STi Lou

Behind an open backed van doing 60mph on a dual carriageway when all of a sudden a piece of scaffolding comes off the flipping van and drops on the road in front of me, slammed my brakes on but couldn't swerve to avoid it as there were other cars in slow lane.It made a noise as it hit underneath the car obviously.

I have only had my car 2 fricking days I am so sad, no damage to body but must get hubby underneath it to have a look

As I was driving I couldn't write down number plate(memorised first half in my shock), I know it also would have had an impact on drivers behind me so hopefully they had a passenger who was able to take number plate down, will report to police ASAP.

The joys of driving eh!

alloy

Very unlucky , but it could have been a lot worse!! At least you're all alright

trigot33

Time to sue the van driver and get yourself some nice coilovers

mgscooby

very lucky could of been a lot worse!!!!

from experance it will be very hard to claim off the van driver even if you do find who he is.......... he will just claim that it was nothing to do with him

just lucky it could of been a lot worse

Sport160

Bad luck, but thank goodness no serious damage to yourself.

Happened to a friend on mine recently except with piece of wood and a 911, £1800 quid for a new front bumper....ouch

mart360

happend to me in my saab, a huge cobblestone fell from a tipper lorry in front of me,

hit the w/s like a bomb, i had a fist sized crack in the screen,!!!

i chased after the driver, and phoned his company (hf of course)

they tried to get arsey, so i drove to the depot and went to see the transport manager, he initially denied it, until i pointed out his driver didnt have the load cover on the lorry, and i would report it to the council..


2 mins later after talking to the driver, who confirmewd my story, i has the windscreen people calling me to arrange a replacement.

mart

STi Lou

Thanks guys hubby checked underneath and there is no visible damage, just bloody typical to happen 2 days after I get my brand new car Glad me and kids are ok though!

T_H_E__c_R_O_W

despite there been prob about 20 cameras watching u at the time, if the police cant get the money for it ull not find out.

Glad u ok, n that the car is too

Dave_68

Few months ago I changed a windscreen on a Clio that had the same thing happen, apart from the scaffolding hitting the screen. Wrecked the screen of course but didn't penatrait into the car. The impact was right where the drivers head was....Realize how important laminated windscreens are.