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Stupidity at its best

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well, these two bright spark teenagers of the age of about 17 who were on holiday in South Africa, the one having been in possession of a large quad bike. I myself was one of the bright spark Teenagers,the name of the second was Kurt. so needless to say there was a small little button on this giant quad bike, this was apparently the quads overdrive. the two teens decided to test how fast this small yellow button would make the quad go, in reverse. as a coincidence, the quad bike flipped, and bounced over my friend Kurt and I, missing our heads by mere milometers, neither of us had been wearing any protective gear. if the quad bike had fallen just a milometer more than it did on either bounce over our skulls, Darwin surely would've had his way, but it doesn't stop their, upon later investigation of the crash site,the rear view mirror was found just a little ahead of where my unconscious form had lain, if it had landed any closer it would have punctured me, the final area Darwin had proved it was not my turn yet was the fact my collar bone had broken in a 90 degree angle and the sharp pointy bit was aimed directly at my lungs, if i had rolled one more time during the crash i would have inadvertently rammed my Collar bone into my lungs. luckily we both survived,

Submitted on 06/09/2012

Submitted by: Gareth Ramsey
Reference: non-2010

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
While flipping quads isn't necessarily uncommon, you DID seem to have pretty good luck when it mattered most! Thanks, Gareth!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I think the combination of a "Hey, what does this button do?" attitude along with attempting it in reverse is enough for a PA. Thanks, Gareth!

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