Bloody old age

[Snapey]

I got both car & bike licence on my 17th birthday so in those 60 years I've never had an accident on the road ... until now. Fucking blacked out at 110kph but managed to miss everything that's put there to kill me, except those wire cheese cutter things that I hated when I was riding. Walked away without a scratch & the airbags didn't even deploy. Car totalled but the trailer has survived.

So after two weeks of tests & scans the doctors can't find a definite cause so that clean licence is now in their hands. Shit, I might have to buy a mobility scooter to get around if I can't drive.

[Hooli]

If ya gonna gave a first big crash that's quite an impressive one mate!

Also, is that a Subaru Brat in the breakers? not seen one in years as they all dissolved here.

[Kiwifruit]

Pleased you're ok Pete. That's pretty frightening. Why do believe you blacked out rather than fell asleep, or did you know you were going ? Did you come round straight away?
My dad blacked out recently, he's 91. He has no recollection of what led to him going down.
Pleased it wasn't worse for you. Go well.
V6 Hilux too, great truck don't see many here.

[Snapey]

Why do believe you blacked out rather than fell asleep, or did you know you were going ? Did you come round straight away?

First indication Col was a light headed moment and thinking I'd better pull over. All I remember from then was a lot of noise & seeing people around the car. I think if I'd nodded off the first hit on the guard rail would have woken me.

[Pommeroy]

Glad you're ok...many folk who crash at those speeds are seriously injured or die.

For your peace of mind, I hope the clinicians get to the bottom of what occurred. Did they wonder if you'd had a TIA (Trans Ischaemic Attack)? These are commonly called 'mini strokes'. Because they are transitory (symptoms can pass in minutes),they don't normally show up on scans. They're more easily diagnosed if someone witnesses the person having the TIA.

[KiwiCol]

Glad you came through it Pete.  Bloody scary event for sure.  Do the doc's have to find a cause else the cops will revoke your license?  I think that scenario is more traumatic than the actual crash, I'd hate to not be able to 'go' when I wanted to.
I hope it all works out for ya mate.
 

[Snapey]

Do the doc's have to find a cause else the cops will revoke your license?
 

My heart specialist is the one with all the say Col. He has to inform Service NSW that in his opinion I'm fit to drive. One option he has if he's not sure is to recommend a modified licence for older drivers. This restricts distance but at least allows me to drive to the shops, doctors or in my case to the steel suppliers because I still do a bit of work.

[Snapey]

Did they wonder if you'd had a TIA (Trans Ischaemic Attack)?

With my heart problems I'm sure my specialist has thought of that but I will bring it up next visit.

[Pommeroy]

Good that you've got a heart specialist, as they'll have considered a cardiac arrhythmia...they can cause lightheadedness and loss of consciousness.

[grog]

Snapey, glad youre ok, anything couldve happened but didnt.

[Snapey]

Snapey, glad youre ok, anything couldve happened but didnt.

Grog, I went over the wire & for a second was facing traffic coming the other way but for some reason the car did a hard left & finished back on the wire. How I didn't collect some poor bugger coming the other way I'll never know. My time wasn't up.

[Kiwifruit]

Lucky alright.....your name wasn't on the page for that day.

[Mick_J]

Lucky escape Snapey, hope everything turns out fine for you.

[Endless]

Mate that's an impressive stroke of luck being your first accident in sydney traffic. Good to see your time wasn't up and have walked away. Have nursed my share of folks after high speed accidents. It's rarely a good life again, damn lucky to not be there. All the best

[grog]

Old age, lying in bed, not sure if its raining or tinnitus? Enjoy being young, old sucks.