What kinds of transportation accidents have you been involved in?

Vehicle, vehicle with truck

Not any actual accidents except for one yesterday. The cable car was heading downhill and a cab cut in front of it. The cab got one side dented in the middle. We on the cable car just felt a slight bump then the conductor said we all had to get off. It takes forever to get the cable cars going again if they have to put on their emergency brake. After nearly an hour it was still there, stuck, while all the gawkers and the cab were gone. So why I am so phobic around and in cars if I've never experienced any accidents personally?

I was in a bus crash when I was little. Um, I've fallen over as a pedestrian - does that count?

a couple minor car accidents... and I crashed my bicycle pretty bad once when I was younger (have scar on chin from it)

Personal vehicle and two others not listed;
A moped and a ski-doo

None were very serious.

Just car, I think.

Personal vehicle includes my submarine, paraglider, and sail-sled?

Bike and car. I've been stranded at sea in stormy weather with a broken engine. I wouldn't call that an accident though.

Because you know they happen often enough?

I broke my ankle walking down steps.

Cars. More than a few.
I have had bicycle accidents, but it was due to being too drunk to pedal straight.

I guess so. I've walked by a few accidents that'd just happened and I'd avert my eyes - never was one of those accident gawkers myself. Even as a kid I wasn't like other kids, looking forward to my driver's license. Motorbikes especially scare me. When I was younger I used to ride a regular bicycle but the cars coming so close to me used to freak me out. Yet I've been in planes before and liked the experience (except for having to wait in long lines at the airport and for transportation from the airport into the city). Cars seem a lot more dangerous than planes.

4 or 5 car accidents, 2 as the driver. None my fault.

In grade school I was on an interstate passenger train that derailed in the dark at 70 mph. Amazingly no one was seriously hurt but I still can still picture flames flying by the window next to me as the train slowed to a halt.

Numerous bicycle accidents as a kid

Hmm, should have added motorcycle as a choice. Had one once, big, over 500 lbs. Had it tip over once but that wouldn't count as an accident. Hard to get those things back upright yourself.

I've been in a few car accidents, only one was reported and I've been hit by a car while riding my bike.

You may be like me, preferring to contemplate and take in all the details, rather than relying on quick superficial cues.

Also, unlike in a plane, you are at the mercy of 10,000 people who may be having any sort of day at all. I'd prefer trusting equipment and weather myself.

does skateboard count?

Yeah, far too many vehicles on our city streets and freeways these days. What really bugs me too is that in our biggest and nicest parks there are streets that cut right through them. Hikers, as well as bicyclists, take their lives in their hands when trying to navigate, even in these parks. Cars curve around the twisty streets too fast. I guess I feel so much safer on city buses cuz they're bigger than cars and I'm looking down at the tops of the cars from bus windows. Cab drivers are the worst: speeders.

I exclusively bicycle, when not travelling by train or plane somewhere distant. I can look down on the cars from my bike too.

Good for you - I'm all for bicyclists. There are lots here, more and more lately.

personal vehicle
boat
bicycle
Pedestrian

I've had minor bike accidents, falling down, if it counts. Luckily, nothing else. Almost got hit by a bus. Not my fault.

Car, truck and motorcycle.

Once I rolled my car on black ice, I wont do that again. If the temperature outside is below 32 degrees,I drive like there is ice on the road, even if I cant see it.

vehicle- many of these
bicycle- ouch
pedestrian- does tripping and falling count?
bus- once

I was in a car accident when I was about 5 on a quite narrow road in Wales. It ended up with half the car I was in hanging off the edge of quite a large drop - but to be honest I don't remember much apart from being sat in the car and then the police car ride home - and being sat in some woman's house waiting for my parents while she gave me biscuits.

On the bus to college one day another bus hit us - again on a quiet back road. No big deal though - no one was hurt and we just got off and waited for another to come and pick us up.

I was on a train once when we went under a bridge and someone threw a wooden fence panel from the bridge and it smashed through the driver's window. There was a really big jolt and I at first thought we'd hit someone on the tracks, so was relieved when I found out it was a fence panel. The service had to terminate at the next station and when we all got off we realised how easily it could have really injured or killed the driver. There are some really stupid people around.

> I was on a train once when we went under a bridge and someone threw
> a wooden fence panel from the bridge and it smashed through the driver's
> window. There was a really big jolt and I at first thought we'd hit
> someone on the tracks, so was relieved when I found out it was a fence
> panel. The service had to terminate at the next station and when we
> all got off we realised how easily it could have really injured or
> killed the driver. There are some really stupid people around.

A couple of years ago here in Hampton Roads, VA some idiot dropped a bowling ball off an overpass as a truck was driving through. The driver had his face pretty much smashed in. He was quite seriously injured, though not killed. I don't think the idiot was ever apprehended.

Overpasses here in LA are somewhat rare, and when they exist, have tightly woven hurricane fence wrapping over the sidewalk.

Trains get more abuse around here: Pennies, refridgerators, and suicidal car drivers on the tracks. I once delayed 45 min by replacement of a brakeline because some kids laid stuff on the tracks. 45 min was impressive time, considering those brake lines are probably 250 lb rubber hoses. Fortunately train brakes stop rather than fail when ruptured.

That's awful - I don't understand what thoughts go through these people's heads - they must know that their actions could kill someone. If caught, they should really be charged with attempted murder.