You guys be careful out there! (My little crash story)

[MrMarcDude]

Today, as i was driving on insterstate 780 with my girlfriend heading from vallejo toward Benicia I witnessed an accident RIGHT in front of me. 780 is a two lane interstate from vallejo to benicia. I was in the right lane, and there was a toyota carolla in front of me. A chevy suburban was merging into my lane from an onramp. I started noticing that the toyota was not slowing down to let this guy into the lane. They were about 2 feet from eachother when the carolla slammed on his brakes (obviously locked them), slid to the right shoulder, overcompinsated, and flew left across BOTH lanes, and smashed into the center divide head on, did a 180, then stopped. Luckly there were absolutely no cars around us. Only a toyota 4 runner about half a mile back. I pulled off to the shoulder and jumped out to see if everybody was ok. For some reason my girlfriend was screaming at me to get back in the car so we could get to benicia for some motorcycle show/gathering. After checking to make sure everybody in the car was ok (two elderly people, and a middle aged female, and what appeard to be her son) I called 911 and helped the people push thier car off to the shoulder. Oddly enough the car STARTED and ran just fine. Which suprised me with the extent of the damage on the car. But i reccomended that they sit tight until the emergency crew arrived (about 2 minutes) just to make sure everything was ok. Once they arrived me and my girlfriend headed off knowing they were in good hands. The really cool part was on our way back home we saw all four of them at a gas station parked waiting for a tow truck (ended up cracking the radiator). I guess after the paramedics left they acctually drove the car down the freeway, and pulled into the station just near the next off ramp. The people were very greatful. One thing that i noticed that really irritated me was the fact that not ONE other person stopped to help them! The guy in the suburban stopped a few hundred yards up the road, but just took off. So anyways, just wanted to share my little story with you guys, and give all of you a friendly reminder to be safe, and pay attention while driving your wonderful Z's (and any other car for that matter).

[Sgt. Redneck]

you're lucky you werent hit :classic:

[MrMarcDude]

yeah i am. He came pretty close though. If it werent for my jeff gordon driving skills (hah, theres a joke for you!) i would have been hit. He slid about 5 feet in front of me. Pretty cool acctually

[v12horse]

It's great that there are people like you on the roads. :classic: I hope everyone would do the same in a situation like that. It is very good that no one was hurt.

[Mike]

And, watch out for Surburbans?!

[MrMarcDude]

Man, it sure was a good thing i wasnt in my 280, i would have shat myself considering how close he came to me. Luckly i was in my 1991 Geo Metro. The thing is uglier than hell (bright blue, we call the the smurf mobile) but it has not once broke down on me. That thing is a champ! Damn good car I say