Accident!

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:21 pm

Was a sore one!
on the way back from Crieff (well, was Inverness, but went back via Glen Coe!) was in a queue of cars going at a steady 55 mph.
guys in a mondeo over take the queue.

was just past me when he hit the brakes...
next thing the car jumps in the air abit and a 2 foot boulder comes through the back of the car!!

the boulder had been sitting on the other side of the road and he had gone right into and over it!
took out the back right wheel/suspension and ripped off the bumper in bits. quite a crunch!
didnt see the front of the car, but did see some steam/smoke in the rear mirror

i avoided the bits the boulder removed

"go high"

unlucky to the guy

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:24 pm

Jesus!

Nasty - hope he was okay. I could probably say something dreary about awareness, but dare say it could happen to anyone....

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:26 pm

Yip sounds like a sore one. Sounds like you did well to avoid it Phil.

Cheers
Craig

Post by ed » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:27 pm

ouch, glad you are ok, hope he is too.....

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:29 pm

aye, he parked up on the wrong side of the road and got out of the car.
he held it well considering he had hit a mountain and lost a wheel.

was going over a blind crest tho....

Post by **Shug** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:34 pm

PhilA wrote:aye, he parked up on the wrong side of the road and got out of the car.
he held it well considering he had hit a mountain and lost a wheel.

was going over a blind crest tho....

Now I can be dreary....

...pretty f'kin silly overtake and it sounds like he got away lightly. Would have been nice if, instead of a boulder, it was a Nissan Micra with mum, dad & 2 kids in it....

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:00 pm

calm down shug!!
not so nice on the micra people if that had happened.
though i totally agree with what you're saying.

Post by **simon** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:15 pm

I think shug was probably being sarcastic

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:19 pm

simon wrote:I think shug was probably being sarcastic

yeah i know..but still

Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:23 am

deano15482 wrote:
simon wrote:I think shug was probably being sarcastic
yeah i know..but still

Yeah - my point is twatty overtaking like that usually results in innocents (like the mythical micra) being involved... He was facking lucky that it was just a rock. Not actually suggesting I'd have preferred it to be a car full of kids FFS!

Clearer?