BangBangNik Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 A stark warning not to do this. I'm sure it is something most of us have done in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Jesus wonder if they survived that. Frightening how easy it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangBangNik Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 I wouldn't like their chances but you never know. Makes you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 From that outside lane from which he/she came,must of been able to see a cue of traffic, or did they even bother looking,poss too busy looking in the wing mirror too cut across. A reminder that one stupid error and it's all over quite horrific,what if that hadn't been a wagon last in the line of standing traffic,but a car with kids in the back of someone on a motorbike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les*1066 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Gawd, that made me cringe! I hope there were no fatalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 That was awful. I doubt any front seat passenger would have come out of that in one piece, assuming it was a local car. Truly awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/driver-in-belgium-survives-the-most-deadliest-of-crashes-9800643.html Amazing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangBangNik Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well that makes things a little better. Let's hope lessons have been learnt. The thing that knocked me sick was what looks like a child's bag and toy came flying from the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Well that makes things a little better. Let's hope lessons have been learnt. The thing that knocked me sick was what looks like a child's bag and toy came flying from the vehicle. Yes, that's what churned my stomach, after the horrific impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Very good reminder for some of the speed demons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just like the M5/M6 winter evenings in the pouring rain. Coming home one journey the winter before last, had close calls like that on 3 out of 5 junctions. Morons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3vert Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Seen this one a while back and assumed the occupants did not survive! Very surprised and happy to see the above article explaining she survived, I have seen a lot less than that resulting in fatalities!!! Great lesson in why not to change lanes without knowing what's there though ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Very good reminder for some of the speed demons I don't think speed was a factor,more like not paying attention and not anticipating ahead,most of the slip roads on the E40 are long and the driver could have joined the slip road earlier. It is amazing that the driver survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 I don't think speed was a factor,more like not paying attention and not anticipating ahead,most of the slip roads on the E40 are long and the driver could have joined the slip road earlier. It is amazing that the driver survived. I didn't mean as in 100 mph speed demons more the one that can't que and change lanes constantly to get somewhere 2 minutes earlier than the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhawk Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Really hope there wasn't any children in that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 This is awful, but what I find more scary (and see it a lot, usually pensioners) is joining a motorway at 40. Puts so many people in danger just because they are no longer fit to drive but won't accept the fact!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Really hope there wasn't any children in that car. According to the article just the young woman who survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is awful, but what I find more scary (and see it a lot, usually pensioners) is joining a motorway at 40. Puts so many people in danger just because they are no longer fit to drive but won't accept the fact!! Oi! pack it up, Dougy is nearly a pensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 well theres lots of idiots and there is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is awful, but what I find more scary (and see it a lot, usually pensioners) is joining a motorway at 40. Puts so many people in danger just because they are no longer fit to drive but won't accept the fact!! 40 mph or 40 years of age? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is awful, but what I find more scary (and see it a lot, usually pensioners) is joining a motorway at 40. Puts so many people in danger just because they are no longer fit to drive but won't accept the fact!! Strange that statistics prove that its the younger ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) This is awful, but what I find more scary (and see it a lot, usually pensioners) is joining a motorway at 40. Puts so many people in danger just because they are no longer fit to drive but won't accept the fact!! I saw that yesterday! coming up the A3 from Portsmouth, its a motorway in eveything but name. A car got to the end of the slip road and stopped! A couple of years back in heavy, bunched up but fast traffic on the M4 I was in the middle lane with a gap in front of me. Not a big gap given the speed we were doing, but two plonkers, one from the slow lane to my left, and one from the fast lane to my right, both decided at exactly the same moment to take my space fairly agressively. They collided right in front of me, and both bounced back into the lane they had just come from fortunately!. I missed both by inches and just kept on going thinking "Ooooh that was bloody close". If it had all gone badly it would have been carnage because none of the cars behind me would have been able to stop. The M4 is like that every Sunday evening, R-E-A-L-L-Y S-C-A-R-E-Y how they bunch up. Most accidents on the motorway are caused by people changing lanes and mis-judging it I would say Edited June 8, 2015 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) ...I'm sure it is something most of us have done in the past. Most? I'd hope not!! Akin to wavin loaded guns under peoples noses. I'd hope that ANYONE caught doing such a manoeuvre would see a heavy fine & driving ban in their future...if not prison. The driver in this case was sadly lucky to survive. ..as from quite a few conversations with similarly "skilled" drivers who've survived similar crashes, the lessons will NOT be taken on board & they'll continue to drive in such a way as to be a permanent danger to other road users. Edited June 8, 2015 by saddler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I saw that yesterday! coming up the A3 from Portsmouth, its a motorway in eveything but name. A car got to the end of the slip road and stopped! A couple of years back in heavy, bunched up but fast traffic on the M4 I was in the middle lane with a gap in front of me. Not a big gap given the speed we were doing, but two plonkers, one from the slow lane to my left, and one from the fast lane to my right, both decided at exactly the same moment to take my space fairly agressively. They collided right in front of me, and both bounced back into the lane they had just come from fortunately!. I missed both by inches and just kept on going thinking "Ooooh that was bloody close". If it had all gone badly it would have been carnage because none of the cars behind me would have been able to stop. The M4 is like that every Sunday evening, R-E-A-L-L-Y S-C-A-R-E-Y how they bunch up. Most accidents on the motorway are caused by people changing lanes and mis-judging it I would say Would agree, i live on the Motorway at the moment and i never see anyone checking over their shoulder in the blind spot either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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