Steve_Perry
MB Enthusiast
Well I was driving to Halfords to get some replacement brake bulbs, approx 7pm tonight, when I had one of the scariest moments in my 17 years of driving
I was doing approx 45 in a 40 limit on a dual carriageway (okay so I'm no angel )
In the distance a set of traffic lights had changed from red to green so as I approached I knew there was no danger of them changing back to red again.
As the car was across the junction with the lights in my favour a d@mn moron bicyclist decides to cross the road just ahead of me No lights on his bike and he seemed to be dressed head to toe in black clothes (at night!!!) I think a trained Ninja would have stood a better chance of being spotted grr.
So I slam on the anchors and he freezes for a moment 'frozen bunny in headlights syndrome' (I can still picture the look of cold fear on his face) before deciding to dash across the rest of the road to get out of the way my car and impending death.
I thank my stars I have such amazing brakes on the car... The ABS cut in, I could still steer the car while jamming on the brake pedal and somehow I missed hitting him... phew!! :|
I think if I'd been driving another more mundane car, or a much older model, then this bozo would be dead or at least seriously injured.
Well that's my near kill story, sheesh you can't take one iota for granted these days.
Be careful out there peeps... idiots and morons abound and as I found out tonight, some of them seem to have a death wish.
S.
I was doing approx 45 in a 40 limit on a dual carriageway (okay so I'm no angel )
In the distance a set of traffic lights had changed from red to green so as I approached I knew there was no danger of them changing back to red again.
As the car was across the junction with the lights in my favour a d@mn moron bicyclist decides to cross the road just ahead of me No lights on his bike and he seemed to be dressed head to toe in black clothes (at night!!!) I think a trained Ninja would have stood a better chance of being spotted grr.
So I slam on the anchors and he freezes for a moment 'frozen bunny in headlights syndrome' (I can still picture the look of cold fear on his face) before deciding to dash across the rest of the road to get out of the way my car and impending death.
I thank my stars I have such amazing brakes on the car... The ABS cut in, I could still steer the car while jamming on the brake pedal and somehow I missed hitting him... phew!! :|
I think if I'd been driving another more mundane car, or a much older model, then this bozo would be dead or at least seriously injured.
Well that's my near kill story, sheesh you can't take one iota for granted these days.
Be careful out there peeps... idiots and morons abound and as I found out tonight, some of them seem to have a death wish.
S.
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