jadefox
Active Member
not a total escape I fear
I was driving home tonight from a night out and coming down a country lane, there's a small kerb on one side - my near side - and I was travelling about 40 after slowing down because I could see headlights coming towards me. It's a 60 limit and a reasonably strait road.
I must add at this juncture that I use to be a advanced driving instructor - so I like to think I know how to handle a car in a crisis...
Anyway, this car's coming towards me, he starts to waver across my side of the road and I note he looks like he is actually ASLEEP at the wheel - I hit the breaks and pull the car to the left, hit the kerb on my side with my front alloy - it was really very unavoidable because he is careering towards me and he literally ricochets off of my wing mirror with his, I'm assuming it startles him and in a split second, he pulls off to the right narrowly avoiding taking the side of my car off! I have to tell you that at that point I was holding my breath and waiting for the impact!
By this time I am almost completely on the grass verge with all four wheels - how he managed to avoid me (or rather I managed to avoid him!!!) is beyond me.
The WORST part is instead of stopping to make sure everything is ok - he puts his foot down and shoots off!!! I am assuming he either has no insurance or was drinking, or both.
I got out to look for damage and could see a really big black scuff on one alloy, but no damage to the wing mirror that I can see in the dark. I have taken a torch out to the car and checked it over and it 'looks' ok - the scuff I was fearing the worst with - I thought it may have actually split the alloy, but it looks ok and it looks like it is just a scuff mark.
Partly the reason I have come on tonight is to ask - when I hit the kerb at about 40, well maybe 35 or so because like I said I hit the brakes - is it possible that although there is no true damage so to speak to look at, can it have damaged the wheel at all internally? Or is it likely to have put the tracking out hitting it that speed? It did make an awful bang when I hit it.
I am guessing i should get it checked out, but where - the Main Stealership will cost a fortune won't it?
Ugh. I tell you, I wonder about the state of peoples driving today
I was driving home tonight from a night out and coming down a country lane, there's a small kerb on one side - my near side - and I was travelling about 40 after slowing down because I could see headlights coming towards me. It's a 60 limit and a reasonably strait road.
I must add at this juncture that I use to be a advanced driving instructor - so I like to think I know how to handle a car in a crisis...
Anyway, this car's coming towards me, he starts to waver across my side of the road and I note he looks like he is actually ASLEEP at the wheel - I hit the breaks and pull the car to the left, hit the kerb on my side with my front alloy - it was really very unavoidable because he is careering towards me and he literally ricochets off of my wing mirror with his, I'm assuming it startles him and in a split second, he pulls off to the right narrowly avoiding taking the side of my car off! I have to tell you that at that point I was holding my breath and waiting for the impact!
By this time I am almost completely on the grass verge with all four wheels - how he managed to avoid me (or rather I managed to avoid him!!!) is beyond me.
The WORST part is instead of stopping to make sure everything is ok - he puts his foot down and shoots off!!! I am assuming he either has no insurance or was drinking, or both.
I got out to look for damage and could see a really big black scuff on one alloy, but no damage to the wing mirror that I can see in the dark. I have taken a torch out to the car and checked it over and it 'looks' ok - the scuff I was fearing the worst with - I thought it may have actually split the alloy, but it looks ok and it looks like it is just a scuff mark.
Partly the reason I have come on tonight is to ask - when I hit the kerb at about 40, well maybe 35 or so because like I said I hit the brakes - is it possible that although there is no true damage so to speak to look at, can it have damaged the wheel at all internally? Or is it likely to have put the tracking out hitting it that speed? It did make an awful bang when I hit it.
I am guessing i should get it checked out, but where - the Main Stealership will cost a fortune won't it?
Ugh. I tell you, I wonder about the state of peoples driving today
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