[Mark1966]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Mental note, do not lend teaston anything of value, someone will run into it.

A marketing man may claim the xdrive in your car save the day by keeping you perfectly still so the micra could swerve accurately round you.?!?

Now if that had happened in America, you could have followed this chaps example for dealing with such poor driving...

I bet they vote Trump

[Mark1966]

Originally Posted by SDH

Wow that was close, heart in mouth for her (surely it has to be her in a micra!) for a few seconds

She needs something in her mouth

[subsy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Now if that had happened in America, you could have followed this chaps example for dealing with such poor driving...

Christ !! Av' that !!

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Kal001

Bloody hell that was a close one

BUT. Real question is WTF. You doing listening to Zayne Malik ?????

Ps if you wire the camera under the carpets on passenger side as opposed through the heading solves the dab issue

Worked for my Blackvue.

Glad you escaped unscathed.

I wired it from the boot up the C pillar. With your method the wire still needs to go up the C pillar doesn't it?

[simon.]

Wow. You lucky fucker!!!

Think I'd be forwarding a link of that footage to the local plod. Twats like that need a word or 2 in their ear!

[Tengocity]

Ha! Lucky boy!

Probably on their phone or something but then good decision on their part to be fair. I had to do something like that once, but not through my own fault- truck coming round the corner in wrong side of the road, so ended up going in to a lay by at full pelt and straight out the other side.
When it's over you can't help but release a "YEE HAH!" in dukes of hazzard style!

[Andrewthefirst]

UNBELIEVABLE! What a twat. Both you and presumably she are very lucky.

great footage

[Quail]

I'd definitely be sending that video to the plod - drivers like this need to be taken off the road for everyone's safety (including theirs).

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by Quail

I'd definitely be sending that video to the plod - drivers like this need to be taken off the road for everyone's safety (including theirs).

Agree the Police should see this.

Unbelievable to see this, thankfully you were ok.

[deebee]

I'll bet you had a beer after that, if they'd of rear ended you at that speed with your foot on the brake the force would've been felt on your neck/spine and could've been life changing

As for music, kiss fm? Always repeating those songs

[SkyJawa]

Yeah to be honest if that car had hit you that would have been a massive accident and they would be lucky to come out of it with their life or without losing limbs. Stupid.

As an aside I trust that's put you off buying that house knowing what fuckwits drive that road!

[teaston]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

I'll bet you had a beer after that, if they'd of rear ended you at that speed with your foot on the brake the force would've been felt on your neck/spine and could've been life changing

As for music, kiss fm? Always repeating those songs

Yes kiss FM I mainly listen to Kisstory on web radio but switch back to kiss when there is no 3G

[beardybaer]

Bloody hell!

Who knew Micra's could go that fast?!?

Btw, slightly OT, what dash cam have you got? I'm starting to look for one

[Pablo68]

Originally Posted by beardybaer

Bloody hell!

Who knew Micra's could go that fast?!?

Btw, slightly OT, what dash cam have you got? I'm starting to look for one

Those things take nigh on 20 seconds to get to 60mph (seriously) so having recently passed the NSL marker she wasn't slowing for ANYTHING

[subsy]

Originally Posted by beardybaer

Bloody hell!

Who knew Micra's could go that fast?!?

Btw, slightly OT, what dash cam have you got? I'm starting to look for one

It's shown in the bottom left of the recording, asked already, and answered here:

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=29

[Senna]

Originally Posted by teaston

I was looking for a property this morning, and when I got near it I put my indicator on and slowed down gradually, then this happened!!

God knows what they were doing, but it looks like I was very lucky not to get rear ended!!

Watch from around 30 secs in:

Loads of grip them Micra X drives

[Wills2]

Wow! Thank goodness there was room down the inside, not quite the same but I've had that happen a few times on the motorway, you brake for the slowing traffic almost at a stop and the car behind has to swerve into the left hand lane to avoid totalling your car.

[Quail]

Originally Posted by Wills2

Wow! Thank goodness there was room down the inside, not quite the same but I've had that happen a few times on the motorway, you brake for the slowing traffic almost at a stop and the car behind has to swerve into the left hand lane to avoid totalling your car.

Similar has happened to me, except I had to swerve to avoid getting rear ended.

I was on the A34, in the fast lane, approaching traffic ahead. Car ahead of me slows to a stop, as do I.

I look in my rearview to see a car barrelling towards me without noticing the stopped traffic (despite my hazards).

I quickly smash it in first, check my mirror for the slow lane, and see a truck! There was more distance for the truck to safely slow down, so I quickly throw the car into the slow lane and get the car tucked in as much as possible.

The car that was behind me in the fast lane slams on his anchors, and somehow narrowly misses the car that was sat in front of me.

Twat.

I've been rear-ended twice in the last few years. Both times I was sat stationary in traffic. The first time was a woman that was tailgating me for 15 minutes on a busy A421. We come to a roundabout with a stop/start queue. She isn't paying attention and drives straight into the back of me. Jumps out and acts like she's done nothing wrong. No visible damage but I still put in a claim against her (thankfully, since she had broken the bumper support brackets underneath).

The second time was again start/stop traffic, and a young girl was clearly fucking around on her phone as she drove straight into the back of me. Atleast she was apologetic. Another day another claim

[Wills2]

Originally Posted by Quail

Similar has happened to me, except I had to swerve to avoid getting rear ended.

I was on the A34, in the fast lane, approaching traffic ahead. Car ahead of me slows to a stop, as do I.

I look in my rearview to see a car barrelling towards me without noticing the stopped traffic (despite my hazards).

I quickly smash it in first, check my mirror for the slow lane, and see a truck! There was more distance for the truck to safely slow down, so I quickly throw the car into the slow lane and get the car tucked in as much as possible.

The car that was behind me in the fast lane slams on his anchors, and somehow narrowly misses the car that was sat in front of me.

Twat.

I've been rear-ended twice in the last few years. Both times I was sat stationary in traffic. The first time was a woman that was tailgating me for 15 minutes on a busy A421. We come to a roundabout with a stop/start queue. She isn't paying attention and drives straight into the back of me. Jumps out and acts like she's done nothing wrong. No visible damage but I still put in a claim against her (thankfully, since she had broken the bumper support brackets underneath).

The second time was again start/stop traffic, and a young girl was clearly fucking around on her phone as she drove straight into the back of me. Atleast she was apologetic. Another day another claim

Indeed I was hit from behind a few years ago, sat stationary in traffic on the A1 near St Neots when without warning a bomb went off (well it wasn't a bomb but a van hitting me at 50mph)

A shocking experience that left me very shaken but thankfully unhurt, the car was a total write off but thank God I was in a tank like F10 5 series, but the experience scarred me for months afterwards.

I approach slowing and stationary traffic differently these days and always avoid the outside lane in those circumstances, as most accidents that I see are in that lane.

[deebee]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yes kiss FM I mainly listen to Kisstory on web radio but switch back to kiss when there is no 3G

Kisstory is normally on DAB isn't it? Great station, late 90s early 00s best music ever

Dance like no-one is watching and be glad that fuckwit didn't ruin your day!

[teaston]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

Kisstory is normally on DAB isn't it? Great station, late 90s early 00s best music ever

Dance like no-one is watching and be glad that fuckwit didn't ruin your day!

It is in most of the country it seems, but not in Norfolk/Suffolk unfortunately!

[Quail]

Originally Posted by Wills2

Indeed I was hit from behind a few years ago, sat stationary in traffic on the A1 near St Neots when without warning a bomb went off (well it wasn't a bomb but a van hitting me at 50mph)

A shocking experience that left me very shaken but thankfully unhurt, the car was a total write off but thank God I was in a tank like F10 5 series, but the experience scarred me for months afterwards.

I approach slowing and stationary traffic differently these days and always avoid the outside lane in those circumstances, as most accidents that I see are in that lane.

Yeesh, that sounds really rough. I can imagine.

I had a large near-miss last year when a car pulled out of a junction right in front of me when I was travelling at 70mph. Thankfully there was nothing in the oncoming lane so I could quickly swerve around them, but if there was oncoming traffic, I hate to think what would have happened. Since that day I always feel anxious when driving past busy junctions.