As per header,
Not having the best of weeks......
As I mentioned it in another post,and rather than thread hijack too much,
Not had a great week or so.....
A week past on Thursday, travelling home from work,a road I travel daily, I was doing aprox 50/55mph,in a 60 limit,when I slowed down for a bend.
It was dark/getting dark,but not pitch black,and when driving round a sweeping bend,I slowed down to below 50,for teh bend.
Unfortunately,there was a flat bed/tipper style van/truck stationary on the bend, waiting to turn right into a small,seldom used 1.5 width road( I can count how often I have seen any traffic sitting there).
Long story short,it never had any tail lights on that I could see,which probably reduced my3-4 car lengths I had when coming round the bend,by a car length or so,at which point I slammed on the brakes
(No alternative,as a car was on the other side of the road,coming in the opposite direction,in the distance,and the grass verge was too high to go into).
As a result,my van is a write off,and I have injuries to my Chest,Neck,Ribs and Back/Upper spine!!
(The other vehicles driver/sole occupant,was uninjured,checked and verified by Ambulance crew/Paramedics)
Will be a few weeks or so to recover :thumbsdown:
To cap it all,after 3.5 hours in Ambulance and a&e,on a backboard,etc......I was just home,when Police chapped my door and are doing me with Speeding&Careless driving!!
The Police's attitude towards me was crap....saying the "witness" (1 car coming opposite way,further up the road,I assume),sad I was doing between 70&80 mph, and they(police) estimate my speed as well in excess of 60!!
Firstly ,my vans limited to 62mph,so the is impossible,and Any Speed related charges will be dropped,as a result.
Still got Careless driving to fight.
Due to my fault for running into the back of the other van.
My van is 1.9 tonnes,as per manufacturers info,but thats for van,driver,and fuel,but when it includes a full cargo,it is 2.7tonnes.....which limits it to 50, even on a 60 limit A road. Go figure!!
After looking at the road,getting van info,braking distance from various websites,I would of had to have been doing 20-25mph,in a 60 limit,on a dry day,with good visibility (my lights were fully on,btw)......in order to stop in time.
Who goes at such a low speed,even round sweeping bends.
If you did,you would run the risk of something coming round the corner quicker,and into the back of you.
Also,,as shown by my tracker,my speed when I started heavy braking was 46mph.
Will be looking at 3points, for Careless driving,Speeding to be dropped.... annoying as,after 24years with a clean license,I picked up 3points for Speeding,back in September,doing 60,when coming out a 60 into a 50,even though I had slowed down to 45,before the police came out a wee layby,and pulled me!!!
So in 2months,2 incidents,I have gone from a long time clean license,to having 6points
As for the future,my journey to work will now take 60mins instead of 30mins,if I have to slow down to 20/25 on every single bend!!!
Anyway,rant over,lol.
Other than it sucks,and hurts,big time,as got a Fair few injuries (my vans a write off)
P.s,my 3year old Boiler stopped working a few days after this
Not a good week or so,lol
Not having the best of weeks......
As I mentioned it in another post,and rather than thread hijack too much,
Not had a great week or so.....
A week past on Thursday, travelling home from work,a road I travel daily, I was doing aprox 50/55mph,in a 60 limit,when I slowed down for a bend.
It was dark/getting dark,but not pitch black,and when driving round a sweeping bend,I slowed down to below 50,for teh bend.
Unfortunately,there was a flat bed/tipper style van/truck stationary on the bend, waiting to turn right into a small,seldom used 1.5 width road( I can count how often I have seen any traffic sitting there).
Long story short,it never had any tail lights on that I could see,which probably reduced my3-4 car lengths I had when coming round the bend,by a car length or so,at which point I slammed on the brakes
(No alternative,as a car was on the other side of the road,coming in the opposite direction,in the distance,and the grass verge was too high to go into).
As a result,my van is a write off,and I have injuries to my Chest,Neck,Ribs and Back/Upper spine!!
(The other vehicles driver/sole occupant,was uninjured,checked and verified by Ambulance crew/Paramedics)
Will be a few weeks or so to recover :thumbsdown:
To cap it all,after 3.5 hours in Ambulance and a&e,on a backboard,etc......I was just home,when Police chapped my door and are doing me with Speeding&Careless driving!!
The Police's attitude towards me was crap....saying the "witness" (1 car coming opposite way,further up the road,I assume),sad I was doing between 70&80 mph, and they(police) estimate my speed as well in excess of 60!!
Firstly ,my vans limited to 62mph,so the is impossible,and Any Speed related charges will be dropped,as a result.
Still got Careless driving to fight.
Due to my fault for running into the back of the other van.
My van is 1.9 tonnes,as per manufacturers info,but thats for van,driver,and fuel,but when it includes a full cargo,it is 2.7tonnes.....which limits it to 50, even on a 60 limit A road. Go figure!!
After looking at the road,getting van info,braking distance from various websites,I would of had to have been doing 20-25mph,in a 60 limit,on a dry day,with good visibility (my lights were fully on,btw)......in order to stop in time.
Who goes at such a low speed,even round sweeping bends.
If you did,you would run the risk of something coming round the corner quicker,and into the back of you.
Also,,as shown by my tracker,my speed when I started heavy braking was 46mph.
Will be looking at 3points, for Careless driving,Speeding to be dropped.... annoying as,after 24years with a clean license,I picked up 3points for Speeding,back in September,doing 60,when coming out a 60 into a 50,even though I had slowed down to 45,before the police came out a wee layby,and pulled me!!!
So in 2months,2 incidents,I have gone from a long time clean license,to having 6points
As for the future,my journey to work will now take 60mins instead of 30mins,if I have to slow down to 20/25 on every single bend!!!
Anyway,rant over,lol.
Other than it sucks,and hurts,big time,as got a Fair few injuries (my vans a write off)
P.s,my 3year old Boiler stopped working a few days after this
Not a good week or so,lol
Liverpool
I met a stationary tractor trailer on a bend once, on an narrow A road, in the MR. Lucky for me there was noubt coming the other way, so I got around it. Or I could have been in your shoes. Suck it up and get well soon Craig, all you can do really. 
North West Surrey
Usa