowing out the mouth. To get there you go on the highway inland for about 5km out of town then up a gravel road which is 3km or so. Now since I have had my green P-Plates (a few weeks) I decided to make an early new years resolution which was to slow down my driving style, stop speeding so much and just be more a normal driver(no redlining the rev counter every gear change). Well I can say so far I have succeeded in this. Anyway on the way back down I was going about 40-50km/hr, just taking it easy or so I thought because I know how easy it is to slide on gravel. As coming down to a bend which is on the declining hill I braked slightly, but not enough. The back slid out so I tried to counter steer but over countered it and the car fish talled. I went into a gravel heap then continued into a dead bush/tree. I was shacking, I havnt been in a crash before and was worried what the damage was.
Now your probably all thinking that im inexperienced and young. I am probably one of the most experienced drivers around for my age. I have been driving since I was a kid and in the past 6 months have done over 20,000km in my Subi. A mix of city, country, highway and offroad driving. I live and drive between 2 towns every week so there is a lot of highway driving there and I have had a few near misses with Kangaroos and sheep on the roads. I am nowhere near as experenced as people who have been driving for 20 years or so but for my age I am.
I was shaking so I just sat there for a minute or 2 sweating like hell in my car. I got out to look at the damage expecting the bumper to be ripped off, dents, scratches, the lot really. I was lucky the air bags didnt go off. As I walked around to the front and side of the the car I saw that the bumper, grille, bonet, whole paggengers side of the car (including windows, paint, plastics, rims) were all badly scratched. No dents luckily, just badly scratched all over. I tried reversing out but was stuck, nearly bottomed out. I was almost in tears, but managed to keep it together. I can now say the car was in excellent condition when I got it. :rotfl:I put it in low range and slowly rocked the car out, after about 10mins she reversed out. I called up my parents and told them what happened, they asked if I was alright which I was. I slowly made my way home and havnt really looked at the car since.
It hasnt put me off driving but it has been an experience I never want to have again. At the time when the car slid I was worried about it rolling but that didnt happen. Least I was and still am in a Subaru if anything else does ever happen.
I thought I should share this with you all.
Oh and here are some photos, they were taken on my phone and you cant see anywhere near all the scratches but it does give you a rough idea.
The Murchision river has started flowing brown from all the rain up north, including the blocked off roads to Carnarvon. So I though I would go for a drive up to Manara hill to go and see how much of the ocean is brown from it flowing out the mouth. To get there you go on the highway inland for about 5km out of town then up a gravel road which is 3km or so. Now since I have had my green P-Plates (a few weeks) I decided to make an early new years resolution which was to slow down my driving style, stop speeding so much and just be more a normal driver(no redlining the rev counter every gear change). Well I can say so far I have succeeded in this. Anyway on the way back down I was going about 40-50km/hr, just taking it easy or so I thought because I know how easy it is to slide on gravel. As coming down to a bend which is on the declining hill I braked slightly, but not enough. The back slid out so I tried to counter steer but over countered it and the car fish talled. I went into a gravel heap then continued into a dead bush/tree. I was shacking, I havnt been in a crash before and was worried what the damage was.
Now your probably all thinking that im inexperienced and young. I am probably one of the most experienced drivers around for my age. I have been driving since I was a kid and in the past 6 months have done over 20,000km in my Subi. A mix of city, country, highway and offroad driving. I live and drive between 2 towns every week so there is a lot of highway driving there and I have had a few near misses with Kangaroos and sheep on the roads. I am nowhere near as experenced as people who have been driving for 20 years or so but for my age I am.
I was shaking so I just sat there for a minute or 2 sweating like hell in my car. I got out to look at the damage expecting the bumper to be ripped off, dents, scratches, the lot really. I was lucky the air bags didnt go off. As I walked around to the front and side of the the car I saw that the bumper, grille, bonet, whole paggengers side of the car (including windows, paint, plastics, rims) were all badly scratched. No dents luckily, just badly scratched all over. I tried reversing out but was stuck, nearly bottomed out. I was almost in tears, but managed to keep it together. I can now say the car was in excellent condition when I got it. :rotfl:I put it in low range and slowly rocked the car out, after about 10mins she reversed out. I called up my parents and told them what happened, they asked if I was alright which I was. I slowly made my way home and havnt really looked at the car since.
It hasnt put me off driving but it has been an experience I never want to have again. At the time when the car slid I was worried about it rolling but that didnt happen. Least I was and still am in a Subaru if anything else does ever happen.
I thought I should share this with you all.
Oh and here are some photos, they were taken on my phone and you cant see anywhere near all the scratches but it does give you a rough idea.
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