Strange excuse for crashing your car!
Strange excuse for crashing your car!
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PaperCut

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640 posts

176 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Just been updated by my workmate on the accident he was involved in on the weekend.

He had been driving on a rural B-road in his Audi when, in the distance, he spotted a fairly new Corsa coming the other way was in the middle of the road - straddling the white lines - workmate noticed this and stopped his car, only for the Corsa driver to drive straight into him (Corsa driver was doing approximately 30-40mph - he says) - as you can imagine he wasn't particularly pleased and to cut a fairly long story short(!) the driver (who was 19 years old) gave the reason for him being in the middle of the road, and i quote, "trying to make my car dirty, by driving in the middle of the road to pick up dirt"

I mean WTF? This kid had crashed two cars, put two lives in danger, buggered his NCB and completely failed to pay any sort of attention to his surroundings (he had been looking down on the road, rather than around him), because he wanted the 'muddy rally car' look - is this some sort of new craze?!

Both drivers are okay, but i've no idea what the cars are like, i don't think they will be written-off, but i could be wrong.

That must be one of the strangest reasons to result in crashing your car. Even stranger he actually admitted that was the reason!

Anybody else had a strange reason for someone crashing their car?

Wafflesmk2

1,347 posts

183 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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I need to muddy my car on the left rear before it goes back to the hire company, in the hope they dont realise where i've kerbed the wheel....

scratchchin

IAJO

231 posts

187 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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thats just, well over my head.

The Moose

23,677 posts

238 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Wafflesmk2 said:
I need to muddy my car on the left rear before it goes back to the hire company, in the hope they dont realise where i've kerbed the wheel....

scratchchin
Just don't do it when there is an Audi coming towards you!

groomi

9,331 posts

272 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Probably looks more like a rally car now - ie. smashed up.

KevinA3DSG32

13,833 posts

309 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Try and get that in a statement and 'Driving Without Due Care' springs to mind.

davepoth

29,395 posts

228 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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KevinA3DSG32 said:
Try and get that in a statement and 'Driving Without Due Care' springs to mind.
Dangerous, more likely - Wrong side of the road at speed when clearly unsafe to do so.

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Not mine but do a search for "Honda S2000/Crash/straight road/30mph"


ali4390

2,388 posts

194 months

Wednesday 8th February 2012
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y2blade said:
Not mine but do a search for "Honda S2000/Crash/straight road/30mph"
Which link? I cannot find anything relating to a strange crash excuse?