1 Tough old boots.... Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:05 pm
Dai
Life time member
Take one patch of diesel and add a flying brick moving at 55mph:
Then take the same patch of diesel and add four cars, at which point it starts to get messy. One through a hedge and into a field, one through a field gate and into a ditch and two splattered on the other side of the road. Very messy. I've never seen so many bits of car strewn down the road.
Total damage to me, believe it or not, is one large bruise on my left hip where I hit the road. The armouring in my clothing did its job superbly. What amuses the hell out of me (genuinely) is that it's going to cost more to replace my clothing than it will to fix the brick. Given that the patch of diesel had been previously reported to the local council by the police and the council did nothing, the insurance company think this accident will show up as a 'no fault'. Best bit of that? The council's gritting/sanding depot is less than two miles form the crash site.
Bruising only to all the other drivers and passengers too. Some very lucky people last night.
Then take the same patch of diesel and add four cars, at which point it starts to get messy. One through a hedge and into a field, one through a field gate and into a ditch and two splattered on the other side of the road. Very messy. I've never seen so many bits of car strewn down the road.
Total damage to me, believe it or not, is one large bruise on my left hip where I hit the road. The armouring in my clothing did its job superbly. What amuses the hell out of me (genuinely) is that it's going to cost more to replace my clothing than it will to fix the brick. Given that the patch of diesel had been previously reported to the local council by the police and the council did nothing, the insurance company think this accident will show up as a 'no fault'. Best bit of that? The council's gritting/sanding depot is less than two miles form the crash site.
Bruising only to all the other drivers and passengers too. Some very lucky people last night.
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