andrew7 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Last night I was driving up the M5, returning from Plymouth.. Just south of Bristol, between junctions 19 and 20, there is a piece of the motorway that is cut out of the hillside giving drop-off views to one side.... Anyway it had been on-off wet all trip so I wasn't hammering it. I was driving up the straight incline towards the top, where the escarpment is. This road is dead straight and has recently been widened to 4 lanes.. There was only medium traffic so i was in the second lane. Anyway I was nearly at the top and had just overtaken an artic, when out of nowhere a hand grabbed my car violently, threw me across two empty lanes and into the concrete central resevation.. I slid up there for a while and then continued the pirouette and ended up stopped in the same lane I started from facing the right way.. I banged the hazards on straight away and then tried to restart the engine so I could get to the side of the motorway,,, You know what happened next....BANG, some tw88t ran right up the back of me, despite the fact that my hazard were on, the artic who stopped has his hazards on, tha guy who had been following me for the last 20 miles or so also stopped and had his hazards on.... And guess what? Fifty yards up the road buried in the left hand armco was a VW golf who had spun off 1 minute before me.... Car is a write off...... The cop who Interviewed me , amongst other things, said, "It happens here all the time".... WTF?... why are there no warnings then?.....I was livid,,, We get cameras put up everywhere where there is the slightest hint of "saftey issues" but no warning on a known defective bit of road whre there is accident after accident... And that bit of road has just been resurfaced.....what with I wonder?... Not a happy camper.. So if you use that road at all and are approaching that hill and it has been raining, SLOW RIGHT DOWN,,,,, I was not speeding BTW.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm assuming crosswind? I know near the bridge going into Wales the other day in the people carrier, it suddenly got whacked and it does make you jump. The most important thing is that you are able to type this message, the car is nothing more than a bit of metal meant to protect you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Oh hope you are OK I know that bit of road that high concrete arncot is shit. Must have it heavy water or crosswind I guess. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 wow that must have been a shock. Glad ur ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Had the Supe wrenched out of my control on the way back from Wales on more than one occasion on the English side of the Bridge, scary as fook! Must have found yourself riding a good inch higher in your seat with a Rorschach style butterfly stained undergarment! I know I would have been! Bloody good to hear you are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Well it has been really bloody windy this weekend with 80mph gales reported. I was geting blown all over the show the the M25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew7 Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Couple of funny thing I just heard from one of the witnessess,, The woman in the VW spun off and wrecked her car in exactly the same place a year ago.... the mind boggles... And the guy who ran up my rear told the police I was still moving when he hit me.... Good job I had a witness to back me up then.... His insurance co have egreed to pay for the rear damage now (which has written the car off basically)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Sorry to hear that andrew, drop buy for a coffee soon at teh workshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 shame, good that your ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 lucky you didn't spin into the path of the artic, wouldn't have been so lucky. glad to hear you're ok though. note to self: avoid that part of the M5... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 OMG. So glad you are ok as Phoenix says just a bit of metal, can be repaired...pain though. Main thing is ya alive. Sorry to hear about the Supra, will reinvent itself ready for the good weather again! Si:hug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Know that stretch well, from my journeys between Weston Supernightmare & Thornbury. Never had that problem though. I guess the exposed position at the top of the hill and the sides of the cut through lead to a big change from no cross wind to huge crosswind. The wind does blow quite fierce up the Severn estuary. Sorry to hear its that bad. But at least you're fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Peace Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Weston Supernightmare ! lol or Shepton Mallet (Shit n Smellit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraJames Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Sorry to hear about the crash dude, glad you are ok, as said before cars can be fixed/replaced people cant. You mentioned the road had been resurfaced, do you think that had anything to do with it. I ony say cause one of best friends dad who was a motor bike instructor to the Police so he could ride very well, crashed on a piece of road that had been resurfaced with the wrong material, sad to say he was not so lucky. The case is still going on 4 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Sorry to hear about this. Hope the insurance company offer you a decent pay out. I use that part of the motorway regularly and that's always in the estate car with steps and ladders on top. I'll warn my work mates. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I just came back from Devon along there tonight in the Civic.. it was a blustery drive back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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