How lucky was I?

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catman

2,490 posts

176 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Court_S said:
This. It’s scary the amount of people that don’t know what the NSL is. My driving instructor taught me to drive as close to the speed limit as possible if it was safe to do so.
I had a discussion with a group of Driving Instructors many years ago. There was an argument about what the limits were....

Xenoous

1,020 posts

59 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Nice to hear you're ok, if nothing else. The level of punishment the VW driver got was nothing short of a joke. A ban should have been the minimum he received. If you were in a smaller, older car such as a Pug 106 the outcome could have been far far worse.

Still, what's important is you're hear to tell the tale.

Prohibiting

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1,741 posts

119 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Xenoous said:
Nice to hear you're ok, if nothing else. The level of punishment the VW driver got was nothing short of a joke. A ban should have been the minimum he received. If you were in a smaller, older car such as a Pug 106 the outcome could have been far far worse.

Still, what's important is you're hear to tell the tale.
Yep, I dread to think what would have happened if I was in my Clio 172 Cup. Broken legs at a minimum I reckon!

blue_haddock

3,224 posts

68 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Prohibiting said:
Xenoous said:
Nice to hear you're ok, if nothing else. The level of punishment the VW driver got was nothing short of a joke. A ban should have been the minimum he received. If you were in a smaller, older car such as a Pug 106 the outcome could have been far far worse.

Still, what's important is you're hear to tell the tale.
Yep, I dread to think what would have happened if I was in my Clio 172 Cup. Broken legs at a minimum I reckon!
Or as this is pistonheads, a caterham/ Westfield where your legs ARE the crumple zone!