toodling down the road at around 40 mph when a car coming the other way swerved towards me, i swerved up the kerb, he missed me by microns, the fellow
behind me wasnt so lucky.
he got hit head on with a closing speed of around 80 mph.
2 ambulances, 2 fire engines and the helicopter arrived withing minutes so it looks pretty bad
.
gave a statment to the police,had a ciggy and drove home at a reduced rate, still a bit shaken.
take care out there.
Close one 
Did you see any reason for them swerving?
Nope, it all happened so quickly, if it wasnt for my lightning reactions he would have hit me, the fella in front of me said he was swerving all over
the road, maybe playing with a phone or heart attack....take your pick ?
[Edited on 9/2/18 by theconrodkid]
Glad you avoided that one, if he was on his phone they should throw the book at him - spend half my life on the road and it's crazy the number of
people on the phone!
On a side note - you should stop smoking, apparently it's bad for you!
Lucky escape for you.
Not so much the others, I hope it wasnt phone or other stupidity.....
Sounds nasty. Fingers crossd for those involved.
Seems all these new safety devices arent working.
Sadly its the drivers that are at fault and taking away their responsibilities with driver aids in just making them worse.
I nearly got pushed off the road the other day.
https://youtu.be/uDjzIMRknLY
She wasnt distracted or anything, just completely unaware.
[Edited on 9-2-18 by loggyboy]
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Originally posted by loggyboy
Sounds nasty. Fingers crossd for those involved.
Seems all these new safety devices arent working.
Sadly its the drivers that are at fault and taking away their responsibilities with driver aids in just making them worse.
I nearly got pushed off the road the other day.
https://youtu.be/uDjzIMRknLY
She wasnt distracted or anything, just completely unaware.
[Edited on 9-2-18 by loggyboy]
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Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
It seems to me that you were going a little bit too fast...
Maybe the video angle..
From my experience dashcam footage always looks faster than it is - think it's something to do with the wider angle of the lens that you don't get with your eyes then it's condensed onto a flat screen.
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Originally posted by loggyboy
Its also irrelevant as the road isnt single width so should have been able to go at any speed past her. She had a metre of road on her left!
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Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
It seems to me that you were going a little bit too fast...
Maybe the video angle..
Must be you as i was doing about 45-50. In a 60 limit,...