Accidents that made you laugh
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Garlick said:
17 year old me riding my KMX 125
Two young ladies at the bus stop
Checking them out...
...ride into back of car that has stopped in front of me and end up on the floor
The father of one of my friends did that, in a town centre, in summer.Two young ladies at the bus stop
Checking them out...
...ride into back of car that has stopped in front of me and end up on the floor
In a fully liveried up Police Vauxhall Senator.
markmullen said:
Garlick said:
17 year old me riding my KMX 125
Two young ladies at the bus stop
Checking them out...
...ride into back of car that has stopped in front of me and end up on the floor
The father of one of my friends did that, in a town centre, in summer.Two young ladies at the bus stop
Checking them out...
...ride into back of car that has stopped in front of me and end up on the floor
In a fully liveried up Police Vauxhall Senator.
Cycling home last weekend, bloke in a polish registered )left hand drive) mk4 golf impatiently overtook a bus stopped at a bus stop. Evidently from his vantage point behind the bus he failed to spot to traffic island 50 metres down the road, which he proceeded to park the front of the golf on at about 40 mph. Golf was left with it's front wheels a foot in the air on top of the now broken "keep left" sign 
As a young driving god I enjoyed challenging conditions. Coming home from work down a tight, twisty B-road in fairly heavy snow I came across a car crawling along, three corners later was a small straight - plenty for my Golf VR6 to pass. Manage this fine in the lightly rutted 4 inch ice and snow, confidence is high! One corner later I have a right turn, I only manage 45 degrees of the required 90 and head into a small ditch. Slow car crawls past as I'm backing out - one lesson learned!
Years later, my first proper track day in my brothers 328i. He drives the first session then I take over. I'm 5 years older and had been driving powerful cars a lot longer than him, my thoughts are clearly focused on my one opportunity to beat him for once! The very first corner I spin the damn thing off into the grass and stall it.
Fortunately only lessons learned and fun had in each incident
Years later, my first proper track day in my brothers 328i. He drives the first session then I take over. I'm 5 years older and had been driving powerful cars a lot longer than him, my thoughts are clearly focused on my one opportunity to beat him for once! The very first corner I spin the damn thing off into the grass and stall it.
Fortunately only lessons learned and fun had in each incident
Garlick said:
17 year old me riding my KMX 125
25 year old, supposedly adult me with first bike: Yamaha Thundercat 600. I thought I was a motoring god.Until I tried to ride it away from a shop carrying a little bag with a bag of sugar in one hand.
I revved hard to impress the youthy scrotes outside the shop and set off briskly. I leaned into an immediate bend and tried to steer into the lean to discover that the bag of sugar had become trapped between the tank and handlebars preventing them turning to steer into the lean hence there was nothing to do but hit the floor in slow motion. THen I did the first thing that seemed natural which was to try and hold onto the bike, via the throttle. So the bike and I slid down the road with the engine screaming like crazy and a perfect 50 yards trail of sugar leading to final resting place. If that wasn't embarrassing enough I had to make it worse.
One of the 'scrotes' who turned out to be a perfectly nice chap ran over and asked if I wanted help getting the bike up. Humiliated, I grumpily snapped that I'd be fine thank you very much, only to attempt to pick it up and discover that in my weakened state I couldn't even raise it an inch so I had to call out for the 'scrote' who was walking away to come back and help.
Not my finest moment but would have been very funny if it happened to someone else.
Edited by blindswelledrat on Friday 11th October 13:17
Can anyone find a video of a US police man who has just pulled someone over next to a busy road and is telling them to get out of the car because it's dangerous being parked on the side of the road at exactly the moment a lorry completely takes out his car for him to cooly remark "just like that"?
I was looking for that the other day and it would be perfect for this thread.
I was looking for that the other day and it would be perfect for this thread.
My dad had previously told me the story of when he stopped at a red light and watched the motorbike infront fall onto its side with the rider still on board. Him and his mates jumped out to help the rider get himself and the bike upright and he embarrassingly told them that he had just taken off his sidecar.
matc said:
Sat at some traffic lights waiting to cross a busy dual carriageway, guy in one of those small honda pick-up things opposite for some reason jumps the lights and just shoots across the busy, fast flowing road - he inevitably gets hit, which send his little pick up onto its side and he slides along the road, coming to a rest next to our car.
He wound down the window and stood up in this little pick-up on its side with a look of complete bewilderment; luckily no-one was hurt. For some weird reason it was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Reminded me of seeing a chap in one of those weirdly tall and narrow MPVs leaving a Park and Ride in Oxford in a hurry. He flew out of the car park at an immense 15mph or so and the car just tipped on its side. He wound down the window and stood up in this little pick-up on its side with a look of complete bewilderment; luckily no-one was hurt. For some weird reason it was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
I hope this one has not been posted yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmXYumsRLI
A bit lengthy but has me in stitches every time.
A bit lengthy but has me in stitches every time.
Should have been black flagged before this happened. Can just imagine how smug he felt about his driving skills up until the point of no return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhtgX2ZG2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhtgX2ZG2Q
Jayyylo said:
My dad had previously told me the story of when he stopped at a red light and watched the motorbike infront fall onto its side with the rider still on board. Him and his mates jumped out to help the rider get himself and the bike upright and he embarrassingly told them that he had just taken off his sidecar.
About 2 years ago I had the pleasure of seeing some true poetic justice.
We were at a traffic light controlled cross roads. There was a bus going strait across in one direction and a minicab turning right in the other direction. As normal the minicab driver didn't want to wait for the bus to go so tried to race in the gap between the bus and the car in front, only to be punted across the road.
Negligible damage to the bus, big dent in the door of the minicab. By the looks of it no one was injured. It was hilarious seeing a minicab driver get caught out by dumb driving.
We were at a traffic light controlled cross roads. There was a bus going strait across in one direction and a minicab turning right in the other direction. As normal the minicab driver didn't want to wait for the bus to go so tried to race in the gap between the bus and the car in front, only to be punted across the road.
Negligible damage to the bus, big dent in the door of the minicab. By the looks of it no one was injured. It was hilarious seeing a minicab driver get caught out by dumb driving.
The accident itself isn't that funny but my name is Rod Stuart and last year my MX5 got written off by someone called Jacky Chan...
Explaining it to the insurance company had the girl on the other end of the phone in stitches. Probably thought we were dyslexic fans that were arguing over which celeb is better
Explaining it to the insurance company had the girl on the other end of the phone in stitches. Probably thought we were dyslexic fans that were arguing over which celeb is better
[quote=lowdrag]Now this may be a strange title, and in both instances I am about to relate I was not of course involved. But I am sure you all will have some little story to tell.
Firstly I am back in 1969, driving along the seafront at Gosport. The navy used SRN4 hovercrafts in the day, and the matelots were there with red flags stopping cars so the hovercaft could cross from the sea to the naval base. Except some idiot in front of me seemed not to see them and continued gaily on in his Zephyr Mk 3 straight into the side of the hovercraft. I'd have loved to see his insurer's face when they saw the claim form, and I was called as a witness at his court hearing for careless driving.
try HMS Daedalus at Lee on the Solent mate. Gosport is several miles away!
Firstly I am back in 1969, driving along the seafront at Gosport. The navy used SRN4 hovercrafts in the day, and the matelots were there with red flags stopping cars so the hovercaft could cross from the sea to the naval base. Except some idiot in front of me seemed not to see them and continued gaily on in his Zephyr Mk 3 straight into the side of the hovercraft. I'd have loved to see his insurer's face when they saw the claim form, and I was called as a witness at his court hearing for careless driving.
try HMS Daedalus at Lee on the Solent mate. Gosport is several miles away!
Funniest accidents that I have witnessed - 1) was an angry chav getting battered as he tried to overtake a works van that was turning right. His face was absolutely priceless.
2) was when i was sitting in the passenger seat of my mums car, turning off a roundabout when she was cut up by a 200sx that was in the wrong lane. My mum beeped at him, he turned round to tell her to "f
k off".... and drove straight into the back of a queue of traffic. He was absolutely livid, punching the steering wheel. I blew him a kiss as we drove past.
While not an accident, i made myself look like a total dick last week. Parked up waiting for petrol, half the pumps are off so big queue, i see an middle aged bloke filling his crv. He takes ages so i am playing on my phone, and when i look up he has finished and is looking at the newspapers, flowers, even in the bucket with the sand in it! I opened my window and shouted out "you gonna fking hurry up mate?" and he said, in a sheepish voice "my wife is inside paying". she had wandered in when i was looking at my phone.... what a dick! apologised and felt like a baw bag!
2) was when i was sitting in the passenger seat of my mums car, turning off a roundabout when she was cut up by a 200sx that was in the wrong lane. My mum beeped at him, he turned round to tell her to "f
k off".... and drove straight into the back of a queue of traffic. He was absolutely livid, punching the steering wheel. I blew him a kiss as we drove past.While not an accident, i made myself look like a total dick last week. Parked up waiting for petrol, half the pumps are off so big queue, i see an middle aged bloke filling his crv. He takes ages so i am playing on my phone, and when i look up he has finished and is looking at the newspapers, flowers, even in the bucket with the sand in it! I opened my window and shouted out "you gonna f
king hurry up mate?" and he said, in a sheepish voice "my wife is inside paying". she had wandered in when i was looking at my phone.... what a dick! apologised and felt like a baw bag!Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff