I drove the car into my garage. There turned out to not be enough clearance between the front of the car and the garage bench, so I put the car in neutral and gave it a push... well, it moved easier than I thought, and rolled right out of the garage onto the driveway. The driveway slopes down, so the car

started speeding up,

but without much concern (yet), I dashed towards the car door to pull on the handbrake. I open the door with no problem, but then am too slow getting in, and the moving car door hits me just above the ankle. I grab the inside door handle, to keep my balance, but the car is still rolling downhill. I end up with my legs and hips dragging on the ground, holding on with my left arm to the inside door handle to keep my head and shoulders off the ground. Now if I let go, the lower edge of the car door is going to give me a shave even closer than the latest triple-blade Gillette razor. If I don't let go, the car is going to ram me headfirst into the curb at the other side of the road. Happily, when the back wheels of the car

jump over the curb, the lurch makes the door handle break off in my hand. I fall backwards onto the ground and watch the bottom edge of the door clear my face by a few inches... the extra height given by the back wheels being up over the curb was just what was needed. Amazingly, I was ok except for bruises and a ripped jacket. I ended up lying in the roadway with my head just about 18 inches from the curb. The car ended up sitting in the middle of the neighbour's front yard, about 8 feet from the road, which gives you an idea of how fast it was going by the time I exited...

The car was fine except for needing new door hinges and inside handle.

Submitted on 07/16/2005

Submitted by: Anonymous
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Kelly said:
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It's really amazing how many people get themselves run over by their own car, most of them doing exactly the same sort of thing. While the movies are full of people attempting to get into moving vehicles by doing what you attempted, such movies also have experienced stunt people and have rigged things so they work. Real life is NOT a movie. I hope you learned not to do anything of the sort again.

Tracy said:
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Please learn from your mistake :)

Jack said:
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A good story. And I agree with both Kelly and Tracy. One hopes that we won't see you here as a DA nominee...

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