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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 22:26

noon time, i was driving on the emirates road "me, DH and the 2 babies", we were going to enjoy DH's weekend ... we were driving on the 4th lane 100 km/hr thanks god... when a pickup truck coming from nowhere, really speeding decided to hit our left side, beside the back seat directly, our car is a 4wheel pajero it is strong but because of the speed and the hit, it moved out of the lane and another pickup truck holding a car hit our right side !!!!
i don't know what happened after that... but when the car stopped, we were still alive... the kids were buckled up in the back "completely safe" me and DH were ok, but the poor car needs a lot of work.
the left pick up truck driver was subjected to pay fines. but what *** 4 people's lives were threatened, 2 are babies less than 3yrs. that truck was on the fast lane driving really fast "isn't that illegal??" and shouldn't he be treated as a killing machine!!!! God what a day ...

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 19:34

My gosh .... these things happen so d@mm quickly ! Whew so fast i cant believe all that happened from nowhere and lasted for fraction of a second!!!

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 19:26

My gosh .... these things happen so d@mm quickly ! Whew

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 19:22

amalzd, i am shaking for you! totally, if my baby and i were ever in an accident i swear i would turn into the hulk(ette) and go crazy, at least thats what i am imagining. i just dont know what i would do, good for you for staying strong! i was in a serious car accident in 200f in ca, a little city street, n one was speeding, the guy just ran a light and my car was soo top heavy it rolled over... funny thing, i think god or an angel talked to me right before it happened. Honest to god, i was pulling out of the gas station, and got to the stop light, didnt have my seat belt on, and instantly over my loud music, i felt this impulse to buckle my seat belt, the impulse was to strong, i could hear it like a whisper in my hear and feel it like warmth over my body, the i made a turn and that next intersection i was flipping over 4 X in my suv.. i had been scalped, and they even tried to amputate my leg... i know if i didnt have my seatbelt on i would have died... such a crazy experience. but i still drove after that, actually i moved to colorado when i was totally recovered about a year later, i drove all the way there and even through the occasional black ice, and snow... but funny how driving here gives me the heebeejeebees's i wish i did sometimes cause there is so much freedom taken away now that i don't drive.... i am proud of you for being strong, if my baby was involved i just dont know what i would do... WOOW ... what an experience!!! it is a miracle that you survived such an accident. i believe you when you talk about that weird feeling, because before moving from home, my little girl wanted to be carried, she was struggling the seatbelt, but for a second i strongly felt that she should stay there, and there what happened!!! sometimes we feel like blessed or protected. as for yesterday, all what i thought of when i stopped the car is to check the babies health, they were both fine, i was scared but just couldn't do anything but thank the power that saved us. few hours ago, i started wishing i was a law person or at least know the maximum thing i can do to protect my babies and any other little baby over the road :( ... but what i know :S . thanks for your feelings and for sharing your story, thanks god you didn't have any baby in that car

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 11:33

amalzd, i am shaking for you! totally, if my baby and i were ever in an accident i swear i would turn into the hulk(ette) and go crazy, at least thats what i am imagining. i just dont know what i would do, good for you for staying strong! i was in a serious car accident in 200f in ca, a little city street, n one was speeding, the guy just ran a light and my car was soo top heavy it rolled over... funny thing, i think god or an angel talked to me right before it happened. Honest to god, i was pulling out of the gas station, and got to the stop light, didnt have my seat belt on, and instantly over my loud music, i felt this impulse to buckle my seat belt, the impulse was to strong, i could hear it like a whisper in my hear and feel it like warmth over my body, the i made a turn and that next intersection i was flipping over 4 X in my suv.. i had been scalped, and they even tried to amputate my leg... i know if i didnt have my seatbelt on i would have died... such a crazy experience. but i still drove after that, actually i moved to colorado when i was totally recovered about a year later, i drove all the way there and even through the occasional black ice, and snow... but funny how driving here gives me the heebeejeebees's i wish i did sometimes cause there is so much freedom taken away now that i don't drive.... i am proud of you for being strong, if my baby was involved i just dont know what i would do...

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 11:12

wow! so scary, sooooo sorry to hear this, this is why i don't drive here... i would have had a nervous break down... these speedy,reckless, drivers are so selfish and should be totally ashamed, i wish the laws were a little more strict for scenarios like this. yesterday was a long action movie !!!! i wish the law be more strict too. if we were all dead or severely injured that reckless driver would've been punished or something. what if our car wasn't so strong, or wasn't even big!!! i drive since forever, what if it was an unexperienced driver!!! it is lives over there... and because he decided to break the law and got scared my LO 's lives were threatened !!!

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 11:09

very tramatic for your LO amalzd. I found this site for you. Its a checklist that will let you know if you can reuse your carseats now that you were in the accident. Hope it helps. http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/childps/ChildRestraints/ReUse/RestraintReUse.htm thanks for your care .. i will be checking this for sure

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 11:05

wow! so scary, sooooo sorry to hear this, this is why i don't drive here... i would have had a nervous break down... these speedy,reckless, drivers are so selfish and should be totally ashamed, i wish the laws were a little more strict for scenarios like this.

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 11:01

very tramatic for your LO amalzd. I found this site for you. Its a checklist that will let you know if you can reuse your carseats now that you were in the accident. Hope it helps. http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/childps/ChildRestraints/ReUse/RestraintReUse.htm

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 10:53

thank you ladies for your support ... we are very grateful that nothing happened to the kids ... the nice thing that happened after the accident is that i didn't have to fight with my 2.5 yrs boy to wear the seatbelt ... ;) he got too scared and the whole way back he kept checking if the belt was buckled up properly :) poor little guy to be such afraid .... hate trucks

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 10:19

You poor thing, what a terrible thing to experience :( I simply hate the trucks on that road! Sometimes you feel like you are getting sandwiched between 2 trucks, going at crazy speeds, and you cant get away fast enough! Thank the Lord you are all safe xxx

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 10:01

Oh my god. Thank god you're all okay. Please remember, and this is for everyone, that most carseats need to be replaced after a car accident.

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Latest post on 22 May 2011 - 04:40

Oh Amalz! What an awful experience. Much love to you and your little ones. xx

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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 23:05

Thank God your family are safe and that you have good sense to buckle your babies in, sadly could have been a different story for those who choose not to. What a terribly scary experience for you, sending you a huge hug xx

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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 22:40

Thank God Amalz that you and your family are ok. Hope everyone remembers to put kids in their car seats.

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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 22:31

*Hugs* praise God that you are OK! What a scary scary thing. Take it easy - that was a huge shock. xx thanks ... yes it is so scary... especially with kids there ... :(

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Latest post on 21 May 2011 - 22:29

*Hugs* praise God that you are OK! What a scary scary thing. Take it easy - that was a huge shock. xx

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