Worst experience whilst driving
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I once came to a squealing, skidding stop from 70mph in the outside lane of the M80 - with another car less than a car length in front of me but facing the wrong way. Another car was still spinning away, raining debris onto us and the HGV on the inside, which was also struggling to stop before smashing into a third car involved....
Someone swerved on from Cumbernauld junction between two HGV's in the inside lane, and bounced off the car in the outside lane, triggering a chain reaction.
New pants moment.
Someone swerved on from Cumbernauld junction between two HGV's in the inside lane, and bounced off the car in the outside lane, triggering a chain reaction.
New pants moment.
1995
21 years old
3 Door Sierra Cosworth on that way back from tuning at Collins Performance Engineering
Driving like an absolute grade 1 bellend on motorway; racing with a Merc of some sort. Dropped into 3rd, floored it and completely lost control. 10 car pile up, me quite damaged and car written off
Life changing moment and I've driven like miss daisy ever since.
21 years old
3 Door Sierra Cosworth on that way back from tuning at Collins Performance Engineering
Driving like an absolute grade 1 bellend on motorway; racing with a Merc of some sort. Dropped into 3rd, floored it and completely lost control. 10 car pile up, me quite damaged and car written off
Life changing moment and I've driven like miss daisy ever since.
Southern france somewhere.....having driven from Calais through the night with 3 kids asleep in the back.........4am ish still dark...saw a lorry about 1/2 mile in front - next thing I know I was just about to ram it in the rear - luckily I swerved the right way (left not right as I would have in the UK) and nothing was alongside me.......I could have killed the lot of us..............never driven thru the night without stopping regularly since!!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t let a driver push in in front of me when two lanes went into 1 in central Reading as he was being a bellend and undertaking people.
He followed me into a the car park and attacked me, fortunately I did fight back, and an awesome guy came over to help me.
He kicked my car and cracked the bumper too.
The police gave him a good telling off and he had to pay for repairs, he tried to pull the self defence card but the police weren’t having any of it. I think it helped that I had a witness. He kept shouting something about having his girlfriend in the car, she was sitting there with her head in her hands.
I believe he is in some kind of management role at Thames water if anyone wants to go say hi! The police accidentally forwarded me his details
I wouldn’t drive into Reading for a month after that and even 4 years later I’m still a lot more careful than I was.
He followed me into a the car park and attacked me, fortunately I did fight back, and an awesome guy came over to help me.
He kicked my car and cracked the bumper too.
The police gave him a good telling off and he had to pay for repairs, he tried to pull the self defence card but the police weren’t having any of it. I think it helped that I had a witness. He kept shouting something about having his girlfriend in the car, she was sitting there with her head in her hands.
I believe he is in some kind of management role at Thames water if anyone wants to go say hi! The police accidentally forwarded me his details
I wouldn’t drive into Reading for a month after that and even 4 years later I’m still a lot more careful than I was.
Many years ago on the M23 coming into Hooley, riding my 2 week old ducati at stupid speeds, hit the seem between two bits of newly laid tarmac whilst leant over. Triggered a massive tank slapper for the entire length of that part of the M23, sitting me up and just missing a grab lorries wheels and then the bridge wall.
Leant the bike on the wall and sat contemplating life for about 20 minutes whilst being called (rightfully) a wker by passing traffic.
Leant the bike on the wall and sat contemplating life for about 20 minutes whilst being called (rightfully) a wker by passing traffic.
Killing a dog back in about 1989 as a new driver, was going slowly, near home, kid launches ball into road closely followed by a small dog, into my path, nothing I could do and it went under my front wheel. Even though it was not my fault you dont forget killing someone's pet in front of them. Well it was mortally wounded, assumed it didnt make it, cant still hear the noise it made, thinking about it still makes me well up 30 odd years later.
Driving along in the outside lane of the Oxford ring-road (between Wolvercote and Headington for those that know it) when all of a sudden the car in front of me swerved into the inside lane to reveal a lady in her mid-60s/early-70s, driving the wrong way down the dual carriageway in the outside lane. I swerved out of the way just in time to see her scowl at me as she went past (I assume she thought that she was in the right and I had been overtaking or something).
At the time I felt fine but when I tried to get out of the car when I got to work, the adrenaline suddenly hit me and I could barely stand on my legs.
At the time I felt fine but when I tried to get out of the car when I got to work, the adrenaline suddenly hit me and I could barely stand on my legs.
heading up to Black & White Garage to pick up one of my various Alfas many years ago... driving along a country lane and a flatbed truck with a JCB on the back is coming the other way. As he enters a bend, the back arm thingy on the JCB swings across into my path. No idea how it missed me, but still terrifies me to this day.
David87 said:
Vomit. That's all I have to say on the matter.
I was bringing my wife home from a girls night in out 3 day old Focus when she suddenly threw up. Before I got the chance to stop, she had managed to splatter the dash and windscreen, made even worse as she put her hand over mouth to try and stop it. The rest of the drive home was very quiet ... Even though we got home at 1am, I got the wet vac out and cleaned up the mess, as well as disinfecting everything. Proper worst experiences have been cars spinning on the motorway in front of me, which has happened three times over the years. Two were when the cars ahead braked hard causing the car in front of me to jump on their brakes, catch the grass next to the crash barrier and spin. Luckily, both times I was looking far enough ahead to see what was happening and leave enough enough room in case anything happened, which it then did. Scariest part was then sitting there for a couple of seconds while the spun car sorted themselves out and hoping nothing piled into the back of me.
The other time was driving past Gordano services in heavy fog, when a car swerved out from the slip road causing a couple of cars in front of me to brake hard and lose control. Being young and dumb I just floored it (as much as I could in a Metro GTA ) and go through the gap they had left. Luckily there was nothing in front and I continued on my way with a slightly raised heartrate
Nowadays I am rather older and supposedly more grown up, and ABS tends to stop so many cars losing control under braking. Worst experiences these days are normally needing the toilet when I have just passed the services
Before the music stops said:
heading up to Black & White Garage to pick up one of my various Alfas many years ago... driving along a country lane and a flatbed truck with a JCB on the back is coming the other way. As he enters a bend, the back arm thingy on the JCB swings across into my path. No idea how it missed me, but still terrifies me to this day.
Oh Christ, that reminds me of an incident in Cornwall some years ago when a digger or some such on the back of a truck somehow had its bucket swung out into the opposite lane, decapitated several people driving the other way.Encountering an utter lunatic in a pickup truck.
Back when I was about 24, I had a tidy little Renault 5 as my daily car. Coming back from my then girlfriends house (her in the car) a pick up truck pulls out on me and being a more fiery young lad I hit the horn, we exchanged gestures. Typical kind of stuff.
Except this guy went utterly batsh!t. I assumed we were done until we're coming alongside each other at a roundabout, me to the left going straight on and him going right. Firstly he brake tests me, then as I'm coming alongside he tries to run me off the road. I pulled in behind him, turned right as thankfully the road was clear and pulled up at the side of the road.
I've come to a stop to see a pickup truck accelerating at the back of my car and bang, he's rammed it. Long story short, we were fine, the car was written off, he got punched, I made a profit, his shiny new pickup was all smashed up and I learned that 50 something year old men can be some of the most angry on the road.
Back when I was about 24, I had a tidy little Renault 5 as my daily car. Coming back from my then girlfriends house (her in the car) a pick up truck pulls out on me and being a more fiery young lad I hit the horn, we exchanged gestures. Typical kind of stuff.
Except this guy went utterly batsh!t. I assumed we were done until we're coming alongside each other at a roundabout, me to the left going straight on and him going right. Firstly he brake tests me, then as I'm coming alongside he tries to run me off the road. I pulled in behind him, turned right as thankfully the road was clear and pulled up at the side of the road.
I've come to a stop to see a pickup truck accelerating at the back of my car and bang, he's rammed it. Long story short, we were fine, the car was written off, he got punched, I made a profit, his shiny new pickup was all smashed up and I learned that 50 something year old men can be some of the most angry on the road.
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