Heilan Coo Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) The aftermath........... my van this afternoon. I was at a house this afternoon fitting parts to a boiler, took about 20 minutes, job done Stepped out the front door and I'm like "What the **** ?" my van, with my dog inside had disappeared! Blind panic sets in, first thought was some thieving ####'s got them. After much fumbling I managed to get the phone out my pocket and was about the call the police. Then I see my van about 500 yards away embedded in the climbing frame of the nursery play park! More panic, "Oh god has it hit anyone, is my dog ok?". As I'm running down the first thing I hear as I get to the scene is, "Nobody's hurt and the dog's fine" Relief!!! I have no idea how it didn't hit anyone or anything before the play area. Van rolled down hill veered to right, mounted verge, missed lamp post by a yard, over grass area and footpath, missing flower bed, bench, road signs. Over busy road, another footpath, between a tree and dog**** bin, before going through the fence and coming to rest. Even more remarkable, it was beside the High School and community centre just after 4:00pm! I'm not religious but I guess someone was looking down today! Only visible damage to van seems to be a bust wing mirror. Traffic police going to check vehicle tomorrow. Main thing is nobody hurt and my dog okay Edited May 10, 2012 by Heilan Coo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 **** the bed!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED BEARD Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 oh well,could have been worse.............................................could have hit the dog poo bin :o ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 thank god all went as well as it could , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgguinness Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 I take it you have put the lottery on for Friday Euromillions and Sat?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heilan Coo Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 **** the bed!!!! **** my pants more like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Questions will be asked, WHAT are you doing hanging around kiddies play areas in your van (Don't think the "Hey wanna see my puppy" ruse works anymore) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin128 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 I would take cover if your handbrake wasn't on when the copper inspected. :unsure: :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Very lucky. Hopefully there is a lesson learned here, always leave a vehicle in gear when parked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heilan Coo Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Questions will be asked, WHAT are you doing hanging around kiddies play areas in your van (Don't think the "Hey wanna see my puppy" ruse works anymore) Hence the bag of Haribo in the glovebox :yp: I would take cover if your handbrake wasn't on when the copper inspected. :unsure: :unsure: Handbrake definitely on, let it off when I tried to reverse out play area but ground was too soft, so police sent for recovery truck to pull it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 oh well,could have been worse.............................................could have hit the dog poo bin :o ! The **** would really have hit the fan then....and the radiator,screen bonnet!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heilan Coo Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Very lucky. Hopefully there is a lesson learned here, always leave a vehicle in gear when parked! Annoyingly, I usually do when parked on that particular street. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heilan Coo Posted May 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 thank god all went as well as it could , Doesn't bear thinking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 glad it all ended well fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 close one that mate...glad all ended well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMMER BURT Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 i would defo have needed clean pants :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Runaway cars can be horrendous. Reminds me of a mate who moved someone elses car on site. The road was steeply sloping and the electrician had parked too close to my mates van so he couldn't open the rear doors. He couldn't find the sparky so as the car was unlocked he thought he'd move it himself. It was a Citroen BX automatic. There were no keys in it so his idea was to knock it out of park and roll it forward a couple of yards on the handbrake. He was sat on the seat with one leg outside the car. He knocked it out of park and the car took off like a greyhound. I watched him struggling to get his leg inside and the door shut just as the car careered through the gate, past the site office (luckily no-one coming out), just missing the ****house before ramming itself up to the wipers under the tail of a 10t tipper. It happened in seconds. It turned ut the handbrake cable had snapped and the spark hadn't got round to fixing it, and being a stupid Citroen without the engine it had no brakes, steering or suspension. A lot of diplomatic talking and insurance claims later, my mate got away with it on the grounds that the car was in an unfit condition. The spark was less lucky, the car belonged to his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 did they breathalyse you seriously that was bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-shot Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 did they breathalyse you seriously that was bad breathalyze him the dog was driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storme37 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 breathalyze him the dog was driving what about drunk in charge of a dog driving with out a licence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-shot Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 what about drunk in charge of a dog driving with out a licence :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Marty Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Thank god no one was hurt.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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