Smudge Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Driving through Bracknell (there's little better out there to do) at lunch time today, on a DC and looking across at the Shell Garage on the otherside, I suddenly notice a big buff of smoke & a Honda Accord, looking like it was about to drive off, but it then suddenly stopped. I then double take the scene & notice a Red Rover 200 behind with the front totally smashed in (even the roof is buckled), and as I pass, the back of the Accord, only minus the boot. As I can't stop to help, I quickly move on to the roundabout 1/2 a mile ahead & turnaround, doubling back to check that the drivers are ok, as the two cars are a mess. As I approach, the driver in the Red car is slumped on the steering wheel, but the Accord is empty. So I drive past & park up. Walking back to the Accord, it dawns on me that the car has been parked up & is for sale, in a sort of "prime position" to advertise it's self. I move on to the Red Rover to check the driver is ok. As I move round to the drivers door I notice a 20ft long skin mark for both sets of wheels. The driver gets out of the Rover, clearly shaken, I tell him to sit down, breathe slowly & check that he's ok. I reckon he's hit this stationary Accord at at least 40mph. I then walk back to the Accord & get the details of the "For Sale" add to advise the owner someone's just knocked 25% off his car. He's not happy, and on his way. I then call the Police to give them all the details, just in case the guy in the Rover decides he should depart. Just as I have hung up from the Police, a oldish lady pulls up in a CTR, and is fuming. It transpires Mr Red Rover 200 decided the CTR was worthy of a race, not knowing the owner was 50+, and was never going to be interested. The CTR driver explains that this guy's left the roundabout full pelt, and swerved in and out of cars (all of this in a 40mph limit) and finally lost control over about 1/2 a mile, swerved off the DC down a slip road, locked the brakes up & hit this Accord. Luckily, he's so fecked, he's not going anywhere, but he's not seriously injured. So I go back to see how he's doing, whilst asking the lady CTR owner to stay back for a sec. I ask him what happened and he says, I dunno, my brakes seem to fail on me. That would explain the long skids marks then! Eventually the police turn up & tell me I can go, but what strikes me about this is, if it weren't for the Accord, this guys Rover would have mounted the kerb, possibly taken out some pedestrians (there are housing estates either side, and a sports centre just up the road) and ended up in a large Shell Garage, possibly taking out a fuel pump or two. It just amazes me that people don't realise what their cars limits are, how dangerous racing on the streets (especially in built up areas) is, and how dangerous & lethal a car can be. Be safe out there people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] to advise the owner someone's just knocked 25% off his car. [/ QUOTE ] Is that car itself or value? Sounds lunatic. Sadly, I seem to see this sort of thing (the driving behaviour, not the crash, thankfully) on an almost daily basis. People seem to take things so personally when they are in a car. I often smile and let things go when people behave like eejits or get all competitive. Half the time they look at me like I'm mad because I'm not swearing and gesticulating angrily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted November 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] to advise the owner someone's just knocked 25% off his car. [/ QUOTE ] Is that car itself or value? [/ QUOTE ] The car itself! The Boot no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Glad he didn't touch the Shell station, they normally have good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 hmmmm.... it's one of those situations where I can only say the guy probably deserved it... and thank feck he hit a car with nobody in it! What goes around comes around... don't play with fire if you don't want to get burnt... avoiding cliches like the plague etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Sounds like he got what he deserved. Luckily no one (important) was hurt apart from the Chav fecker himself. Shame about the Accord, the poor owner now has issues sorting that out (and I'm thinking it may not be insured if it's for sale?) so that could be an arse to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Why do these tossers think the roads are a race track? With anyluck it's knocked some sence into him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Shame about the Accord, the poor owner now has issues sorting that out (and I'm thinking it may not be insured if it's for sale?) so that could be an arse to sort out. [/ QUOTE ] He'd claim off Chavvys insurance, not his own and anyway if it wasn't insured it shouldn't have been on the road. Lets hope chavvy is insured though! Be interesting to know if the police prosecute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeNobody Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] ...on a DC and looking across at the Shell Garage on the otherside... [/ QUOTE ] On the A322 by the Sports Centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Shame about the Accord, the poor owner now has issues sorting that out (and I'm thinking it may not be insured if it's for sale?) so that could be an arse to sort out. [/ QUOTE ] He'd claim off Chavvys insurance, not his own and anyway if it wasn't insured it shouldn't have been on the road. Lets hope chavvy is insured though! Be interesting to know if the police prosecute. [/ QUOTE ] Agreed. I just meant it would be difficult to sort the insurance out if you don't have a company to go to, even if it was to claim from someone else. Dunno why I thought it, but I got the impression it was parked off the road, on grass or something Been a long day. Need a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I know that road, and yes lovely DC! There is a KFC by the Shell garage, so he might have hit that too. But at least that is brick and metal. What a complete muppet in the Rover - was his Burberry cap on backwards? Will Accordman get some insurance pay-out? His insurance co' is bound to whinge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjfr Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] People seem to take things so personally when they are in a car. [/ QUOTE ] So true. I think all chavs should be required BY LAW to have a copy of Enya's 'The Celts' playing in their cars all the time! I've heard that cinnamon reduces stress, or is it lavender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I've heard that cinnamon reduces stress, or is it lavender? [/ QUOTE ] No, that would be weed. (Not whilst driving though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 No-one seems to have said this yet.... Well done to Smudge for going out of his way to check that those involved (or the single person involved as it transpired) were okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBM Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Good effort Sir! Hopefully the Rover driver will be OK and get his cumuppance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 My thoughts to MrMe, nice one Smudge and also, we have found a CTR driver that doesn't race! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy32 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I work on the highways day in day out and I see a lot of bad driving. Today alone I have seen 2 accidents where drivers have just driven into the car in front because they were'nt paying full atention to whats happening in front of them. One of them was a lorry and the driver was paying too much attention to what I was doing and had not noticed the cars stopping in front of him. fortunatly they were only small bumps, but they are the result of bad driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Its not very often that an inocent driver will stop and offer assistance, so credit where credit is due smudge I was involved in a pile up once on the M4 heading into London and the only person to stop and see if everyone was ok was an RAC man, and to be honest, even though he called the Police and Ambulance etc, he was amazed that given the high level of impact with 7 cars, not a single aibag went off. FOOD FOR THOUGH! Only the other night I was watching an elderly couple in their pension-mobile and he obviously trying to reverse out of the petrol station but instead went into the Citroen in front of him. Another pension proving that the automatic car isnt as easy to drive as what they thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollox Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Good work, Special Constable Smudge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Only the other night I was watching an elderly couple in their pension-mobile and he obviously trying to reverse out of the petrol station but instead went into the Citroen in front of him. Another pension proving that the automatic car isnt as easy to drive as what they thought. [/ QUOTE ] Don't get me started... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 In the same vein i was leaving london yesterday afternoon and some young birds in what looked like a brand new Golf 2.0 TDI pull up next to my GTI at the lights, beeps and does lots of gesturing to suggest she wanted to watch my GTI's arse dissapear into the distance... She didnt get the response she was looking for as i simply sat beside her as she wheelspan away and let her go straight up to what i guess was 60 while i stopped at 40 to go through the speed camera that was blatantly obvious up ahead. Cue the birdage driver waving like she just won the monaco GP nicely timed with the papperazi (scamera) flashing away!! Kind of amusing really that people are so unobservant - but on the downside i did forget to pay the Congestion Charge. Of all the people to forget!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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