Peteff
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 08:05 PM |
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Road Traffic Calamity?
Tim round at the shop got a phone call from his friend who has bought a Mitsubishi Evo FQ 360. He was up Matlock today and pulled up in traffic when a
Skoda slid sideways into the back of him. It doesn't sound good for the car..
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mr Clive
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 08:44 PM |
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To be fair its not just the insurance industry. Everyone involved in road safety calls them RTCs now.
Its not because someone is always at fault, but because calling it an accident implys that no one is. Apparently.
As for the alfa, I would certainly be having serious words with alfa uk about the seats 
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turbodisplay
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 09:20 PM |
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I`m still suffering from back problems due to an accident months ago.
9 am travelling from epping to m11 j7.
Traffic is baked up going into epping, following a mondeo at safe distance considering it is wet. Ka behnd me.
Expecting the unexpected, Looking well ahead of the car in front, i`m aware of the posibility of something stupid:
Woman on other side gets board of waiting, does a U turn without checking the road is clear.
@r$£ Goes through my mind, apply brakes for a gentle controlled stop, car in front skids, oscillates and ends up going into ditch. I brake harder in
case he hits someone, then gets T boned by me.
Perfectly gentle (ish) stop.
Stop 20m before the car went off the road.
Perfect - I`m so good! -
2 seconds later BanG!
(shouldn`t have been so cocky - the only time i don`t folllow protocol of bracing for impact whilst checking mirrors).
Get out and bloke behind goes what did you stop for. "Where do I start, the upside down car or the woman attempting a three point turn"
At least he had to explain to his sister why her car which was comming back form a service is now back in being repaired.
Ironic the only car with abs (mine) didnt get used. Both infront and behind would have saved then from an accident.
Darren
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RK
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| posted on 13/12/07 at 11:39 PM |
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The doctor is WRONG!
Please get a second opinion. Unfortunately, the emergency (I thiink it's A and E for you) doctors you may have seen shortly after the incident
have a lot of impact on the insurance people. Whiplash doesn't show up right away. You will need CT scans and all that for any soft tissue
damage to be recorded.
[Edited on 13/12/07 by RK]
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