Tonight wasn't my time.

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Coming back from Caernarfon today (not in the zed) on a dual carriageway on the A5 at a place called Nesscliffe (Leesfarm and SocketR will probably know where I mean) husband was driving his car, it was pitch black and we were in the overtaking lane doing about 70. Our son was in his car behind us at a decent distance but travelling the same speed.
We just had headlights on so full sight was about 40 feet in front.
There in front of us in the darkness was a car in the overtaking lane on its side with the underside facing us so it was impossible to see until we were right on top of it. It was just a greyness with nothing reflecting etc.
I shouted, 's**t, what's that?' at the same time as husband saw it. He braked and swerved and I swear to god I don't know how we missed it. If he had been looking at the radio or blinked or whatever in a split second, literally, we would have ploughed straight into it at 70mph.
Our son saw us braking and swerving and he said as we swerved the car in the road was literally right on top of him too. He swerved and just managed to miss it.
I sat stunned for a minute then dialled 999.
We carried on as there was literally nowhere to stop. We saw two police cars tearing up the other side of the road a little bit later.
We've just got back and I rang the garage at the services next to where the car had flipped over but they didn't know if anyone had been hurt.
If nobody ploughed into them it will be a miracle. It was a miracle we didn't and a miracle our son missed it too. I just felt sick to the stomach and the thought of us missing it and then if our son hadn't and seeing it happen in the mirrors....
Tonight obviously wasn't our time to go and I pray the people in the car got out safe and nobody did crash into them before the police got there.
 
Lucky escape... Very fortunate that you were obeying the speed limit on an empty A road, lots of us might not have been and come a cropper as a consequence. Hope you're ok - you can't live your life worrying about what is beyond your control but of course that's easier said than done after a night like this :(
 
Yikes.

Glad everyone is ok.

Maybe cars should have reflectors on the bottom too?


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Life is so fleeting and can be taken away from you so easily. time to appreciate what you have and be thankful.
 
Glad to hear everyone got home safe.

However. . 2 things beg the question.

1.Travelling @ 70mph with only 40 ft full sight in front ???

2. I would like to think if you (or I) were laid in an upturned car and a motorist passed (swerving or not) they would be a good enough samaritan to stop & assist in some way.

I wasn't there and can't say otherwise, but not stopping would have laid heavy on my mind as to whether the other driver was ok.
 
And she could caused a bigger incident, she did the right thing by calling 999 for the professionals to close the road safely
 
I'm glad that you are all okay, scary stuff.

This will raise some questions though and I do no not judge here, we choose our actions at the time under specific conditions only hindsight offers alternate solutions to the way ones mind works under stress.

As there was nowhere to park, the only alternative I see would be to park on the road before the accident, hazard lights on to give following motorists some warning and then check the occupants. However to achieve that position would mean reversing, scary, inherently dangerous and dependant on how busy it was impossible too

Parking behind the car would be suicide
 
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