Following on from the CAR HISTORY thread, I just wanted to put down a record of my car/vehicle crash history......
1. First close call.....spun my red and white 1969 Mini Cooper replica going down the old A453 towards Tamworth. (Went over the crest of a hill in the wet a bit too hot and came across an old couple in a Minor in the middle of the road turning right. Slid about 150yds doing a 180 as I went) LESSON LEARNT......SLOW DOWN......
2. First proper crash....Hit the rear of a Transit van in my Fiesta 1.1S. (the Transit did an emergency stop as a lorry came around the corner on our side of the road) LESSON LEARNT......DONT DRIVE 6 FT FROM THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE.....
3. Crashed my works brand new 1990 H reg Mercedes van (going down a single track road in early morning ice, the gritter in front me pulled over to let me by and I put it in the ditch at the next corner......!!) LESSON LEARNT......NEVER OVERTAKE A GRITTER.......
4. Crashed another works Mercedes van (turned into a pub car park in Carlton, way too fast and hit the car park wall) LESSON LEARNT.......SLOW DOWN BEFORE TURNING......
5. Crashed my girlfriends (at the time) custard yellow Austin Metro (waiting to turn left at a junction, noticed a gap in traffic, so pulled out, sadly the car in front of me hadnt moved) LESSON LEARNT.....OPEN YOUR EYES......AND DONT DRIVE METRO's
6. Crashed a 3rd and final (got sacked!) works Mercedes van (reaching over to the glovebox going around a right handed bend, left rear wheel went into the roadside dust, spinning the van round, sending it over the road and on its side in the adjacent field) LESSON LEARNT......DONT BE SUCH AN IDIOT.......
7. Crashed a rented Toyota Corolla (into the arse end of some daft woman who, in the rain, pulled out right in front of me onto the A34 dual carriageway near Stoke. I was doing 50mph but had no chance to avoid her as she was about 40 yds away when she decided to go. She got done for driving without due care and attention in the end. £3000 damage to the hire car) LESSON LEARNT.....WOMEN DRIVERS ARE DANGEROUS.....
The last of these was 9 years ago now, but doesnt it look really really bad when you write it all down.....!!!
I have full protected no claims now, although I still wouldnt class myself as grown up (at 38) and have no intention of going back to my old "Wrecker Webster" ways......
PS Never had an airbag go off yet.......