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One near miss was in the early 2000's. i was with my mom and her boyfriend in his 1995 Chrysler New Yorker. it was in April ( on my mom's birthday ) and there was a late snow storm ( not that big , but for the ones who changed their winter tires, was a little more difficult ). we were driving as the road conditions were requesting ( a little slower than the speed limit ) then a young show off dude ( the kind who learns to drive with Gran Turismo and Need for Speed )in a 1995-1999 Chevy Cavalier Z24 passed us then started losing control because of the snow. my mom's boyfriend slammed the brakes. With the help of ABS he managed to avoid the Chevy, which ends up in a concrete barrier ( we were under an overpass ) .
There was also a pick-up truck from Ministere des Transports in the right lane ( we were in the center one ) who stopped to avoid the Z24 and to call 911.
later on the radio we heard that the pick-up had been rear-ended by another vehicle and there was a 4th one that hit them.
Now i know that ABS really works ( had the proof a few years later when i avoided another stupid driver who did not pressed hard enough the brake pedal of its 1999-2004 VW Golf GTI so the car did not really stopped at the stop sign ( i was coming from his left and did not had stop sign on my side )
Also got one with my Tempo. A woman and her 2 daughters forgot that there was a trunk behind her brand new 2002 Toyota Camry's rear window and cme into my lane ( her idea was to get in the Galeries Laval parking lot, which has an access on the boulevard St-Martin too ). I slammed the brakes and catch a little patch of ice and get back into the Camry. as she was braking to get in the parking and i was to avoid her, we had a slow speed ( 10 km/h ) that gave her only a cracked wheel cover and me a little crack on my front bumper...
The Mazda wasn't spared either. it was coming from Ontario so it had to pass an inspection before i could put a plate on it ( but still was allowed to dive it while it had the transit ) on the day i went on inspection, i got hit by a 1993-1998 Golf and the girl just went away as the ligt turned green ( at least , there was no damage, low speed impact , the VW was manual and she did not hold it back ) 2nd one was in a convenience store parking lot. there was a section of it that had the lines in a 45 degrees angle. A 1996 Chevy Cavalier ( Z22 this time )was on the 1st 45 degrees spot and me on a straight one, waiting for a couple of fiends who were inside the store. The Chevy backed up and while turning ( was a show off guy who wanted to do like movies ), its left front corner touched my right rear corner .
Got close calls with both 2010 Camry and Regal when they were new to me because of brake lights being in the clear part of the taillights instead of the red one like i had expected.
Witness also 2 accidents on the same corner but in opposite directions and few years apart. A 1990-1991 Honda Acoord wanted to do a u-turn on Boulevard de la Concorde and another car clipped its front end, luckily witohut injuries and a funny one years before as a 1986-1988 Buick Century wagon gave a push to a 1982-1984 VW Jetta because the light turned green and it wasn't moving. maybe the drivers knew each other. the fun part comes here as the Jetta was having a trailer hitch and the Buick's bumper got stuck on it. The Jetta turned right to clear the boulevard, towing the Buick. they parked on the street but i don't know how this ended up as my bus was coming ( i did not had a driver licence at that time ) .
With what happened with the brand new 2002 Camry and what could happen with the brand new 2010 one, each time Toyota changes the Camry, i'm giving a little extra attention to them now...
There was also a pick-up truck from Ministere des Transports in the right lane ( we were in the center one ) who stopped to avoid the Z24 and to call 911.
later on the radio we heard that the pick-up had been rear-ended by another vehicle and there was a 4th one that hit them.
Now i know that ABS really works ( had the proof a few years later when i avoided another stupid driver who did not pressed hard enough the brake pedal of its 1999-2004 VW Golf GTI so the car did not really stopped at the stop sign ( i was coming from his left and did not had stop sign on my side )
Also got one with my Tempo. A woman and her 2 daughters forgot that there was a trunk behind her brand new 2002 Toyota Camry's rear window and cme into my lane ( her idea was to get in the Galeries Laval parking lot, which has an access on the boulevard St-Martin too ). I slammed the brakes and catch a little patch of ice and get back into the Camry. as she was braking to get in the parking and i was to avoid her, we had a slow speed ( 10 km/h ) that gave her only a cracked wheel cover and me a little crack on my front bumper...
The Mazda wasn't spared either. it was coming from Ontario so it had to pass an inspection before i could put a plate on it ( but still was allowed to dive it while it had the transit ) on the day i went on inspection, i got hit by a 1993-1998 Golf and the girl just went away as the ligt turned green ( at least , there was no damage, low speed impact , the VW was manual and she did not hold it back ) 2nd one was in a convenience store parking lot. there was a section of it that had the lines in a 45 degrees angle. A 1996 Chevy Cavalier ( Z22 this time )was on the 1st 45 degrees spot and me on a straight one, waiting for a couple of fiends who were inside the store. The Chevy backed up and while turning ( was a show off guy who wanted to do like movies ), its left front corner touched my right rear corner .
Got close calls with both 2010 Camry and Regal when they were new to me because of brake lights being in the clear part of the taillights instead of the red one like i had expected.
Witness also 2 accidents on the same corner but in opposite directions and few years apart. A 1990-1991 Honda Acoord wanted to do a u-turn on Boulevard de la Concorde and another car clipped its front end, luckily witohut injuries and a funny one years before as a 1986-1988 Buick Century wagon gave a push to a 1982-1984 VW Jetta because the light turned green and it wasn't moving. maybe the drivers knew each other. the fun part comes here as the Jetta was having a trailer hitch and the Buick's bumper got stuck on it. The Jetta turned right to clear the boulevard, towing the Buick. they parked on the street but i don't know how this ended up as my bus was coming ( i did not had a driver licence at that time ) .
With what happened with the brand new 2002 Camry and what could happen with the brand new 2010 one, each time Toyota changes the Camry, i'm giving a little extra attention to them now...