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[Welung666]

"It is the first time, and I have been driving 60 years"

He must be knackered! No wonder his foot slipped

[Omega_Dan]

Just rotten luck! id start taking the bus and protect the mig from these drivers! otherwise might have another thread going soon.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Well the pictures of the damge are:

First the White Van Man front bumper damage:




Second the OAP nearside damage:



 

[Omega_Dan]

  your poor car will soon be back to its former glory

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I have been thinking of all the accidents I have been involved in:

Number 1 c.1977  Cortina Estate rammed up the back as stationery in a queue at road works.

Number 2. c.1987 Reversed into bollard when checking my tyres at my local filling station, and dented rear nearside panel.

Number 3. c. 1989  Went forward and dislodged rear bumper of a car that I thought had entered a roundabout.

Number 4. c. 2009 Rammed up the back of my Omega CDX whilst stationery letting a '999' police car out of a junction.

Number 5 Oct 2010 Whilst stationery white van man turns against the side of my Elite's front bumper.

Number 6 Oct 2010 Whilst travelling at 2mph to enter a Sainsbury's car parking space OAP runs forward in his car and rams the nearside of my Elite

Not bad I suppose over 1 million miles of driving, often at high speed on the busiest of Britain's roads!

To add to the actual and to emphasise how my misfortune comes when stationery, or travelling very slowly I will list near misses:

Number 1  c.1978  Massive, fully loaded, rigid wheel base 4 axle lorry comes within an inch of wiping me out when stationery in Ford Cortina estate at a road work queue on a steep hill when his brakes fail to stop him, and he just swings out into a suddenly clear road and, still trying to get his brakes to work, goes past me, and two cars in front before finally stopping parallel to a fourth car!!  He is deathly white as I pass him in my cab, and I am delighted to return home to my 3 lovely children!!

Number 2 near miss: whilst stopped on the hard shoulder of the M20 at 0100, Christmas Day 2005, to change a wheel, a continental 44 tonner appears to go straight through me, with complete blackness, very warm rubber and hot engine smells, with water being sprayed all over me from the hard shoulders cats eyes, as I am pressed into the side of my Toyota Carina II.  Lightness reappears for me to see the artic continuing to travel half way over the hard shoulder!!!  Expect to see my body in pieces, and I am now dead but somehow still seeing, a feeling that last for days (in fact in a way right up to today!!)

So, speed it NOT my problem!!!

[aaronjb]

You spend a lot of time writing letters while sat in your car, Lizzie...

*twitches*

Sorry.. pet peeve 

USAGE Be careful to distinguish stationary ('not moving, fixed') from stationery ('writing paper and other supplies').

Anyway .. egads at the hard shoulder incident - I seem to recall someone telling me that 'life expectancy' of someone standing/parked on the hard shoulder is, on average, measured in minutes? 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

You spend a lot of time writing letters while sat in your car, Lizzie...

*twitches*

Sorry.. pet peeve 

USAGE Be careful to distinguish stationary ('not moving, fixed') from stationery ('writing paper and other supplies').

Anyway .. egads at the hard shoulder incident - I seem to recall someone telling me that 'life expectancy' of someone standing/parked on the hard shoulder is, on average, measured in minutes? 

Indeed, the police continual remind motorists it is about 4 minutes!!

[aaronjb]

I'm not that easily frightened (apart from by heights.. or spiders.. ) but the couple of times I've been stranded on the hard shoulder of the motorway have easily been some of the most frightening times of my life - naturally I scarpered behind the crash barrier ASAP both times.. I can't believe how people can sit in their cars oblivious to the obvious danger?

Well.. I can, you only have to look at how people drive to realise how oblivious to the entire world people can be sometimes!

[amba]

Hi Lizzie.

Think it must be something to do with East Kent.

Yesterday ,whilst I was working in Canterbury a 09 reg BMW 525 decided to reverse in to me whilst I was parked in a garage getting fuel.

It turned out to be a Doctor,who did apologize and said he couldn,t see due to the low sun,but decided to reverse back anyway.Quite worrying really as that could have so easily have been a child or  person.

Anyway my damage is very minor..he cracked the front Irmscher grille and destroyed the chrome VX v.

Like your experience Insurance company were very quick offering me a hire car and calling today to advise they would be able to collect my car on Monday and get it to the body shop.All seemed abit silly so said I would pop in on Tuesday and see what could be done.

The last time I had a similar problem it turned out that the grille was no longer available from Irmscher in Germany so we will see what fun and games we have on Tuesday..anybody got a good second hand one for sale maybe and go down that route.

Good luck with your repairs

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Hi Lizzie.

Think it must be something to do with East Kent.

Yesterday ,whilst I was working in Canterbury a 09 reg BMW 525 decided to reverse in to me whilst I was parked in a garage getting fuel.

It turned out to be a Doctor,who did apologize and said he couldn,t see due to the low sun,but decided to reverse back anyway.Quite worrying really as that could have so easily have been a child or  person.

Anyway my damage is very minor..he cracked the front Irmscher grille and destroyed the chrome VX v.

Like your experience Insurance company were very quick offering me a hire car and calling today to advise they would be able to collect my car on Monday and get it to the body shop.All seemed abit silly so said I would pop in on Tuesday and see what could be done.

The last time I had a similar problem it turned out that the grille was no longer available from Irmscher in Germany so we will see what fun and games we have on Tuesday..anybody got a good second hand one for sale maybe and go down that route.

Good luck with your repairs

Thanks Amba!!

Sorry to hear about your mishap, and it certainly seems like East Kent has it in for us both!! Perhaps Omega's are the target of the week!!   I have done the lottery for Saturday thinking that my third incident will be very lucky................well you never know

Hopefully your repairs will go well, even with the parts complication 8-) 8-) 8-).

 

[amba]

I am trying to pre-emt the issues I will get from the bodyshop saying part is obsolete by buying a good condition second hand grille.

That way I can get them to paint it up and then sort out the financial bits which I am expecting to be in my favour.

[Mysteryman]

"It is the first time, and I have been driving 60 years"

He must be knackered! No wonder his foot slipped

That deserved recognition Lee, ignorant lot.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

"It is the first time, and I have been driving 60 years"

He must be knackered! No wonder his foot slipped

That deserved recognition Lee, ignorant lot.

Yes I thought that was funny as well but didn't say so

[Danny]

have a good look around your car to see if there are any strong magnets hidden within!!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

have a good look around your car to see if there are any strong magnets hidden within!!

    That had occurred to me Danny!!