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Its like people getting offended and upset about being held up by horses, cyclists, other drivers etc, its part of driving ffs, you are taking a shiny, fairly fragile item into an unforgiving world where things move fast and sometimes kick up debris, this smacks of someone who cant cope with this and a bit of OCD. However, the one I hate is door dings, by and large totally avoidable, where the odd stone flicking up isnt.
Cars do remarkably well considering, I "detailed", my wifes Fiesta yesterday, its three and a bit years old so got a claying, machine polish and wax, apart from a few stone chips on the front, it came up like new, credit to the car manufacturers making products that are so resillient, remember when three year old cars were starting to rust, and the paint to fade ?
There is a case for the rat look, or a car you just dont care about, keeping cars pristine is a bit of a road to madness, I do admire those folk who arent bothered, saw a lady in a brand new Macan kerb the wheel on her 17 plate Macan the other day such was her frenzy to get a parking space, didnt even register, she didnt look at it.
Cars do remarkably well considering, I "detailed", my wifes Fiesta yesterday, its three and a bit years old so got a claying, machine polish and wax, apart from a few stone chips on the front, it came up like new, credit to the car manufacturers making products that are so resillient, remember when three year old cars were starting to rust, and the paint to fade ?
There is a case for the rat look, or a car you just dont care about, keeping cars pristine is a bit of a road to madness, I do admire those folk who arent bothered, saw a lady in a brand new Macan kerb the wheel on her 17 plate Macan the other day such was her frenzy to get a parking space, didnt even register, she didnt look at it.
Roger Irrelevant said:
NinjaPower said:
That exact thing happened to me a few months ago.
A full house-brick flew out from between the dual wheels of a skip lorry loaded with building rubble on the motorway just as I was passing him at about 80mph.
It smashed into my windscreen right in front of my face showering me with glass, and almost punching right the way through.
Jesus Christ that must have been terrifying, glad you're OK, I'll be checking the wheels of construction lorries as I pass them from now on! Did you manage to get hold of the company in question, if only to give them a bA full house-brick flew out from between the dual wheels of a skip lorry loaded with building rubble on the motorway just as I was passing him at about 80mph.
It smashed into my windscreen right in front of my face showering me with glass, and almost punching right the way through.
king?t myself.It felt like it was all in slow motion like accidents feel! I saw the brick sailing through the air towards me for what seemed like ages and then just a massive bang and the whole window crazed and the brick lodged in it above the steering wheel.
I slowed down right away and pulled over to lane 1, and as I did that the lorry obviously disappeared into the distance.
I was coming off at the next junction anyway as that's where my work is, so just kept going and stopped at work.
I phoned the police as it seemed the sensible thing to do if the lorry was shedding bricks, gave them a description of it but heard nothing else about it.
I just had to get a new windscreen put in my van which cost £190.
The worst bit was the glass... I was finding shards of glass all over the interior and seats for weeks despite hoovering it out several times.
Tankrizzo said:
The last time I was on there - which was admittedly a few years ago now - their general chat section (Moneysaving Arms or something?) was a real left-wing love-in; there were no benefits cheats, everything wrong with the country was the fault of the rich/the Tories/Rupert Murdoch, that sort of thing.
What do you expect from place which teaches people how to save money not how to get out and get more of it so that they don't have to count every penny.catman said:
hman said:
The answer is "negligence" if that can be proven then you have a chance of a claim
So no chance really. Overtaking is a perfectly normal part of driving. Too many drivers these days think that it's dangerous or illegal to overtake.NinjaPower said:
A full house-brick flew out from between the dual wheels of a skip lorry loaded with building rubble on the motorway just as I was passing him at about 80mph.
It smashed into my windscreen right in front of my face showering me with glass, and almost punching right the way through.
Luckily I was wearing sunglasses at the time otherwise I would have had eyes full of glass.
I couldn't believe how strong the windscreen was as the impact was massive.
A couple of mph more or a slightly different angle of impact on the flying brick and I would have taken it square in the face.
Apparently house bricks flying out from between the dual wheels of construction vehicles, tippers, and skip trucks is very common frighteningly enough.
HGV drivers are supposed to check between the wheels when coming off sites etc to make sure its clear. That said I know of a chap who was behind an HGV and the tyre retaining ring flew off and embedded itself in his bonnet!It smashed into my windscreen right in front of my face showering me with glass, and almost punching right the way through.
Luckily I was wearing sunglasses at the time otherwise I would have had eyes full of glass.
I couldn't believe how strong the windscreen was as the impact was massive.
A couple of mph more or a slightly different angle of impact on the flying brick and I would have taken it square in the face.
Apparently house bricks flying out from between the dual wheels of construction vehicles, tippers, and skip trucks is very common frighteningly enough.
I had a stone drop from the back of a heavily loaded HGV that cracked my screen. I contacted the company and they offered to pay my windscreen excess which wasn't bad.
NinjaPower said:
InitialDave said:
Hahaha, what?
I mean, if it were something like a brick wedged between the tyres of skip lorry flying out and hitting your car, perhaps you'd have a point
That exact thing happened to me a few months ago.I mean, if it were something like a brick wedged between the tyres of skip lorry flying out and hitting your car, perhaps you'd have a point
A full house-brick flew out from between the dual wheels of a skip lorry loaded with building rubble on the motorway just as I was passing him at about 80mph.
It smashed into my windscreen right in front of my face showering me with glass, and almost punching right the way through.
Luckily I was wearing sunglasses at the time otherwise I would have had eyes full of glass.
I couldn't believe how strong the windscreen was as the impact was massive.
A couple of mph more or a slightly different angle of impact on the flying brick and I would have taken it square in the face.
Apparently house bricks flying out from between the dual wheels of construction vehicles, tippers, and skip trucks is very common frighteningly enough.
@NinjaPower - Is your insurance excess £190 for a windscreen?!
Just figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
Just figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
ClockworkDog said:
@NinjaPower - Is your insurance excess £190 for a windscreen?!
Just figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
In your cpc, is part of the test that you check for debris between your tyres when leaving a site. And part of the daily checksJust figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
I'll bet everyone has been showered by loose top dressing after a road has been resurfaced,
20 mph limit roadwork signs and some idiot overtakes, flinging tar covered shrapnel everywhere.
Hanging is too good for these prats, not always in worthless cars either, probably leased appliance cars though.
I saw a beautiful, freshly restored Bentley Continental R type 1950's job scattergunned with chippings last year, my heart sank, lord knows how the driver felt. Just so much pointless inconsiderate behaviour around.
20 mph limit roadwork signs and some idiot overtakes, flinging tar covered shrapnel everywhere.
Hanging is too good for these prats, not always in worthless cars either, probably leased appliance cars though.
I saw a beautiful, freshly restored Bentley Continental R type 1950's job scattergunned with chippings last year, my heart sank, lord knows how the driver felt. Just so much pointless inconsiderate behaviour around.
I was driving on the M5 a few months ago when the right rear passenger window of the car in front completely shattered and showered my car with glass. I can only assume it was a rock or similar thrown up by an HGV. Was a very strange thing to happen. Changing the oil last week I was still finding bits of glass on the undertray and under the bumper.
My car gets dirty which means I have to clean it. Who can I claim from for the cost of this ?
Very ambitious insurance claim 😂
I have also been hit by a flying brick. Doing 60 on a dual carriageway with car loaded up with family I see a brick bouncing down the road towards me. Brick splits in two and one piece is still cartwheeling towards me and with a massive bang clips the near side wing leaving a huge dent.
Could have been much worse if it had hit windscreen or radiator. Kids screaming and wife shaking. No idea where it came from, probably the other dual carriageway but last thought was 'who can I claim from'.
Very ambitious insurance claim 😂
I have also been hit by a flying brick. Doing 60 on a dual carriageway with car loaded up with family I see a brick bouncing down the road towards me. Brick splits in two and one piece is still cartwheeling towards me and with a massive bang clips the near side wing leaving a huge dent.
Could have been much worse if it had hit windscreen or radiator. Kids screaming and wife shaking. No idea where it came from, probably the other dual carriageway but last thought was 'who can I claim from'.
ClockworkDog said:
@NinjaPower - Is your insurance excess £190 for a windscreen?!
Just figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
No, that was the total cost of the windscreen. I got a discount because I do quite a bit of work with the glass/windscreen guys.Just figured out how the brick got there - it wasn't on the road and got run over by the truck, it was already wedged in the double tyres and was waiting to reach a certain speed to then fly out. God I'm slow!
I've never even known that as a risk.
My policy doesn't cover windscreen damage for the vehicle I was driving.
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