Originally posted by Seeker
Interesting Leo. Out of control automobiles are a common motif in my dreams as well. However, I am always the one driving.,

I have often puzzled over this, as I have only been in one automobile crash in my life and it was quite minor. Why is it that one dreams of such thing? I for one am quite happy about it since the surge of adrenaline I feel as the crash occurs always triggers lucidity in me.

I know you are heavily into Architypes, but could you classify this motif? The Car Crash Archetype? Or on a deeper level, perhaps some underlying fear of losing control that manifests itself in a crash? Sounds like you and I might have a common issue here.
In a few dreams in my life, and a few dreams I've seen on this page, cars represent the physical body, especially in the sense that decomissioned cars represent death or the memorial remains of those who have died.

Ordinarily, most of my Car Dreams have involved my driving, but now that I have gotten into the 'advice business', I'm often only along for the ride. But the last few times I have driven have not gone badly.

Cars do provide a very handy Archetypical Symbol. No one is more conscious of Image then the Car Manufacturers, and people are more than willing to identify with what they drive. Then there is History. Bronze Age Aristocrats dreamt of Chariots. Europeans dreamt of horses. Chinese dreamt of oxen. Our Dreams symbolize the Physical in what we ride.