General Chat

Had one min or bump which was my fault. Was approaching junction slowing down to line up behind car in front and my foot slipped off the brake and I slid into the back of the car in front. It wasn't damaged at all but mine was !! Not proud of it but after 40-odd years of driving I hope I can be forgiven. No tickets at all.

Len that is very good going!

I crashed into hubbies car while reversing on the drive ... well it was dark and I was going backwards..... Lynda (who is so happy to have car back now)

Never had a car crash in 50 years and ¾ million miles, unless you count backing into an 18inch-high post in a car park. Had a motorcycle crash or two though, before switching to 4 wheels. Len

Two, but not in my present car - and neither were my fault, both went into me, one into the back when I stopped at traffic lights and he was right on my tail, the other clipped across the front of my car as she zipped her mini out of a car park at high speed. Both these incidents happened 16 years ago. My poor old car was also hit three times when I wasn't in it - once in a car park (dented bumper and broken rear lamp) and twice while parked in the road outside my former home . The first time, by a huge trailer on an articulated lorry (new side panels and new doors) and the second by an addict high on drugs and drink who had driven about 3 miles from a party in the early morning, bumping into all sorts of vehicles, garden walls, trees, etc, along the way. The Police finally caught up with him when he crashed into the garden wall belonging to one of my neighbours and the car (which had been stolen) couldn't be driven any further. My car needed a new tyre, new rear side panel and lamp. How glad am I that my present car can sit happily on our driveway! CB >|<

In 23 years driving, the only incident was one night I parked hubby's car at work (hospital, night shift) and the handbrake failed. 30 minutes later it slowly rolled across the carpark and bumped into a car owned by the bereaved relatives of a lady who had died a couple of hours before. I was mortified. We had only just had the car serviced, and had asked the garage to look at the handbrake as it kept slipping, but clearly they didn't. Oh, and no speeding tickets or points, and only 1 parking fine. Liz

Yikes, Jess!!

About 1996 Accelerating off a roundabout..a Car decded to turn right thru central reservation from the opposite direction. Totally finished for our car, her main concern was to move the cars off the main road , as it transpired ''so daddy wouldnt see it was her fault'' THEN later claimed we had followed her into the turning (that we'd dragged the cars into) and that we'd hit her!! As we had no engine/bonnet or front left at all and the side of her (daddys) car was bent like a bananna, we'd have had a job! Sorting it all out, later with the police, the policeman was i no doubt whatsoever who was at fault, and was heard to say that she should stick to her ''flippin horse'' Came home 300 miles on an AA wrecker, and next day discovered my leg was broken! Jess x

Oooh nasty Bryan - a male driver (again) was it?!!

no anna,but was on way to a 'hit and run',when it happened,had to swerve to avoid oncoming stolen car,driven by a 14yr old. bryan.

LOL David - how much had you been drinking?!! Bryan - did you have a patient with you?

.... two speeding fines (35 and 36 in a 30 zone)... more parking tickets than I'd care to remember.

hi anna...one on a motorbike,one in a car,and one in an ambulance.....the one on the motorbike,was my fault. bryan.

oi ! only one of them was my fault ! even thats questionable ! lol (maybe two actually lol) The one where I clipped the woman at the roundabout when she stopped unexpectedly... jumped out of the car, looked at the bump and said 'I only got it back from the garage a week ago, the same thing happened last month'. No more needs to be said really lol

can I add that all mine had MEN driving the vehicles that hit me. oh have had 1 parking ticket in Brighton while getting my bridesmaids dresses and i speeding ticket while visiting mum and dad.

If you say so Paul!! If you can rationalise it to yourself then that's OK by me!! Think so Vicky!

I should add that for most of the last 16 years I've done an average of 25-35k miles a year, at least double the average, therefore double the chances of a bump ?

Now let me see, have been driving for 21 years. First one was at a cross roads my right of way he came speeding across into back passender door 2nd stationary at junction he tried to come up side of me and hit car, gave false details so had to involve police. 3rd lorry pulled out of junction on me ended up under the side of it, he could never be contacted. 4th Sat at lights at road works and someone reversed out of drive into my front wing so they paid for damage for number 3 accident as well. 5th travelled 100 miles back home with hubby and 2 dogs in car, just about got home stopped in queue of traffice car behind me stopped but jag behind him didn't. Mine and car behind were right offs jag hardly a scratch. My dog got pushed though the dog guard and ended up in front seat, never did like cars after that. Had someone go into back of car when hubby was driving it needed new boot door. Also had one where car got damaged by someone elses accident, luckily wasn't in it and first I knew was when police let me know.

have we just proved women are safer drivers than men?

*Amend Note to self - Avoid all roundabouts!!'