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[Tezray]

Well after an arguement with a wall at 40mph in a country lane last night it would seem the Hyundai Lantra is no more.....Guess that saves me MOT'ing it!  

I was going through a lane to my girlfriends (out in the bloody sticks  ) and the road just looked like a long straight road. Then a crossroads is just suddenly upon me (no other cars present) and i instinctively brake, lock up and go ploughing towards a wall. Luckily i wasn't hurt and a policeman was just passing-by soon after the crash and called in afew others. Before i knew it they were saying i could be done for dangerous driving!!   But then they examined the road and realised the road markings were practically non-existant and the sign for the cross roads had been turned around.

Main thing is i'm ok i guess, although my necks hurting quite a bit. Funnily enough, two hours before writing it off i had bought myself an mr2   I didn't drive it that night because i hadn't taken out my insurance on it yet although i really did want to drive it and show it to my girlfriend. Guess i made the right decision for once....

[STMO123]

Glad you're alright mate

[theolodian]

Glad you're OK.  

Guess you don't go see her very often?  

[Elite Pete]

Glad you came out of it unscathed, Sorry about the car though

[Tezray]

Cheers guys, i'll live to fight another day  

I've always taken the 'main' roads to her house but she kept insisting the lanes are soooo much quicker, evidentally not  

I think i was very lucky though to be honest and it's made me think more about how i drive and some of the stupid things i've done in the past. Although i was driving sensibly last night, but accidents do happen.

[STMO123]

Did the airbag go off? If so, you'll be getting a sore throat sometime soon The stuff they put in them is orrible

[Tezray]

No air bag fitted to the high quality lantra!! So luckily no....although i really would have appreciated ABS at the time  

[STMO123]

No air bag fitted to the high quality lantra!!

You have been a lucky lad. 40mph, no airbag. Phew!

[sounds2k]

good to hear you seem to be OK and that's one less Hyundai on the roads  

regarding not driving the MR2, it's funny about how things seem to work out sometimes (and nice when they do)

remember to sue yourself for whiplash    

you could of course have used cadence braking instead of ABS .... but funnily enough I didn't think of that either about 10 years ago when I rolled a combo van on the M4 in rush hour traffic ...

[TheBoy]

Glad you're ok Tez

Sometimes I think we need such incidents, esp when wilder/younger to remind ourselves that we are not indestructable, and that driving is dangerous if not concentrating...

[JamesV6CDX]

good to hear you seem to be OK and that's one less Hyundai on the roads  

regarding not driving the MR2, it's funny about how things seem to work out sometimes (and nice when they do)

remember to sue yourself for whiplash    

you could of course have used cadence braking instead of ABS .... but funnily enough I didn't think of that either about 10 years ago when I rolled a combo van on the M4 in rush hour traffic ...

I used cadence braking once in a car without ABS on an icy road, in a real emergency. Believe it or not, I stopped safe and sound - I thought I was a goner at first!

Now - I won't own a car without ABS. It's really important in todays traffic/roads.

[Gwilym]

Glad you are OK mate. Were you fully comp?

[Tony H]

Good to here your o.k. It really p*sses me off the way that road marking maintenance is neglected especially on country roads >:(rant over!!

[Elite Pete]

good to hear you seem to be OK and that's one less Hyundai on the roads  

regarding not driving the MR2, it's funny about how things seem to work out sometimes (and nice when they do)

remember to sue yourself for whiplash    

you could of course have used cadence braking instead of ABS .... but funnily enough I didn't think of that either about 10 years ago when I rolled a combo van on the M4 in rush hour traffic ...

I used cadence braking once in a car without ABS on an icy road, in a real emergency. Believe it or not, I stopped safe and sound - I thought I was a goner at first!

Now - I won't own a car without ABS. It's really important in todays traffic/roads.

My wifes Rover 25 is a 2001 car and its not got ABS You would think it would be standard on all cars

[TheBoy]

My wifes Rover 25 is a 2001 car and its not got ABS You would think it would be standard on all cars

My 2000 25 has ABS as standard...   ...wonder if Rover/BMW were trying to cut costs on later ones?

Oddly, the crappy 51 plate focus didn't