Have you ever hit (or nearly hit) anyone famous?
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And looking back, if the accident HAD happened, would have ended or hampered the career of someone unbelievably famous and made national news?
I say this because of a story one of my old bosses told me.
One night, he was driving through London, and the traffic was bad. He dived off down some random side street, and because of a bit of annoyance and irritation about the traffic and being late for his appointment, was driving at his own admission 'probably a bit too fast for the road.'
This back street was one of those narrow London roads, wide enough for just one vehicle, with rear exits and rubbish bins along it - behind some West End Bars and restaurants.
Anyway, fairly suddenly, a door swings open in front of him from one of the bars along the side, and out spills / stumbles a bloke, dragging a woman behind him by her hand. They were both obviously quite drunk, and basically came right out into the road in front of my mate. There was nowhere to swerve, and luckily he was paying attention, saw them immediately, hit the brakes as hard as possible, and ended up hitting the bloke fairly gently - enough to make him fall over the front of the bonnet, but without injury.
The bloke pushes himself up off the bonnet, and looks up into the car at my boss. He then stood, up, grinned, waved it away like it wasn't a problem, and stumbled off back to the side to let my boss carry on past.
The bloke?
George Best!
I say this because of a story one of my old bosses told me.
One night, he was driving through London, and the traffic was bad. He dived off down some random side street, and because of a bit of annoyance and irritation about the traffic and being late for his appointment, was driving at his own admission 'probably a bit too fast for the road.'
This back street was one of those narrow London roads, wide enough for just one vehicle, with rear exits and rubbish bins along it - behind some West End Bars and restaurants.
Anyway, fairly suddenly, a door swings open in front of him from one of the bars along the side, and out spills / stumbles a bloke, dragging a woman behind him by her hand. They were both obviously quite drunk, and basically came right out into the road in front of my mate. There was nowhere to swerve, and luckily he was paying attention, saw them immediately, hit the brakes as hard as possible, and ended up hitting the bloke fairly gently - enough to make him fall over the front of the bonnet, but without injury.
The bloke pushes himself up off the bonnet, and looks up into the car at my boss. He then stood, up, grinned, waved it away like it wasn't a problem, and stumbled off back to the side to let my boss carry on past.
The bloke?
George Best!
Years ago, I was in Hampstead looking for a parking place. I spied one on the slip road heading up to the pond from the Station.
It's a quiet, minor road and a good central place to park. Anyhow, I lined myself up to reverse in and started the manouvre. As I did so, Ron & Russel Mael out of Sparks wandered into the parking place, chatting. They hadn't noticed me. Probably because they were foreign and stuff. I could have squashed them. However, even then, I was a superb driver and I managed to halt in time. *
* Sparks were very big at the time, having just released "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" **
** It was a long time ago. Look 'em up in Wikipedia.
It's a quiet, minor road and a good central place to park. Anyhow, I lined myself up to reverse in and started the manouvre. As I did so, Ron & Russel Mael out of Sparks wandered into the parking place, chatting. They hadn't noticed me. Probably because they were foreign and stuff. I could have squashed them. However, even then, I was a superb driver and I managed to halt in time. *
* Sparks were very big at the time, having just released "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" **
** It was a long time ago. Look 'em up in Wikipedia.
StuartGGray said:
I ran a BeeGee over with a cargo ship.
In a slight twist to your story Stuart, I have been 'run over' by a BeeGee.....!Happened a few years ago when Maurice Gibb died and I was filming Barry Gibb's car leaving a TV studio where he'd just done an interview. (I'm a TV news cameraman)
The car came through the gates and ran over my foot as I was alongside - my shoes had the tyre mark on! Properly hurt...!
My mum bumped into Arthur Negus in late 1973. My mum was driving her mini and he was most annoyed until she struggled out the car pregnant (with me!)
Probably no one remembers arthur negus now, but for the youngsters on here he wasnt very famous in 1973 either!
......the question was asked!
Mike
Probably no one remembers arthur negus now, but for the youngsters on here he wasnt very famous in 1973 either!
......the question was asked!
Mike
Out doing a recce for the RAC in (I think) 1994 and came round a corner in one of the Kielder forests and almost ran into the back of another recce car.
Managed to mount the banking and avoid it.
Got out to b
k the tool that had stopped. It was Derek Warwick. Still gave him a mouthful! Told him to 'stick to tarmac'
Managed to mount the banking and avoid it.
Got out to b
k the tool that had stopped. It was Derek Warwick. Still gave him a mouthful! Told him to 'stick to tarmac'
Pulled out into the (usually completely deserted with added tumbleweed) road running past the cargo terminal round the back of Edinburgh airport in the 90s only to find a police motorcade coming at me head-on. Got out of the way with police outriders getting in a strop; Daimler went past with Prince Chuck in the back en-route to his Queen's Flight 146. Thankfully he'd given-up flying them by this point, so the destination airfield was safe.
John Virgo very nearly killed my parents. He fell asleep at the wheel on the M4 and crashed his Volvo into the central reservation. His front wheel came off and hit the car in front of my parents, who were on the opposite carriageway, and part of Virgo's suspension went through their windscreen, between their heads then hit the rear seat and bounced back into the rear of the drivers seat with enough force to wrench my father's shoulder.
Virgo got done for DWDCA I think. It was on a Boxing Day and he was heading to Cardiff to appear in a pantotime as I remember.
Virgo got done for DWDCA I think. It was on a Boxing Day and he was heading to Cardiff to appear in a pantotime as I remember.
I nearly got hit by a Merc in Paris a few years ago but it swerved and hit the tunnel support. I guessed it was someone important judging by the bikes that were chasing it with cameras flashing but I never did find out who it was.
They would have been alright with airbags and seatbelts so I didn't stay around.
They would have been alright with airbags and seatbelts so I didn't stay around.
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