Almost wrote off my zed

[dr_john]

On the way back from a pleasant few days in Southwold yesterday :driving: some idiot pulled out from a side road, he didn't stop at the give way, just came straight out in front of me. I was doing a sedate 40mph or so, admiring the Suffolk countryside on a beautiful day.

I slammed on the brakes obviously and turned to avoid what seemed to be an inevitable collision, somehow we didn't make contact, a heart stopping moment. Worst experience in all my 50 odd years motoring.

Out and about locally in the zed today, I found myself slightly paranoiac and regarded all other road users with suspicion and mistrust :?

 

[Chippie]

On the way back from a pleasant few days in Southwold yesterday :driving: some idiot pulled out from a side road, he didn't stop at the give way, just came straight out in front of me. I was doing a sedate 40mph or so, admiring the Suffolk countryside on a beautiful day.

I slammed on the brakes obviously and turned to avoid what seemed to be an inevitable collision, somehow we didn't make contact, a heart stopping moment. Worst experience in all my 50 odd years motoring.

Out and about locally in the zed today, I found myself slightly paranoiac and regarded all other road users with suspicion and mistrust :?

You should have had the wife with you, she’d have seen it a mile off.

 

[Pondrew]

I found myself slightly paranoiac and regarded all other road users with suspicion and mistrust

I have done that every day for 40 years!

I told my daughter from day one of her driving "presume that every other road user is an idiot and isn't paying attention".

 

[dr_john]

You should have had the wife with you, she’d have seen it a mile off.

She was

 

[Chippie]

You should have had the wife with you, she’d have seen it a mile off.

She was

She was obviously distracted having a go at you for what you did or didn’t do earlier in the day oke:

 

[Pondrew]

She was obviously distracted having a go at you for what you did or didn’t do earlier in the day

Or more likely on a day in 1998. Women seem to have excellent memories spanning decades when needed; yet mine never knows where she put her keys an hour ago. :wink:

 

[dr_john]

She was obviously distracted having a go at you for what you did or didn’t do earlier in the day oke:

Oh, I see you have met my wife at some time. :lol:

 

[MikeyH]

She was obviously distracted having a go at you for what you did or didn’t do earlier in the day

Or more likely on a day in 1998. Women seem to have excellent memories spanning decades when needed; yet mine never knows where she put her keys an hour ago. :wink:

How true.

 

[Chippie]

She was obviously distracted having a go at you for what you did or didn’t do earlier in the day oke:

Oh, I see you have met my wife at some time. :lol:

Do you get the one where she bollocks you for something she thought you might do but didn’t

 

[1536Z4]

Do you get the one where she bollocks you for something she thought you might do but didn’t

:rofl:

 

[buzyg]

Good to hear your brakes work and your heart is still functioning correctly. Had a few of those over the years the last one killed my Zed.

 

[Bombur]

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You should have had the wife with you, she’d have seen it a mile off.
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:rofl:

 

[1536Z4]

They are amongst us . We were out a couple of days ago ( not in Z4 ) not speeding like yourself and had 3 almost incidents where people just pulled out without looking and I was in a large SUV with daylight running lights on :roll:

 

[dr_john]

Good to hear your brakes work and your heart is still functioning correctly. Had a few of those over the years the last one killed my Zed.

My heart is fine, the pacemaker I had implanted 6 months ago fixes my pulse at 60bpm, no probs there!

 

[pvr]

They are amongst us . We were out a couple of days ago ( not in Z4 ) not speeding like yourself and had 3 almost incidents where people just pulled out without looking and I was in a large SUV with daylight running lights on :roll:

Does not matter for white van drivers as they deliberately do that

 

[pvr]

Good to hear your brakes work and your heart is still functioning correctly. Had a few of those over the years the last one killed my Zed.

My heart is fine, the pacemaker I had implanted 6 months ago fixes my pulse at 60bpm, no probs there!

Bet it wasn’t at 60 after that incident

 

[TitanTim]

Usually find it's Z4 drivers but I soon pass them :lol:

:exitright:

Tim.

 

[Mr Tidy]

I often find Hyundai drivers an obstacle, although TBF most of them are in some sort of Tucson van!

I'm glad you managed to avoid the idiot dr_john.

 

[TitanTim]

I often find Hyundai drivers an obstacle, although TBF most of them are in some sort of Tucson van!

I'm glad you managed to avoid the idiot dr_john.

They'll be the Sunday afternoon drivers

Tim.