I guess it was my lucky day!!
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So there i was popping along with the roof down on my TT 3.2 in the fast lane of the M5 enjoying the sunshine when i heard a bang and rattle down between the drivers seat and door. As all lanes were a bit chockers i couldn't pull over very easily- had i little look around but nothing seemed a miss.
When i pulled off the motorway i opened the door and out dropped a 4" M12 bolt which had probably been flicked up by another vehicle.
On a closer inspection of the car i found a deep gash out of the paint above the centre of the windscreen so the thing must have flown across my face!! No more roof down on the motorway me thinks!! But there again what are the chances of it happening twice!!
When i pulled off the motorway i opened the door and out dropped a 4" M12 bolt which had probably been flicked up by another vehicle.
On a closer inspection of the car i found a deep gash out of the paint above the centre of the windscreen so the thing must have flown across my face!! No more roof down on the motorway me thinks!! But there again what are the chances of it happening twice!!
d but the only thing damaged was my vocabulary!! I suspect if it had gone in my eye it would be a different story...
Not really I find similar for a variety of reasons. I do try to get back in though
chimaeradean said:
Yes when i questioned my mother in law about hogging the middle lane her excuse was that it saved her having to pull out to overtake people in the slow lane and faster cars could just overtake in the outer lane- old lady logic ?
Oh and it was definitely your lucky day OP, could have been a lot worse...chimaeradean said:
Yes when i questioned my mother in law about hogging the middle lane her excuse was that it saved her having to pull out to overtake people in the slow lane and faster cars could just overtake in the outer lane- old lady logic ?
Nope, most people's logic; the fact that most people refer to them as the "slow" and "fast" lane is why I strongly believe lane discipline is so appalling on motorways in this country, people don't want to go slow or fast so they stick in the middle. Even my daughters driving instructor called it the "fast" lane, If a driving instructor is instilling it in his pupils then you have no chance.
Anyway, glad to hear that the bolt missed you OP, could have been rather nasty otherwise.
Lucky man OP - glad my Z4 is a coupe but then I have never wanted a convertible.
However I would agree with others - there is no "fast lane".
3 lane motorways now have the empty lane, the "Doris Honda Jazz/CRV, etc." middle lane and the German lane (as a BMW owner this is obviously supposed to be reserved for me)
Most things we get from the US aren't great, but I so wish we had their pass either side rules!
However I would agree with others - there is no "fast lane".
3 lane motorways now have the empty lane, the "Doris Honda Jazz/CRV, etc." middle lane and the German lane (as a BMW owner this is obviously supposed to be reserved for me)
Most things we get from the US aren't great, but I so wish we had their pass either side rules!
Mr Tidy said:
Most things we get from the US aren't great, but I so wish we had their pass either side rules!
We have - if the traffic is moving slower in the outside lane and you don't chop and change you can pass on the nearside.What's nice in the USA is people don't get upset about being passed on either side - here it's like you called them a very bad person and screwed their cat or dog
dkatwa said:
I think it is wise to wear sunglasses (if you don't wear glasses) to give some protection. It won't stop big objects flying into your eye but then look what happened to the F1 driver (Mika Hakkinen?) when he was hit by a loose wheel nut...and he was wearing a full face helmet....
Felippe MassaB'stard Child said:
We have - if the traffic is moving slower in the outside lane and you don't chop and change you can pass on the nearside.
What's nice in the USA is people don't get upset about being passed on either side - here it's like you called them a very bad person and screwed their cat or dog
As a US resident I can tell you that the last thing you want is over taking on both sides! That means that lane discipline is out of the window. Fortunately, overtaking on both sides is limited to a few states. What's nice in the USA is people don't get upset about being passed on either side - here it's like you called them a very bad person and screwed their cat or dog
h0b0 said:
B'stard Child said:
We have - if the traffic is moving slower in the outside lane and you don't chop and change you can pass on the nearside.
What's nice in the USA is people don't get upset about being passed on either side - here it's like you called them a very bad person and screwed their cat or dog
As a US resident I can tell you that the last thing you want is over taking on both sides! That means that lane discipline is out of the window. Fortunately, overtaking on both sides is limited to a few states. What's nice in the USA is people don't get upset about being passed on either side - here it's like you called them a very bad person and screwed their cat or dog
Most of the southern states I've driven in it was very common
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