lorry on A38
11 June 2003, 03:35 PM
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i nearly crapped myself this am. driving along a38 near derby and i see a flat bed lorry with a small jcb on the back.Do i speed up or let him out? Its a nice day i'll let him out.
Now i am about 30yds behind him doing 50mph as he pulls out ...no problem then suddenly "CRACK". bloody hell i nearly had a heart attack he had thrown up a stone which has made a bullet like impact on the windscreen followed by a 12 " crack.
Now insrance will take of the damage (-£40 excess!!!!) but it just shows how dangerous some of these flat bed lorries are. I am certain the stone came off his trailer and just to confirm i have had a close look at quite a few...and some are like a buliders yard : gravel and stones all over the trailer.So what happens as they go over a bump...thats right the stones fly off.Very dangerous they should be fined for it!
Be careful out there.
Now i am about 30yds behind him doing 50mph as he pulls out ...no problem then suddenly "CRACK". bloody hell i nearly had a heart attack he had thrown up a stone which has made a bullet like impact on the windscreen followed by a 12 " crack.
Now insrance will take of the damage (-£40 excess!!!!) but it just shows how dangerous some of these flat bed lorries are. I am certain the stone came off his trailer and just to confirm i have had a close look at quite a few...and some are like a buliders yard : gravel and stones all over the trailer.So what happens as they go over a bump...thats right the stones fly off.Very dangerous they should be fined for it!
Be careful out there.
11 June 2003, 03:47 PM
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silly boy. never let anything like that out infront of your beloved! i'm usually polite in letting people in/out but no way something like that because:
1) something like what happened to you will happen
2) you have to hang a mile back and drive like my granny in order not to get the chips flying into your car
nevermind i do know how it feels as something similar happened to my new STi on my second day of ownership but luckily it only chipped the screen. it's nothing a little money won't fix just be thankful you're not injured.
take it easy bud!
1) something like what happened to you will happen
2) you have to hang a mile back and drive like my granny in order not to get the chips flying into your car
nevermind i do know how it feels as something similar happened to my new STi on my second day of ownership but luckily it only chipped the screen. it's nothing a little money won't fix just be thankful you're not injured.
take it easy bud!
11 June 2003, 04:26 PM
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At least it was a stone and not the bloody jcb!!! 
I've had all-sorts fly at me that have fallen from trucks... A plastic lunchbox and flask, a tarpaulin, a broom, one of those plastic bread pallets, and worst of all a steel oil drum!!!!!
All on seperate occasions and all thankfully avoided.
The last one made me think I'd become PLAYER 1 in a game of "Spy Hunter"
I've had all-sorts fly at me that have fallen from trucks... A plastic lunchbox and flask, a tarpaulin, a broom, one of those plastic bread pallets, and worst of all a steel oil drum!!!!!
All on seperate occasions and all thankfully avoided.
The last one made me think I'd become PLAYER 1 in a game of "Spy Hunter"
11 June 2003, 05:26 PM
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At least it was a stone and not the bloody jcb!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/2980640.stm
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