[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Balloon? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by aizzo [Email] (#1220) [Profile/Gallery] (more from aizzo) on Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:34:43 In Reply to: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, john fitzpatrick, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:28:52 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I was coming home from work one night around dusk after having a rather frustrating day. I saw what looked like a black balloon blowing towards me. I was going down hill at a pretty good clip (~35MPH) and decided I would take out some frustration on this poor balloon. So, I lined up the front driver wheel to run over it. And then "KA-BANG" I hit the balloon and it when rebounding off to the right and off the side of the road. In shock was trying to figure out what the balloon really was. It turns out that the road going up the other side of the valley that the hill I was going down into was still under construction and closed. Some kids thought it would be fun to roll bowling balls down the hill into traffic coming down the hill on other side of the valley (the hill I was driving down). Well, I'm sure they were quite pleased when I fell into their trap :-)

Anyway, I was driving a 1990 Integra at the time. All that really happened was a bubble on the side wall of the tire and the need for an alignment. I diligently avoid anything I see in the road now!

Alan
'95 900SEv6 119,000Miles

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• ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, john fitzpatrick, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:28:52
  • What kind of a car did you sell my daughter!!!!!...., Mike Lynch , Fri, 12 Dec 2003 18:24:08
  • How about a 55 gallon drum of restaurant grease?, andy , Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:25:54
  • Ten Point Buck, Ian Glenday , Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:39:34
  • Family friend ran over a complete axle..., MatthewB, Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:23:21
  • dead deer in the road, richard, Fri, 12 Dec 2003 04:57:38
  • When you see a guy in a pickup w/ a basketball hoop, Pat Hurley, Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:44:30
  • A Fridge on the Highway!!, Chuck, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:45:43
  • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, Shea, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:40:04
    • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, turrbo , Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:16:28
  • Balloon?, aizzo , Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:34:43 <-- Viewing This Message
    • not as bad as the balloon story,, Bart, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:45:11
  • GOOD READING! lets hear some more, alan, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:48:03
    • Driving TOWARDS me!!!, LPatten, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:12:14
  • Just heard one..., bRAD, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:48:04
  • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, Dean, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:35:31
  • good reading, hdm, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:31:14
  • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, albanysaab, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:52:12
    • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY (more cycling), Chuck, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:32:28
    • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, dtech, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:01:19
    • If one was a professional prostitute..., bRAD, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:59:48
    • Isn't it amazing..., water_dog, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:32:15
      • Before my Saab days. . . ., JPW, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:57:03
        • I ran over a live rattle snake..., Bob M, Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:44:45
  • How about dead cows?, TimBrown, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:48:58
    • How about livecows?, Bill (NJ), Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:59:39
      • Live cars on the highway in Toronto a while back..., bRAD, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:29:25
        • Um.... cows too. n/m, bRAD, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:29:51
  • Here's my submission...tar truck, washaero, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:28:05
  • My weirdest road hazard story...., JimD , Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:11:40
  • Most amusing road hazard for me...., LesH, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:47:26
    • Fish Heads!, Simon in Vancouver, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:16:40
      • Re: Fish Heads!, CrossBow, Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:12:47
  • don't drive behind contractor's pickups..., compaqted, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:53:37
  • Re: ROAD-HAZARD HORROR STORY, ChrisW, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:47:20
    • Keith Kalland: "the ubiquitous ladder in the roadway", Bret, Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:09:07

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