My nearest miss was leaving work back when i was at autozone. i had just started raing and the roads where slick as hell, 4 lane road and was being passed by an 18 wheenler when the... I think it was a for countour... I was folowing slammed the brakes on for no aparent reason. Couldnt go left around the bat because of the truck, and there was no shoulder, tried slowing down but with as slick as the road was the back tire jsut wanted to lock up and slide (was on of the early 80's Goldwings where you only got one front disk with the hand break, and the second front disk with the rear brake, along with the rear disk).
Decided rather than hitting her I would just leave the road, swerved off the road into the lawn of the Post Office, I had just thoguth the pavement was slick, Rear end almost came around on me liek three or four times whiel i was trying to stop, went abotu 50 feet throu grass slipping and sliding everywhere, Across a 25 foot wide driveway I was able to get straightedend out on, then across about 75 or 80 more feet of grass slowing down untill I got to then next driveway and was able to stop.
Then the woman in the car stop and looks at me (she was still in her lane on the highway by the way people where having to swerve around her) she was like "oh my god? what happened are you ok? I was looking in my purse then I looked up and saw you in the grass. Did you hit some water and loose control?"
Looking back I guess it want that bad really.
