The pot of money that took him so long to save, however, disappeared after a dire accident.
Where we crave intensity, of course, is when the drivers overtake each other by the width of a cat's tail; when their crash helmets, filmed from inside, mist over in the onslaught of rain; or, above all, when Lauda has his dire accident at Nürburgring, the notorious German circuit, in August , 1976
Consider the recent EgyptAir 804 devastation amidst the thousands of flights that day or since the last plane crash, not to mention the 100x probability of a dire car accident.
Drivers over 70 are keeping their licenses longer and driving more than earlier generations, a trend that has led to dire predictions about car accident risks for aging baby boomers.
Thank goodness, then, for the return of The Wrong Mans (BBC2), Matthew Baynton and Corden's breakneck adventure comedy about two unassuming council workers/peril magnets with a tendency to end up in dire trouble, always by accident.
Both of them understand how even small accidents can become dire.
A number of factors hindered Corzine's efforts, some outside of his control -- such as the country's dire economic problems and a devastating car accident early in his term.
It was, in Watson's terms, a "freak accident", yet the initial prognosis was dire.
But barring another accident, the effect on the public of its dire state is limited.
But one thing is clear: Many of the dire predictions for the Gulf, made in the days and weeks after the accident, have not turned out to be true.
Or, in a more dire situation, replaces the brakes with some off-brand ones, which then fail and cause an accident.
