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I've never been in an accident in my life <knocks on wood>, but once while driving on the freeway at 65mph (okay, 80mph), my universal joint snapped and the drive shaft dropped down and lifted my front wheels off the ground (since it was a front-wheel drive car, I effectively lost control).
As the driveshaft dug into the road, it caused the car to slowly spin 360 degrees, while still traveling forward at high speed.
All I could do was hit the rear brakes and hold on until the car stopped. It was a surreal feeling to be facing the cars coming at me at high speed, all slamming on their breaks. Lots of screeching and burned rubber, but amazingly, there were no collisions.
The Highway Patrol officer told me I was lucky, since he had seen similar situations with the drive shaft falling out at high speed like that which had pitched cars upside down...
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