Dangerous driving - Silver Fiesta Nr Cranbrook, Kent
Discussion
In short: a
hole driver, showing off to his mates in a Silver Ford Fiesta in Kent (Cranbrook/Goudhurst area) 10pm last night (21-03-13) almost killed myself and the occupants of my vehicle. How we all survived is a miracle.
I never feel the need to document stupid driving on a forum, I am a believer of 'move on, stuff happens'. However, on this occasion I feel the need have a rant as I was blown away by the behaviour of the driver. I didn't get a registration plate of the fool involved but perhaps (I know the odds are very slim) the offender or his pals may frequent Pistonheads.
The driver in question WILL, without a doubt, kill either himself or someone else. I have never witness such stupid driving in my life! I understand people overtake, this is fine. But not at 80mph+ in a residential 40mph zone, from a blind corner!
I was driving down the A21 from London towards Hastings last night. Roadworks were being carried out so a diversion was set up, sending traffic off the A21 and through Goudhurst/Hawkhurst.
At approximately 10pm silver Ford Fiesta was driving along this route in the opposite direction. We were driving through a residential 40 mph zone near Cranbrook when two vehicles approached us. The first vehicle approached us at a normal pace but the offender was doing in excess of 80/90mph. The offending car tried to overtake at speed, sending him on course for a head on collision with myself.
The car kept coming towards me and would not move back to their side of the road. I had to rapidly swerve onto a pavement and stop still to avoid collision and certain death.
Without sounding like a 'powerfully built' badass, I have competed in various motorcycle road racing championships in my time and am not easily shaken up when it comes to speed and crashes but the adrenalin that coursed through me on this occasion was indescribable!!!
The driver almost took my life, my partners and our unborn child. You deserve to have your licence taken away from you, indefinitely!
So, crap rant I know with a lack of swearing. I know nothing will occur without the licence plate of the car in question. But if my slim chance the driver does see this, fk you big time!
This isn't the car but a similar style to this
hole driver, showing off to his mates in a Silver Ford Fiesta in Kent (Cranbrook/Goudhurst area) 10pm last night (21-03-13) almost killed myself and the occupants of my vehicle. How we all survived is a miracle.I never feel the need to document stupid driving on a forum, I am a believer of 'move on, stuff happens'. However, on this occasion I feel the need have a rant as I was blown away by the behaviour of the driver. I didn't get a registration plate of the fool involved but perhaps (I know the odds are very slim) the offender or his pals may frequent Pistonheads.
The driver in question WILL, without a doubt, kill either himself or someone else. I have never witness such stupid driving in my life! I understand people overtake, this is fine. But not at 80mph+ in a residential 40mph zone, from a blind corner!
I was driving down the A21 from London towards Hastings last night. Roadworks were being carried out so a diversion was set up, sending traffic off the A21 and through Goudhurst/Hawkhurst.
At approximately 10pm silver Ford Fiesta was driving along this route in the opposite direction. We were driving through a residential 40 mph zone near Cranbrook when two vehicles approached us. The first vehicle approached us at a normal pace but the offender was doing in excess of 80/90mph. The offending car tried to overtake at speed, sending him on course for a head on collision with myself.
The car kept coming towards me and would not move back to their side of the road. I had to rapidly swerve onto a pavement and stop still to avoid collision and certain death.
Without sounding like a 'powerfully built' badass, I have competed in various motorcycle road racing championships in my time and am not easily shaken up when it comes to speed and crashes but the adrenalin that coursed through me on this occasion was indescribable!!!
The driver almost took my life, my partners and our unborn child. You deserve to have your licence taken away from you, indefinitely!
So, crap rant I know with a lack of swearing. I know nothing will occur without the licence plate of the car in question. But if my slim chance the driver does see this, f
k you big time!This isn't the car but a similar style to this
Sorry to hear about this but glad you are OK, albeit badly shaken.
I sincerely hope you have reported this to the Police! Although you didn't get the registration number, the Police may well be able to link this event with another that night, e.g. crash, recovered stolen car, dangerous driving report from a MoP.
In reality, if it is a local owner-driven vehicle, they may well have a good idea who it was anyway! Proving it, though, is, of course another matter!
I sincerely hope you have reported this to the Police! Although you didn't get the registration number, the Police may well be able to link this event with another that night, e.g. crash, recovered stolen car, dangerous driving report from a MoP.
In reality, if it is a local owner-driven vehicle, they may well have a good idea who it was anyway! Proving it, though, is, of course another matter!
Vaud said:
Breadvan72 said:
What do you suppose are the chances of such a driver browsing the legal forum on Pistonheads?
I think it was in GG or The Lounge when it was posted...d off about some dreadful driving and getting it off their chest! 
Cliftonite said:
Sorry to hear about this but glad you are OK, albeit badly shaken.
I sincerely hope you have reported this to the Police! Although you didn't get the registration number, the Police may well be able to link this event with another that night, e.g. crash, recovered stolen car, dangerous driving report from a MoP.
In reality, if it is a local owner-driven vehicle, they may well have a good idea who it was anyway! Proving it, though, is, of course another matter!
Thanks Cliftonite, appreciated. My initial thought was it must have been joyriders as the driver progressed like he had a death wish, no respect for his car or others around him. I've seen all sorts of bad driving in my time but this chap took it to another level. I sincerely hope you have reported this to the Police! Although you didn't get the registration number, the Police may well be able to link this event with another that night, e.g. crash, recovered stolen car, dangerous driving report from a MoP.
In reality, if it is a local owner-driven vehicle, they may well have a good idea who it was anyway! Proving it, though, is, of course another matter!
There is no doubt someone else has seen this driver behave in the same manner.
Edits: Going to report it today. The car the Fiesta overtook was also shaken up and flashed their lights at the moron. There is a very good chance he did get the licence plate and reported the incident.
Sitting here this morning thinking the Fiesta was lucky I reacted the way I did. I had milliseconds to make a decision. He was out of road space, control and had nowhere to go but my bonnet. Had I been travelling a few miles an hour over the speed limit everyone would be dead. There is no way I would have had time or space to react if I was going a tenth of a second faster. Even though I reacted and made the right choice it was still 50/50 luck.
Edited by Badabing on Sunday 23 March 07:53
Vaud said:
4rephill said:
But why is it now posted in Speed, Plod & the Law? - It's not asking for any legal advice, it's just someone pd off about some dreadful driving and getting it off their chest!
Quite. Most odd.d off about some dreadful driving and getting it off their chest! CharlieBangBang said:
Report the incident to the police. They may well have the means to trace this vehicle and the driver via the registered keeper.
Putting it here is of little use unless you are very lucky.
I know it is very unlikely. I guess my initial thoughts were if it wasn't a joyrider (ie a one off occurrence) then others will have witnessed this chap at some point or other. Again this was a level of driving that I have never witnessed before and I've seen all sorts. Goudhurst is not the biggest of places.Putting it here is of little use unless you are very lucky.
TooMany2cvs said:
So, basically, an unknown idiot chav in a registration-not-known chavmobile was driving like a twunt.
Hold the front page.
I wonder if there could be funding for some kind of academic survey into the correlation between these kind of threads and mentions of an unborn child?
I think I love you. Hold the front page.
I wonder if there could be funding for some kind of academic survey into the correlation between these kind of threads and mentions of an unborn child?
Biker's Nemesis said:
Badabing said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
What motorcycle racing championships?
Raced with New Era MCC. Did ok...when I kept it rubber side down.
Badabing said:
Vaud said:
4rephill said:
But why is it now posted in Speed, Plod & the Law? - It's not asking for any legal advice, it's just someone pd off about some dreadful driving and getting it off their chest!
Quite. Most odd.d off about some dreadful driving and getting it off their chest! The vast majority of posts in this section are made to gain some legal knowledge, to get a better perspective of a situation or to give advice based on experience.
Your post is simply to vent your annoyance at some very poor driving - It doesn't serve any other purpose that is of any use to anyone else (unless you're advising other drivers to avoid every silver Ford Fiesta in the Cranbrook, Kent area just in case it's the driver you encountered?)
We all see examples of bad/dangerous/reckless driving almost everyday, but unless we have the details of the vehicle involved and are considering taking action, we don't post them all for the sake of venting our frustrations (The section would probably go into melt down if we did!)
You say you're going to report it to the Police, but what are they supposed to do with vehicle details that state: "It was a silver Fiesta!" and nothing else?
Based on how many silver Fiesta's that will be in the Kent area, not to mention all the silver Fiesta's that may have visited the area around the time of the incident you encountered, they're not going to bother to even start an investigation into this! - It would pretty much be a complete waste of their time!
AS I say, I (along with others), simply don't get the purpose of this thread! - Unless it's simply to state that some people drive like complete t
ts. If that's the case then thanks for the heads up but it's not exactly a secret! 
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