My car accident story from 2005
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ค. 2020
- In this video I share with you my experience of a hard impact car crash from when I was 17 years old in the passenger seat of my friend's recently acquired 1990 Mk3 Ford Fiesta. Despite me saying the car was a bit of a "relic" and a "tin can" it kept both of us safe so for that I have a lot of respect for it.
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i don't think i've ever sat and contently watched so many driving related videos before (unless they're from top gear), especially ones teaching a lesson. it's difficult when you have a short attention span and i'm 15 so i don't need to be worrying about driving for quite some time. but wow richard, i could watch your videos for hours. both lessons and storytime, i think you have a good balance of entertainment and educational information. i don't know how you do it but your videos really are fantastic. you're very genuine, keep it up.
That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching!
❤ :3
of course the nokia survives unscathed, they're indestructible
Haha, very true.
The Nokia 3100 is truly the Corona of mobile phones. And lets you play Snake :)
I still use one! (Nokia 6021)
This is such an honest and open video, just hearing other peoples experiences makes us know how to avoid these types of things and this video is definitely one of them! Never stop making videos you have helped my driving go from nay to yay in a short space of time🙂
I'm happy to hear that 😊
@@ConquerDriving I'm sorry that you were involved in a car crash do you feel OK now Richard Fanders.
@@Chloeann2024 bro it happened years ago of course he ok
@@kingbaah68 I like to make sure .
@@Chloeann2024 ok
You know when you’re a car guy when you mistake time for miles driven! Respect man. You’ve taught me so much
I don't remember such a mistake.. I'll have to look. Thank you.
@@ConquerDriving 03:46 🙂
@@wilfbm9067ahha nice xD hope he SEES ❤
You're an amazing storyteller
That's nice to hear, thank you.
@@ConquerDrivingi like your facial expressions Richard .
@@Chloeann2024 ur weird
You have now made me feel good for always urging my passengers to wear seatbelts.
Definitely feel good for doing that!
I'm not even driving yet (I'm 15) and I can't wait to start but, this makes me even more aware of why you shouldn't drive stupidly fast on the road and why you should always put your seatbelt on. You are incredibly lucky to be alive and thanks for sharing this!
Yep same here I'm almost 15 now
I understand your hesitation about doing this video for new drivers to see, but it’s other’s experiences that will help them become better drivers and hopefully learn from other’s mistakes. I like the fact that you told the story so honestly and didn’t try to justify what happened: a couple of teenagers being reckless. I respect that.
I stumbled across your videos because my son is starting to drive soon and I wanted to find ways to explain things, because even though I’ve been driving for more than 20 years, I do it automatically without giving it too much thought. You explain everything with such detail, it’s refreshing. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for the kind comment
I’m very grateful for your courage and generosity in sharing your personal and difficult story. I started driving when I was 17 years old and I’m now 21, so I am still a relatively new driver. I always had a passion for driving a manual car, but it was hard to find good resources in the US where most people drive automatic. That’s why I was so happy to find your channel a few months ago when I bought my first manual car. Your videos have been a lifesaver for me, as they have taught me everything I needed to know about shifting gears, starting smoothly without stalling, and being alert and proactive on the road and in traffic. You have made driving a manual car fun and easy for me. Thank you for being such a helpful instructor!
That's really great to hear. Thank you.
POV: Your friend has you kidnapped, mouth taped, and tied to the driver seat whilst he tells you a story for half an hour.
So many times we got in a car and we look at that black belt and not realise how many lives has saved. Thank you for sharing that
They're an amazing invention.
@@ConquerDriving Fun Fact... Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin was the inventor of the 3 point safety belt and they started putting them in Volvos in 1959. At the time, everyone was against it because they felt that it was infringing on their civil rights. Since then, over 1 million lives saved.
I really enjoyed your humanity shining through here. It must have been very emotional to recount. I'm glad you wore your seatbelt, and sustained no life-altering injuries.
This is the summer I turn 42, I've been an automatic driver for 25 years, but I found you because you and my brother are teaching me how to drive a manual -- something I swore I would never do -- but I'm determined to save hundreds on a rental for two weeks in Ireland this September. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for sharing your story. I am learning to drive in London at the moment and I really enjoy your videos and how you connect with your viewers. This particular video shows this connection brilliantly. Congrats on a brilliant channel!
It's nice of you to share this story. You guys were really lucky.
Last November I slid on a hill while cycling and flew few meters on a middle of a road landing half a meter from the entrance to a roundabout. I think what saved me from broken bones is high vis and a very cautious driver behind who saw me and managed to stop on time. Safety measures do save lives, everyone should remember to take care of their own safety and safety of other road users
Thank you so much for sharing this experience, it can't have been easy to relive it all in front of the camera! Just wanted to echo what others have already mentioned about how much we appreciate your openness and honesty in your videos, it makes your channel so much more engaging than a lot of other learn to drive videos I've stumbled across on TH-cam. Keep up the great work! 🙌🏼
Thank you.
This is the first video that I sat so concentrated watching a video, your videos are just the best.
I am so glad you made it Richard and able to provide us with all these excellent educational content. I have been driving for 20 years and I am now a lorry driver for a year but still find your videos very useful and really easy to understand. I would make compulsory to watch your videos to all road users even if they have been driving for years. I love your style and you are also really funny at times. Well done and please keep up the good work and help our roads be safer for all of us! We lorry drivers are definitely grateful for your efforts. 👊😉
Thanks for the story that highlights the importance of a seat beat.
I remember a few years ago I was on a long coach journey across the country. I was sitting in the front seat of the coach. About two thirds into the journey we passed a police checkpoint. It was at this point that I realised that the driver was not wearing a seat belt because he put it on while approaching the checkpoint. Seconds after passing the checkpoint, he removed it again. It never made sense to me how a person who spends his entire working day driving a vehicle doesn't like wearing a seat belt. It seems incredibly stupid and irresponsible.
I love it man! Being sensible kinda feeling ur tires, momentum(g force),
Feel the turns, seeing peripherally the road lines... Being sensible feels better than being overly fast. Very nice lesson. Keep it up man!
Thanks alot Richard, really appreciate your effort and content. I enjoyed ur story. I am glad you wore your seat belt otherwise the best driving channel on youtube could have been non existent. Also, yes I would love for you to record your track days pls.
Thank you. I wouldn't be doing a track day for a while yet. But I could do a video explaining what you need to know about them.
@@ConquerDriving Yes please. Thanks
Wow!! Thankfully u survived and u r able to help me and others out there.. You are such an inspiration.
Stay safe mentor
Thank you ☺
Most underrated youtube personality hands down 🙌 I would also watch the track day video when it's possible for you to make it
Thank you ☺
Thank you for sharing your story.
Definitely please always wear your seatbelt.
My best friend isn’t here anymore due to a horrific car accident. We were told he probably wasn’t wearing it due to the awful injuries he sustained plus the distance he was thrown from his car.
So for him and all others who lost their lives because of not wearing them please guys get your seatbelts on!!!
I'm sorry to hear that. I guessing I may not be here if it wasn't for the seat belt.
Glad you're here mate.
Glad you're okay Rich! A scary story.
Thank you.
Nokia 7210! Atleast u and your mate survived. Thank god.
Hi Richard, thank you so much for sharing your amazing story. I’m really glad that you and your friend were fine.
I’m learning to drive (a bit late as I’m 43) in Cambridge at the moment and soon I will have my Practical Test.
I’m watching your videos actually every day and I found them very helpful.
Thank you. I wish you the best of luck with your test. Cambridge is a very nice place.
Another fantastic video,content and story!Such an honest and open video,and i watch almost every video that you publish,you know.From the playlist how to drive series,i passed my driving test in bulgaria,everything is so well done,so calmly explained,and i try it,test it,and gradually build experience,so to speak.But in short,you're a very good youtuber,person and instructor.Nice one,really!🙂
Only very recently discovered this channel and I'm on a bit of a binge. Yes the content is great and informative, but you're also a good speaker and an interesting guy! I like listening to you. Wish you could be my instructor 😂 I'm currently learning 😂
Thank you for sharing your experience here with us 😍
✊😍
You're welcome.
Really grateful for this video, it gives really good perspective of safety and also generally what it is commonly like to be a young driver (sometimes not even a young driver, just a bit of a daredevil)!!! Full of energy and risk taking. Thank the absolute lord for your decision to put your seatbelt on!! And even to this day people still question it, just shows ya can’t take safety for granted!! I’ve been driving for 3 years but passed when I was 17 (so had a 4 year gap for uni), and I’ve actually learnt SO much from watching your videos even though I passed my test a fair while ago!! I really enjoy your teaching videos like on clutch wear and car mechanics. I really value people who can teach the complexity’s of the car which I think people should have a grasp on considering they learn to drive one! A couple track videos would be awesome too, It’s lovely to listen to people who are knowledgeable about things they are passionate about 😇 thanks again for your content!!!!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Let this be a lesson to all of us, don’t be an idiot on the road. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Im currently learning to drive and I pray that I’m never in a crash with any loved ones in the car or in a crash at all, and if I am that I walk away clean along with anyone else in the car.
Sorry this happened to you! Glad you and your friend were okay.
This happened 2 weeks before I was born, crazy how long ago it was
Yes I know. Although it doesn't feel that long ago.
Oddly I think 2005, feels like a very long time ago. Yet something which happened in 2003, feels like yesterday
Thank you for this amazing video and the advice ❤
i’m glad you survived and providing us so much valuable information for free
That's terrible. Luckly you were safe. Btw, track day videos can be a good idea. I hope you're happy to do your job and playing golf too because that is fun for sure! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thank you. Still feeling my back from golf!
19:27 is very relatable
My father got into a car accident in the highway back in 2014 with the whole family while going out, and I'm basically traumatised after that. For about 6-7 years, I get scared every time I'm a passenger in a car while in motorways. I would grip that handle thing at the top very tightly while going over 50mph
Thanks for sharing your experience
It will definitely serve as a very good reminder to always wear seatbelts no matter what.
I lik the nature of your being, you talk so relaxed yet highlight the most important stuff in the message, after all.. you're alive thanks to a good piece of leather around your body!
Thanks for the video, love it! and yeah for sure, a video of track days!
Thank you! A seat belt is made of ballistic nylon. Very tough stuff.
Passed my test not long ago luv ur channel this story rly puts into persepctive how things could of gone and the need to not speed :)
Best video I've seen for a long time - gripping stuff.
hello
this is the best channel I've found to learn driving by far, very good work man. I'd love too see a track day video with info about all the needs and expenses to do that.
keep up the good work
greetings from Mexico
Great video, it was really interesting to hear your story and sort of learn a little bit more about you. I’ll definitely remember this video if I’m ever tempted to drive fast around country roads or trying to drive beyond my capability.
I could listen to you telling story’s all day, I’m glad your here to tell your story.
Just to add, I’m the same age as you so when you talked about your camera phone I understood that so much 😂
I love watching your videos Richard, even as a full license holder there's still so much im learning and adding to help my own driving, and hearing experiences like this definitely helps others. Im so glad nobody was seriously hurt! It was bad enough with the accident I was in which was not as bad as the one you describe here - it was night and I had stopped at a red light, I had been waiting there for at least a good 30 seconds or so when someone slammed into the back of me, pushing me through the red light into the junction. Thankfully no injuries (strangely I remember my overwhelming thought was I hoped I didn't get points on my license for going through the red light 🤣 No letters in the post so they clearly must have seen what happened on the cameras, not quite sure how that works.) It does affect you though, even now I get very nervous if I feel that somebody is driving too close behind me or seems to be approaching too quickly. Thank you for sharing these videos that we can all learn from.
Sorry to hear about that...
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you and you're welcome.
14:11 "I'm just basically a snacc.." 😏
Haha.
Hi Richard. I've just purchased a car to get back on the road after eight years since I last (briefly) drove a car. I'm so glad that I've found your channel to watch alongside my refresher lessons as I'm finding it all really overwhelming.
Great decision to share your car accident experience btw 👍
Thank you for sharing this. Yesterday I was in a car accident - not a big, crazy, high speed one, fortunately. Actually a pathetically slow one that just scratched my (brand new!) car bumper and that of the other person's as they suddenly scraped across the front of me. I have only held my license since November. I'm not a young new driver - I'm 36, a mother, a physics student - and learning took me so long due to lessons being cancelled for so long in Scotland where I am. Because of huge gaps in learning during the pandemic, I took a lot of refresher type lessons with my instructor. I pride myself in being so careful. Like you, I would never be without a seatbelt - my grandad, who was a police officer, never started moving off until we had all belted up, and this is exactly what I do in my own car as a driver too. Safety first. Always. Yet this horrible incident happened yesterday. And today, I could barely cope with crossing the road on foot on a short wander to the shop. Every time a car with it's lights on passed me, it just brought back the total shock. I'm not even physically hurt from the accident. But I am really shaken as a driver. I have not been able to sit in my car yet and my husband is left struggling to work using a really rubbish bus service. I'm not sure when I'll get back to driving, or how I can get back to driving. If the incident could just stop replaying in my head a wee bit, I could maybe move on from it!
But I'm wittering on now - sorry!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I am glad you so strictly believe in always wearing your seatbelt - even laden with a mountain of McDonald's meals! It was worth faffing around a bit to get yourself strapped in. Where, and how, your wallet ended up .. Well, it makes you realise how lucky you were.
I'm sorry to hear you're shaken up and have scratched your new car. I do recommend getting back behind the wheel as soon as you can, try driving when it's quiet. The longer you leave it the harder it will be. Do an easy route when it's quiet and gradually build your confidence back up. Try not to dwell on it, these things happen every day, it's best to try to avoid them but also a level of acceptance is required for such things.
Definitely a track day video!!
I did listen to your video, I have a small daughter, so seatbells are very important. I am glad you are ok. Take care of you and thank you for sharing all this.
@Conquer Driving, the experience of your accident give me a flash back. Around the same time I did hit a stationary vechile that was blocking a telegraph pole that I would have hit had a car not been parked, on the offside of the road. Hitting black ice not once but twice, I corrected the first skid to then hit a second patch of black ice just before a bend. I could see the stationary vechile getting closer.
I remember my mother saying watch that car, my response was mum we are about too hit that car. Just glad that was nothing coming around the bend as the car went straight. Yes seat belts really do help save lives.
Thanks for sharing that. A similar thing happened to me at the same age, I was in the back seat but sadly the friend who was sat where you were didn't survive. Unlike you I don't remember the impact but will never - ever - forget the sound of it. Nor will I forget the devastation it caused to my friend's family afterwards. So, for anyone else using Richard's (brilliant) videos to help them learn to drive please do not ignore the lesson of this one, it's probably the most important one of all
That's very sad, I'm very sorry to hear that.
@@ConquerDriving When we become young adults we think that no-one can teach us anything. We think that everyone who was born before us is a fool. We feel invincible. The message of your video is so important and I hope gets through to all who see it, I'm really pleased you took the time to make it
Sorry to hear that. May your friend rest in peace. I hope now that we do what we can to make sure that such tragedies do not occur in vain. We owe it to those killed and maimed to do so.
I also wrote off a 1990s Ford Fiesta though it was a lot less dramatic when it happened to me, and I wasn't at fault. But like you, I get into a car and automatically reach to put my seatbelt on. you never know what might happen, after all! I'm glad you and your friend were OK, that sounds like an absolutely terrifying experience - and it's understandable that you were nervous about being a passenger again. You've done well to go from that to, basically, being paid to be a passenger - though a far more active passenger than most!
Hi Richard. Sometimes I drive fast with my ND MX-5 (which I know you have one of too haha) but I always check that my passenger understands and wants to drive fast and I'm always careful and buckle up. This is a nice reminder that annoying my passengers with proper safety (seatbelts, sitting up properly, no feet on the dash, etc) is SUPER important. 0 guilt about being a pain haha
Excellent video, must admit I was a little hesitant when you said about nervous drivers, I thought 'oh my, should I watch this?!' but it was an honest account of an accident (with a very lucky outcome!) and I think it's something that all drivers especially nervous drivers worry about so it actually helped me as a nervous driver
I'm happy to hear that.
I know how to drive but still I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work brother.
Thanks for sharing you experience. It's always good know more for general knowledge and avoid do the similar mistakes.
My mistake was being young and stupid.
Enjoyed this video. And would love to see something on track days and high performance driving, it’s nice to find a driving instructor who’s into that sort of thing.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your story, Richard. First, I am so happy that you and your friend were fine. As I am a bit older than you, let me just say: "Life starts after 40." I think you will appreciate it after you get there. Yes, it would be fantastic to see a track-day video.
Thank you, there is a track day video coming this month.
@@ConquerDriving Great, I am looking forward to it. :)
Thank you so much for this video....
I'm also learning to drive (like a lot other people 😅) and I recently watched your video about clutch control. I learnt to do it right there and now I know how things can go wrong if I'm not careful from this video....
Also I would love to see those track day videos
You're welcome! I wish you the best of luck with your clutch control and I'm happy to hear I've helped.
Really good video been into crashes as a passenger and two as a driver and couldn’t emphasise more the importance of wearing the seatbelt.
What a story! Lucky! Those minor accidents people get from time to time are nothing compared to this.
Hi,
First of all i love your work even if i am driving in europe and i have to think in reverse on some of subjects. (Steering, lanes and stuff)
You are a great teacher, and i feel like i am improving my driving skills when i apply your advices.
I would love to see a video@ track races (not necessarily the prices as may not apply everywhere) explaining more in terms of car wear and tear and if would be more convenient and useful to use your own car or to rent one.
Congrats!
I think I should make one. Thank you.
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Happy Birthday! (for ~1 week ago)
Thanks Michael. 28th June.
I've been driving for 2 years now and when I get on my nerves I always floor the throttle all the way to the bottom to let go of my problems. I nearly rear-ended another car yesterday just a few inches away. From that day on, I've learned my lesson and never wanted to be a bad driver again.
Great video, really down to earth and raw, definitely an eye opener too!
Also, a track day video would be awesome when you're able to get back there but in the mean time, stay safe and hopefully work picks up :)
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your story. I am so glad you were wearing your seatbelt. You are/ a lovely human with such a talent for teaching driving. My older American ass is learning from you to prepare for my driving test on Tuesday 12/28/21 :)
Wow, that's very soon, I wish you the best of luck!
@@ConquerDriving I passed my driving test!!!! I feel like I owe you a big thanks for your videos. Even though I have been driving for 41 years in America, there is a lot to learn about driving in the UK, (Roundabouts for example😁) and I have probably watched every one of your videos about passing the test, Roundabouts, etc. You were my driving instructor and even though I never actually sat in a car with you, I felt like I did. Thank you for the time and commitment you take in making these videos. You help more people than you realize!
Of course the Nokia survived 😂 Loved the Story Richard, glad everything well as good as it did
Same thing happened with me 3 weeks ago. The speed was over 130km/s and I was very grateful that I put seatbelts on. I recommend everyone never put your seatbelts off when you you are driving.
Good advice.
I loved the little story Easter egg at the end
Haha, that was an accident as I did it in one take and I forgot.
Woah. You were both incredibly lucky to walk out of that unscathed.
Glad you okay and survived🙏
Thank you, so I am!
Passed my test a week and a half ago. I've been watching your videos for some time and they helped me, even though I drive on the right side and some minor details are different. Thank you very much!
You're welcome
Very inspiring, you are very good at what you do. Criticism is a very powerful thing even putting thumbs down can have a negative impact, it seemed like you were conflicted on whether to post the video and rest assured you will have saved a life by doing so.
There are too many fatalities where convenience has got into the mix, it just goes to show convenience can kill.
Well said, well done keep posting because you will have my support even after I’ve passed!!! :)
Thank you for watching and your kind comment.
thank you for the video, great content, track day video yes please.
I passed my test back in October and recently bought my first car and I still watch all your videos as they are still really helpful
I was out with my friends a few days ago and we didn't get home until about midnight so I dropped them off and I attempted to pull in to their driveway so I could reverse out and turn around however I was pulling in to the drive I hit their wall and knocked it down and now there is a massive dent in my car and I was pretty scared to be honest but after hearing your story I feel a whole lot better about it hahaha
Ouch! It can be fixed though. Lesson learnt the expensive way. I've done a few things like that in the passed.
listening to this reaffirms my biggest fear on country roads of over/under steering around a sharp unknown bend hence I'd always drop down my speed and gently enter them especially with hatchbacks.
Very sensible. 👍
Addict of this channel.
I've learnt something from your video and thank you very much for it. Seat belts are very important and it could save life. It makes the difference. I would like to see the track day video as well. Good day!
Very true about seat belts. Yes, I think I will try and do a track day video.
Video about track day would be awesome! 😁
I am sorry this happened hut the greatest thing about sharing this story is to teach and tell people to well not be so risky and again like u said wear seatbelts Ect. Sharing the story to peoppe who don't think about the consequences is important because if someone who doesn't before they watched this video now they are aware to be safe.
Very moving video and glad you're ok mate but very good point on seat belts . I won't even drive my car and actually get annoyed if I find any passengers without seat belts on
That sounds terrible dude, hey atleast you have a good story to tell tho aha. Glad your all safe and I really agree about the whole seatbelt thing! On another note, please do a track day video and any other non-learning type videos as it gives me a reason to still watch as I passed back in January. Stay safe dude.
Thank you. I may well do the track day video, seems like I've had quite a few requests.
I’d watch the track day video mate. Really enjoyed this video.
I'm in the process of making it. I posted on instagram today.
Love the fact that your band name was based on the number band vs "the" band joke intro from that Sum 41 video, 🤘🎸
very entertaining story thank you
A video on track days would be amazing!
I came back to this because after having driven for the last 4 years without a scratch, yesterday morning I had my first collision with another car - thankfully not fully front on, but I had a brain fade possibly due to feeling drowsy while taking a left turn on a crossroad, where I for some strange reason completely forgot to look in front at the car traveling in a straight line and thus one that had priority. Only in the last two seconds did my co passenger scream and by then it was too late for me to do anything. I have always considered myself a very safe driver, and never forget my observations, but yesterday was one of those days where I hadn't had enough sleep the night before but still went with it, and then I also ignored that a passenger in the back seat didn't have her seatbelt on, thinking I will remind her 'soon'. She went on to have a broken tooth, and the car now needs a bit of repair.
Moral of the story: no matter how good a driver you are considered, it only takes a momentary lapse to cause a serious accident. Also, please never drive when you aren't well rested. I haven't been able to leave the house for nearly 48 hours and haven't felt this depressed in a while.
Richard, if you read this, could you please do a video about regaining confidence post an accident, especially for someone well experienced. Thanks for all your videos btw!
Glad you're alive
I'm glad too, thank you!
You're young man, hope all is well mate
Thank you.
wholesome video❤
A track day video would be awsome, when i pass im gonna do trackdays if i can
would love to see the track day videos!
Hi Richard. I'm a learner in Ireland but have found your videos very useful. This, however , is the first time I've commented as it was such a refreshing and honest description of a bad driving experience. I wonder do English learners have the same issue as I find here: more experienced drivers will do almost anything,
sometimes very dangerously, to get past us as soon as they spot the 'L' plates?
Thank you for your compliment. Some drivers do that here, but it's important not to focus on them. For every 1 of them there are 50 patient people who understand people are slow when learning to drive.
@@ConquerDriving I'm also from Ireland, and on a L plate, I find that I get that same experience. Thanks for your videos Rich
I could listen to you talk all day 😂😂
Thanks for sharing it
Roads are shared paths for the purpose of commuting from point A to point B.
Tracks are sporting ground purpose built for exercising precision control and finding your limits.
Thank you for sharing your story. And remeber this day of sharing with the world how much it means to you to have a full life, when you turn 44, 55, 66, 77, 88 and 99 (if you get lucky) 🙂
A very good point.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing
You're welcome.