The "I screwed up and I know it" thread
Discussion
I made a rather hefty screw up this morning that made me think of starting a thread like this.
We all have accidents/misjudgements where we screw up, we're only human, I thought I'd make this thread so we can share our errors (preferably harmless).
Mines this morning was misjudging what the car in front was doing/not expecting him to slow down to get into the slot I had planned and as a result my needing to barge in far too close to a lorry and take a slip at a terribly obtuse angle.
So...my apologies to the folks who thought I was a proper a
hole - because I sure did.
Hopefully I wont need to post back in this topic for some time!
We all have accidents/misjudgements where we screw up, we're only human, I thought I'd make this thread so we can share our errors (preferably harmless).
Mines this morning was misjudging what the car in front was doing/not expecting him to slow down to get into the slot I had planned and as a result my needing to barge in far too close to a lorry and take a slip at a terribly obtuse angle.
So...my apologies to the folks who thought I was a proper a
hole - because I sure did.Hopefully I wont need to post back in this topic for some time!
Fair play for coming clean, but i have to admit, what you descirbed is my absolute pet hate.
Nothing worse than seeing a thoughtless bastert making a dangerous manoeuvre just because they've realised they are about to miss their turn off on the motorway or on a roundabout. I cant understand why people just dont take the next exit and find their way back with common sense.
Stephen.
Nothing worse than seeing a thoughtless bastert making a dangerous manoeuvre just because they've realised they are about to miss their turn off on the motorway or on a roundabout. I cant understand why people just dont take the next exit and find their way back with common sense.
Stephen.
Scottish_ninja said:
Fair play for coming clean, but i have to admit, what you descirbed is my absolute pet hate.
Nothing worse than seeing a thoughtless bastert making a dangerous manoeuvre just because they've realised they are about to miss their turn off on the motorway or on a roundabout. I cant understand why people just dont take the next exit and find their way back with common sense.
Stephen.
Yes, I watched someone reversing down the carriageway of the Coast Road in Newcastle the other day because he had missed his turn off at the Silverlink. Even if he'd went all the way to the end of the road, turned round and came back to the slip road at the other side it wouldn't have taken him five minutes. Instead, he thought it would be a better idea to reverse down a dual carriageway with traffic going at 70mph!Nothing worse than seeing a thoughtless bastert making a dangerous manoeuvre just because they've realised they are about to miss their turn off on the motorway or on a roundabout. I cant understand why people just dont take the next exit and find their way back with common sense.
Stephen.
Fair enough sir.
My biggest screw-up was a few of years ago, while showing off my new bike to friends, i took off down the road at full throttle, about 2secs later i was on my arse sliding down the tarmac. Cold tyres, damp surface & zero experience made for a 40mph high side, a shattered right hand, 2 pins in my hip and an expensive repair bill.
Lesson learnt!
Stephen.
My biggest screw-up was a few of years ago, while showing off my new bike to friends, i took off down the road at full throttle, about 2secs later i was on my arse sliding down the tarmac. Cold tyres, damp surface & zero experience made for a 40mph high side, a shattered right hand, 2 pins in my hip and an expensive repair bill.
Lesson learnt!
Stephen.
Baryonyx said:
Yes, I watched someone reversing down the carriageway of the Coast Road in Newcastle the other day because he had missed his turn off at the Silverlink. Even if he'd went all the way to the end of the road, turned round and came back to the slip road at the other side it wouldn't have taken him five minutes. Instead, he thought it would be a better idea to reverse down a dual carriageway with traffic going at 70mph!
I was travelling in the opposite direction when that happened, absolutely staggering.Did something silly on wednesday morning, i was in the MX-5 as my honda was on blocks fixing suspenders.
Coming along main roand into work, there is a crossroad junction that crosses the main road and its blind to traffic joining the road (stop signs in place), anyway, i was about 3 car lengths behind the car infront, and 2 cars were indicating to turn right in the other lane to cross my lane to go upthe hill, one car turned infornt of the car infront of me, but there was another car behind it wanting to do the same, and there was also a 4*4 wanting to come out of the opposite side of the crossroads to also go straight over my lane and uphill, so i was watching them incase they tried to nip infront of me. foot moved to brake pedal i was doing about 45 (its a NSL road)
i then let my eye return to the car infront and i see brake lights....'balls' says I, as i realise the brakes arent; gripping as much as my honda..press pedal harder, brakes grip, but running out of space, all 4 tyres lock, i aim for verge!!
Thankfully the car infornt was able to see the plonker coming towards his back end and had room to go into the oncoming lane , and i stopped before the next car by a good length, no one was hurt, no damage was done, but i needed new trousers and surgery to remove fingers from wheel!!
The stupid thing is, i wasn't going that quickly, but i was paying too much attention to the poss hazards of cars turning infront of me\pulling out, in the few seconds it took to look slightly off straight ahead and back, the car in front had gone from 50 to almost stopped.
Turns out there were a few cyclists on the road and folk were trying to pass then abandonign the idea so cars were bunching up and queing, on the main road where cars never usually stop.
Totally my fault for not paying attention enough, and unfamiliarity with the cars brakes a bit, but it woke me up properly!! I was suitably chastised by the car infornt who looked in his mirror, caught my eye, then shook his head at me...it was a deserved 'Tw*t!' comment.
Be careful out there kids!
Coming along main roand into work, there is a crossroad junction that crosses the main road and its blind to traffic joining the road (stop signs in place), anyway, i was about 3 car lengths behind the car infront, and 2 cars were indicating to turn right in the other lane to cross my lane to go upthe hill, one car turned infornt of the car infront of me, but there was another car behind it wanting to do the same, and there was also a 4*4 wanting to come out of the opposite side of the crossroads to also go straight over my lane and uphill, so i was watching them incase they tried to nip infront of me. foot moved to brake pedal i was doing about 45 (its a NSL road)
i then let my eye return to the car infront and i see brake lights....'balls' says I, as i realise the brakes arent; gripping as much as my honda..press pedal harder, brakes grip, but running out of space, all 4 tyres lock, i aim for verge!!
Thankfully the car infornt was able to see the plonker coming towards his back end and had room to go into the oncoming lane , and i stopped before the next car by a good length, no one was hurt, no damage was done, but i needed new trousers and surgery to remove fingers from wheel!!
The stupid thing is, i wasn't going that quickly, but i was paying too much attention to the poss hazards of cars turning infront of me\pulling out, in the few seconds it took to look slightly off straight ahead and back, the car in front had gone from 50 to almost stopped.
Turns out there were a few cyclists on the road and folk were trying to pass then abandonign the idea so cars were bunching up and queing, on the main road where cars never usually stop.
Totally my fault for not paying attention enough, and unfamiliarity with the cars brakes a bit, but it woke me up properly!! I was suitably chastised by the car infornt who looked in his mirror, caught my eye, then shook his head at me...it was a deserved 'Tw*t!' comment.
Be careful out there kids!
I made contact with a jeep in a car park. It wasn't even a busy car park. I was busting for a piss so pulled into McDonald's and into the first space I saw. Relieved myself and when I was reversing out I was watching in my mirrors and said to myself "you're getting quite close to that car, stop and try again." My feet didn't get the message and a slowly reversed into the back of it.
I stopped, found the owner and explained myself. Naturally he was pissed off as I'd put a massive blue dent in the rear of his car. A few days later he called me up, he was much calmer and understood that st happens. He got it repaird and I paid for it. But damn, Jeep rear bumpers are expensive.
I stopped, found the owner and explained myself. Naturally he was pissed off as I'd put a massive blue dent in the rear of his car. A few days later he called me up, he was much calmer and understood that s
t happens. He got it repaird and I paid for it. But damn, Jeep rear bumpers are expensive.In my younger days I had a Mini and was messing around with friends trying to do a fast getaway. I was driving in reverse and they all had to pile into the car while it was moving backwards.
Unfortunately I was looking over my left shoulder while reversing, holding my door open and didn't see the lampost that took my drivers side door off.
God I feel for that car now, it lead a terrible life.
Unfortunately I was looking over my left shoulder while reversing, holding my door open and didn't see the lampost that took my drivers side door off.
God I feel for that car now, it lead a terrible life.
I was entering the car park at a client's office and had to make a shorter turns than usual. Upon seeing the nose of the car clear the wall, I sped up to get up the ramp and to the intercom thingie to open the gate. Only problem was that I didn't notice the railtype thing that guides the roll gate down when the car park is closed. It was on the wall I just cleared... Bang, crunch, scrape...
Left hand corner on the fornt of the car never looked so ugly. The headlight, foglight, all the light brackets, front bumper and front bumper inserts had to be replaced. € 1500,- damages. Not my finest moment.
Left hand corner on the fornt of the car never looked so ugly. The headlight, foglight, all the light brackets, front bumper and front bumper inserts had to be replaced. € 1500,- damages. Not my finest moment.
Monkeylegend said:
Other coloured dents are available.
If only I also had a re-sale silver car he would never have noticed. It's not so much the cost that annoys me, although it was expensive, it's that I actually did it and knew I was doing it. Up until then I was a perfect, incident free driver.My works car park exists onto a roundabout. Last year I was coming out of the car park and about to go round the roundabout turning right when some cretin bd coming from the right nearly crashed straight into me!! Needless to say he soon realised the error of his ways and came to an abrupt emergency stop. I gave him the beans and waved my arms around is disgust etc.
Erm...
My bad.
Well, I had had a bad day OK!!
d coming from the right nearly crashed straight into me!! Needless to say he soon realised the error of his ways and came to an abrupt emergency stop. I gave him the beans and waved my arms around is disgust etc.Erm...
My bad.
Well, I had had a bad day OK!!
I pulled out into the path of a bright sodding yellow Merc SLK a few years ago and left a nice black stripe down the side of it from my rubbing strip.
I did not look properly. There's no way I could not have seen a car that bright if I had have done...
That little black stripe (not even a dent, no damage to my car) cost £6000 due to the accident management companies meddling...
I did not look properly. There's no way I could not have seen a car that bright if I had have done...
That little black stripe (not even a dent, no damage to my car) cost £6000 due to the accident management companies meddling...
Acknowledging your mistakes makes you a good driver. For example when someone does something stupid and you express your frustration, and they go mad at you, those are bad drivers.
I usually apologise if i do something daft. Rare occurance mind, im a driving god, buy my cars with cash only, massive in the trousers, like the mx5. You know proper ph'er.
I usually apologise if i do something daft. Rare occurance mind, im a driving god, buy my cars with cash only, massive in the trousers, like the mx5. You know proper ph'er.
I had too many stupid episodes when I was younger as we all have done but still, at 46 have my moments of madness especially now that I do 450 miles per week instead of 4 I used to do this time last year.
Most recent was an overtake of a artic on the A17 Sleaford to Newark when I just didn't see the a car coming the other way. I'm always careful on this stretch as I know it can be dangerous. I even checked twice to see if it was clear then pulled out only to have a car bearing down on me. We both had to jam on and I quickly returned to my lane. In my defence it was pretty murky, it was a silver car and he didn't have any lights on when everyone else did. He gave me the coffee bean sign and I did hold up my hand in apology.
Most recent was an overtake of a artic on the A17 Sleaford to Newark when I just didn't see the a car coming the other way. I'm always careful on this stretch as I know it can be dangerous. I even checked twice to see if it was clear then pulled out only to have a car bearing down on me. We both had to jam on and I quickly returned to my lane. In my defence it was pretty murky, it was a silver car and he didn't have any lights on when everyone else did. He gave me the coffee bean sign and I did hold up my hand in apology.
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