I call this one my "auto" accident. No one involved but me. Quite luckily.
I was exiting off the Florida Turnpike and turned westbound on a main boulevard during the peak of rush hour. It had poured all afternoon and the roads were slick with oil and water. I accelerated, as the boulevard begins a steep incline at the Turnpike exit, and decided I'd better change over a lane since I knew better than to accelerate quickly with that combination of conditions. Apparently the lane change was enough to set me to skidding in my 1999 (? I think) Isuzu Rodeo, which sent me flying over the median, perpendicular to the eastbound boulevard traffic and the side of the ramp going down several hundred feet to the Turnpike.
As the car went over the median, all I could think was that I did not want to drive off the ramp and dump myself over cars several hundred feet down, so I turned the wheel to the left, which immediately flattened both tires on the left side of the car. This managed to slow things down and I was able to maneuver the SUV into the eastbound turning lane for the Turnpike.
I was totally shaken but knew that somehow I managed to save not only myself, but potentially a lot of others. I shook for days.
That's the only accident I had where I showed some skill.
