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10 People Who Escaped Close Shaves with Death. Every day we walk the streets, most of the time little realizing how closely we might be dicing with death. The Grim Reaper is nothing if not unpredictable. Cars speed past in a seemingly parallel world, but the sidewalk would provide no protection if one were to come careering out of control, its path destined to cross your own. When flesh and bone is all that stands in the way of a ton of spinning metal, there can be only one winner.

And yet sometimes there is a wild card in the hand that fate deals out – a joker who turns around and says: “The joke's on you, skull features! Whet your scythe for another day.” 10. Whoa! 9. More heart-stopping automobile madness, though this time it's just a pedestrian spared by what some might call divine intervention. 8. This is insane. 7. It seems to happen in slow motion – but then isn't that what people say serious car accidents are like?

6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. It's not just landlubbers who are in danger of being killed by vehicles. Sites to Ask a Question and Get an Answer Gain Adherents.

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