Taxi on my lawn
Discussion
It has always amazed me how taxi drivers never seem to get done for speeding. Not once have I ever been in a taxi going at the limit - always 10 to 20 mph over regardless of the roads or conditions.
Seems strange how the car went through the hedge, across a field, and still managed to not only hit the ditch, but go right over the ditch into your garden? Must have been going hell of a fast.
And these tyres can't be legal. It looks like he has possibly had them re cut? But why do that in the first place?
Seems strange how the car went through the hedge, across a field, and still managed to not only hit the ditch, but go right over the ditch into your garden? Must have been going hell of a fast.
And these tyres can't be legal. It looks like he has possibly had them re cut? But why do that in the first place?
Greeny said:
...it's dumped in the field still, the lifting strap broke while the fork lift had it 6 feet in the air...
Great pics!
Any sign of skid marks further up the road?
Do you know who called the cops?
Do you think the airbags went off when the car ripped the tree stump out or seconds later when it smashed into and bounced over that deep ditch?
SD1992 said:
It has always amazed me how taxi drivers never seem to get done for speeding. Not once have I ever been in a taxi going at the limit - always 10 to 20 mph over regardless of the roads or conditions.
Agreed. It seems that the police turn a blind eye to taxi drivers for some reason.
G350 said:
Great pics!
Any sign of skid marks further up the road?
Do you know who called the cops?
Do you think the airbags went off when the car ripped the tree stump out or seconds later when it smashed into and bounced over that deep ditch?
ETA, the police said "no one was hurt, and a s
t car is off the road for good, sort of a result"Edited by Greeny on Sunday 3rd April 00:00
John D. said:
You think tread on a road tyre would have helped 'cross country'? I doubt it!!
This!And if the road was dry then the less tread the better. Shows how conditioned some of us are that presented with such a situation all we wonder is why driver wasn't prosecuted for the 'technically illegal' tyres.
'Least of our worries' is correctly what plod was probably thinking.....
Greeny said:
the police said "no one was hurt, and a st car is off the road for good, sort of a result"
Ah yes. Police discretion. Be grateful for it folks - it saves us all money. To many of us have been infected by the zealots....t car is off the road for good, sort of a result"Edited by r11co on Sunday 3rd April 00:06
The tyres look perfectly good enough to pass an MOT to me. If the lateral grooves are not cut as deep as the main circumferal grooves to start with, then the area where the lateral grooves are/were is not a valid part of the tyre from which to take a tread depth measurement. As long as there are no cords showing, they're legal.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Edited by mcford on Sunday 3rd April 06:25
Greeny said:
No skid marks on the road, air bags 'deployed on landing', I called the police due to identification 'issues'
ETA, the police said "no one was hurt, and a st car is off the road for good, sort of a result"
So they're not prosecuting!!!?ETA, the police said "no one was hurt, and a s
t car is off the road for good, sort of a result"Edited by Greeny on Sunday 3rd April 00:00
Did anyone get his number? I need to get to Central London quickly on Thursday and I reckon he'll get me there on time.............
The road where he came off, is it straight (looks like it from the picture) - I was expecting there to be a sharp bend but the tarmac looks straight enough!?!? So it could be he's telling the truth and had to swerve to GTFO of the way of something?
I mean, if he was engaged in activities sung about in Sex on Fire, then he'd have gone off the end of a road not sideways off a straight?!
The road where he came off, is it straight (looks like it from the picture) - I was expecting there to be a sharp bend but the tarmac looks straight enough!?!? So it could be he's telling the truth and had to swerve to GTFO of the way of something?
I mean, if he was engaged in activities sung about in Sex on Fire, then he'd have gone off the end of a road not sideways off a straight?!
mcford said:
The tyres look perfectly good enough to pass an MOT to me. If the lateral grooves are not cut as deep as the main circumferal grooves to start with, then the area where the lateral grooves are/were is not a valid part of the tyre from which to take a tread depth measurement. As long as there are no cords showing, they're legal.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Edited by mcford on Sunday 3rd April 06:25
Jasandjules said:
Did anyone get his number? I need to get to Central London quickly on Thursday and I reckon he'll get me there on time.............
If it's a Central London A&E your wanting to go to you're on a winner 
however you may end up in one closer to your start point though!
caffeine said:
Are they filming the fifth installment?
Not yet but it's being scripted. Marion Cotillard is being a bit of a diva about it as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVNzRNZDllI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqSqdTA4TWo
Peugeot have pulled out as well.
Why do the septics have to ruin everything?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHT6ReY-s8
Thank feck they only made one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHT6ReY-s8
Thank feck they only made one.
Vieste said:
mcford said:
The tyres look perfectly good enough to pass an MOT to me. If the lateral grooves are not cut as deep as the main circumferal grooves to start with, then the area where the lateral grooves are/were is not a valid part of the tyre from which to take a tread depth measurement. As long as there are no cords showing, they're legal.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Whereas the registration plate on one of the background vehicles would fail an MOT.
Edited by mcford on Sunday 3rd April 06:25
The Police probably aren't pursuing the tyre issue because the "Dangerous Driving" is far more important.
Is it just me or is it because there's a taxi in a field there's a lot of
action? If it were the usual TVR/911/other widow maker in a field it would "bad luck, oil/diesel/ice on the road etc blah-blah-blah spirited drive gone wrong nuns tits". This chap is a pillock who has made a mistake and undoubtedly will be paying for it for a long time to come. How car insurance is for normal drivers at the moment I certainly wouldn't want DD40 and a fine or ban on my licence and single vehicle accident write off plus passenger injury shysters for you claim on my history. I doubte he'll be driving a Taxi again.
Is it just me or is it because there's a taxi in a field there's a lot of
action? If it were the usual TVR/911/other widow maker in a field it would "bad luck, oil/diesel/ice on the road etc blah-blah-blah spirited drive gone wrong nuns tits". This chap is a pillock who has made a mistake and undoubtedly will be paying for it for a long time to come. How car insurance is for normal drivers at the moment I certainly wouldn't want DD40 and a fine or ban on my licence and single vehicle accident write off plus passenger injury shysters for you claim on my history. I doubte he'll be driving a Taxi again. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff