RobSheffield Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Returning back from the local Squires meet in my trusty 405, 70 in the outside lane, and some nutter jumps out from the central reservation and does a slow moonwalk across the road!!! Fortunately i was able to brake in time, but it just really maddened me that he was daft enough to do it!! I felt like going back to have a word with him, but figured he might have a knife or worse (like lurgy!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrzs Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Never liked Michael Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Bloody hell. nutter. best that you didnt get out to talk to him, you never know what some of those locals are infected with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 There are far to many di--heads about, and if you hit him in the car, you would be the one in trouble:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 There are far to many di--heads about, and if you hit him in the car, you would be the one in trouble:( To right, it would have probably dented me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I had a similar nightmare today. I came within inches and I mean no more than 1ft from knocking someone on a push bike over. I was stationary at traffic lights and then they went to green, car in front of and was going at a slow pace. I was going straight on but straight on is in a zig zag way when this bycicle came past me on the passenger side which indicates to me to slow down anyway but it was going the same route as me. all of a sudden without even looking as had her hood up went accross my front and turned right. I had to pull over just after the traffic lights as I got quite a scare it was that close, i even closed my eyes as was expecting an impact!! it was that close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I calling BS on Rob's story. There's no way that his Pug will hit 70! I nearly hit someone the other day too. He stepped out from between two parked vans and was looking the wrong way. UK brakes saved his life. I just sat and glared at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I nearly hit someone the other day too. He stepped out from between two parked vans and was looking the wrong way. . It is not pleasent when this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I calling BS on Rob's story. There's no way that his Pug will hit 70! Its a beast and will happily cruise at 80 - except thats illegel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I calling BS on Rob's story. There's no way that his Pug will hit 70! I nearly hit someone the other day too. He stepped out from between two parked vans and was looking the wrong way. UK brakes saved his life. I just sat and glared at him. Oh the reaching 70 aint a problem but if its anything like my 306, its the braking from 70 that i dont believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 It is not pleasent when this happens. I know. All I kept thinking about afterwards was that, if I'd just been going a bit faster, I could have removed a retard from the planet and mankind could progress a little faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Oh the reaching 70 aint a problem but if its anything like my 306, its the braking from 70 that i dont believe. Slowing down wouldn't have been a problem for Rob tonight. I bought him a pasty at Squires. It surely must have doubled his weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Slowing down wouldn't have been a problem for Rob tonight. I bought him a pasty at Squires. It surely must have doubled his weight. hmmm i doubt 6 stone would make much difference to the weight of a 406. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 It has UK brakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Was his moonwalk any good? glad you didn't hit him! I had something similar; I was driving down a country lane past 5 chavs when one thought it would be funny to push the other infront of the car; down onto all 4's in the middle of the road. He wasn't laughing anymore when he head was inside my nosecone, staring at the intercooler. (well he wasn't quite that close, but bloody close enough!) Neither he nor I were very amused, but I had no need to say anything for he was back on his feet in a snap, winding up the haymaker for his ex mate. a moment of total panic (not good) followed by a chav off (most entertaining)... so from my point of view it kind of even'ed itself out in the end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesG Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 I don't understand why people do stuff like that - unless drunk! A similar thing happened to me in Sheffield recently. I was driving along, probably doing 25-30mph and some lad walked into the road, stood in front of the car and lifted up his football shirt Avoiding the temptation to burst out laughing I looked straight ahead, didn't acknowledge him at all and continued at the same speed. He chickened out at the last second and basically dived out of the way just before he would have got run over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Glad you missed them mate, I have hit a pedestrian @ 50 on a dual carriageway and they proceeded to do the full monty over the car. It is not an experience I would wish on anyone (driver or pedestrian). They survived to tell the tale, and pocketed over £60 large for their stupidity since police accident reports (which cleared me of all blame) count for shit in court. It took me a month before I'd get back behind the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Jeeze matey that's bad.. A friend's son ran over and killed a mental patient that jumped out of the back of an ambulance at full speed on the M1, 2 weeks after passing his test. just goes to show how a simple day can turn for the worse... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 Tis ok bud i missed him, just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Glad you missed them mate, I have hit a pedestrian @ 50 on a dual carriageway and they proceeded to do the full monty over the car. It is not an experience I would wish on anyone (driver or pedestrian). They survived to tell the tale, and pocketed over £60 large for their stupidity since police accident reports (which cleared me of all blame) count for shit in court. It took me a month before I'd get back behind the wheel. Was the £60 from you? NO way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Was the £60 from you? NO way... No, the insurance company paid out (I would rather have done time than paid this person a penny if I had to pay out). At the time of the accident, the pedestrian was 15, and the 3 year 'time limit' to make a claim only starts when you turn 18, so it wasnt till 6 years after the accident happened that I got a solicitors letter through the door. The police apparently destroy their accident reports after 3 years, though thankfully for some reason they still had a partial copy of mine on computer (though it didnt count for sh*t). Obviously after 6 years I didn't remember all the speeds, distances, etc from the day of the accident....so the insurance company settled out of court for 50% of the claim.....£62,500....not a bad earner for being an ignorant prick. Needless to say, this experience left a bitter taste in my mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewOW Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Well I don't know what its like for other towns, but in the summer months in Eastbourne, and previously when I lived in Brighton, we get hundreds of foreign students staying for 'study breaks' (piss-ups) in the town. As they are only used to their traffic direction, you have to be so vigilant not to knock the buggers over for not looking the right way! Emergency stops all the way to work. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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