Forgive the background music of Sinatra's I'm Going to Live Till I Die, but take a look at this video clip of near (VERY near) misses. Sort of makes you believe that there were guardian angels watching these, um, hapless individuals.
Whoa. I would have hugged that tree that stopped the car. Before I helped the drive. "Thank you tree. Thank you." I probably would have gone to picnic there every Sunday after.
Tut-tut...