Don't Look Back, But Always Look Over Your Shoulder - IMRAN™ As I had written about the multiple traumas over 30 years which added up to literally be a pain in the neck. It started with my being T-boned (no pun intended) as a passenger on a motorcycle by another motorcycle at 18, just at the start of my Engineering University studies in Lahore. I was riding behind my friend Naeem Safdar on The Mall road in Lahore at 2 AM in 1980 with no traffic visible. We were with another pair of friends on their bike. When those guys unexpectedly did a U-turn just past Pakistan State Guest House, Lahore Naeem quickly turned without looking over his shoulder-- even as he said to look behind if anyone was coming. Too late. Before I could look over or say anything, an unrelated couple of guys going like 80 mph suddenly saw us turn too late to stop. Naeem's right leg was shattered from the impact. The other driver flew past us between us, scarping his whole face from not wearing a helmet. That passenger flew straight into my neck like an NFL player with neither of us having any protection. I did not break anything, but the sudden total twist of the head and neck started the damage. But, hey, a miracle to have lived so far without breaking anything. Later several such traumas over the next three decades made things worse. One was in 2000 when I was a passenger in a rental Ford Taurus whose driver I had told just the previous night that her habit of changing lanes without looking over her shoulder was very dangerous. She made light of it. On a California freeway she took the exit lane, then suddenly changed her mind, and got back onto the main expressway lane, -- yes, again without looking over her shoulder. Boom! A speeding car behind us in that lane struck us on the left rear passenger side where I was sitting. We spun across 4 lanes of a California expressway and ended in a ditch, barely avoiding being smashed to pieces by an 18-wheeler. Despite that whiplash injury, nothing was broken, and not being crushed by the 18-wheeler made me consider it yet another miracle. So, I do not look back on my life with any regrets, but I never forget the miracles that kept me alive. But I tell people, don't look back... but always look over your shoulder! Back then, in that 2000 accident era, cell phones did not have cameras. That is why I do not have any photos of the shattered Ford Taurus that we all fortunately walked away from. This photo is from exactly 20 years ago, the fall of 2003. It is from another traumatic experience a few years later which I will share the story of later. Thank you for the love and prayers, always. © 2003-2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN, #Mercedes, #MercedesBenz, #AMG, #airbags, #accident, #autobiography, #accident, #transportation, #safety, #miracle, #blessed, #grateful, #gratitude, #driving, #drivinglessons, #BadDrivers,Don't Look Back, But Always Look Over Your Shoulder - IMRAN™ As I had written about the multiple traumas over 30 years which added up to literally be a pain in the neck. It started with my being T-boned (no pun intended) as a passenger on a motorcycle by another motorcycle at 18, just at the start of my Engineering University studies in Lahore. I was riding behind my friend Naeem Safdar on The Mall road in Lahore at 2 AM in 1980 with no traffic visible. We were with another pair of friends on their bike. When those guys unexpectedly did a U-turn just past Pakistan State Guest House, Lahore Naeem quickly turned without looking over his shoulder-- even as he said to look behind if anyone was coming. Too late. Before I could look over or say anything, an unrelated couple of guys going like 80 mph suddenly saw us turn too late to stop. Naeem's right leg was shattered from the impact. The other driver flew past us between us, scarping his whole face from not wearing a helmet. That passenger flew straight into my neck like an NFL player with neither of us having any protection. I did not break anything, but the sudden total twist of the head and neck started the damage. But, hey, a miracle to have lived so far without breaking anything. Later several such traumas over the next three decades made things worse. One was in 2000 when I was a passenger in a rental Ford Taurus whose driver I had told just the previous night that her habit of changing lanes without looking over her shoulder was very dangerous. She made light of it. On a California freeway she took the exit lane, then suddenly changed her mind, and got back onto the main expressway lane, -- yes, again without looking over her shoulder. Boom! A speeding car behind us in that lane struck us on the left rear passenger side where I was sitting. We spun across 4 lanes of a California expressway and ended in a ditch, barely avoiding being smashed to pieces by an 18-wheeler. Despite that whiplash injury, nothing was broken, and not being crushed by the 18-wheeler made me consider it yet another miracle. So, I do not look back on my life with any regrets, but I never forget the miracles that kept me alive. But I tell people, don't look back... but always look over your shoulder! Back then, in that 2000 accident era, cell phones did not have cameras. That is why I do not have any photos of the shattered Ford Taurus that we all fortunately walked away from. This photo is from exactly 20 years ago, the fall of 2003. It is from another traumatic experience a few years later which I will share the story of later. Thank you for the love and prayers, always. © 2003-2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN, #Mercedes, #MercedesBenz, #AMG, #airbags, #accident, #autobiography, #accident, #transportation, #safety, #miracle, #blessed, #grateful, #gratitude, #driving, #drivinglessons, #BadDrivers,

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