Weggy down but not out

Andy Wegg wrote:
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<snip hairy moment>

****, that sounds scary.

Glad you are both okay.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)

 

Had a look at those, I like what you've done with the rear wheel... very
sir.

I was in the middle of a pile up with a Fiat Uno once. _Everything_ bent
on it, including my seat.

 

And its free listing day on Thursday for Cars.

 

I had a similar experience in a Renault 19, was hit from behind and driver's
seat literally collapsed.

I ended up laying flat.

Interestingly, the cassette which was in the dashboard ended up on the
parcel shelf, so it was quite a nice little shunt.
However, the burd who ran into me was actually very nice, I ended up sitting
in her car all afternoon looking at holiday brochures (which was better than
working).

 

I lost my tax disk to the nice people at the garage my car got recovered
to, and also got shafted by the insurance. Experience is a lovely thing.

Saved you putting it there yourself, and got rid of a Renault too. A
result I'd say.

Heh, how very odd.

 

Something not quite right with this story.
Aren't HGVs restricted to 56mph or something,
making it difficult to overtake a car doing 70?

Please excuse my mentioning it but if it comes to court,
a barrister will probably try to prove that Weggy was
"undertaking" a poor innocent HGV driver.

 

Depends. Many ShiteOldTrucks (pre-1989, IIRC) don't have speed
limiters. And speed limiters are only fitted to trucks over 7.5 tonnes
(HGVs, as you say), and a 7.5-tonner is still a big vehicle. A decent
7.5 tonner will exceed 70, no problems.

Where you get problems is if someone's by-passed the speed limiter.
Like I say elsewhere, the main fuse for the tachograph (in most trucks)
is also the main fuse for the speed limiter. Remove it or stick a nail
in it or whatever, and you by-pass both.

This is frequently done by cowboy operators or operators up against
impossible deadlines.

However, it always comes to light when the tacho chart is examined. If
there's no tacho reading for the accident time, then it's a pound to a
penny that the tacho and limiter were tampered with.

if the truck is some horrible old tipper or skip lorry, the odds
increase exponentially....

 

You are Stanley Baker AICMF copies of "Hell Drivers".

 

The signage and road marking in Spain is abysmal. So are the crazy slow-lane-
through-fast-lane off ramps on some of the upgraded A roads. Sheesh.

 

Andy Wegg wrote:

I saw an almost identical car/truck smash the other day on a motorway in
Granada. The entire family stepped out of the car like nothing had
happened. Mind you, there are a *lot* of crashes here.
--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24

 

The Older Gentleman bored us all completely to death with wittery prose
along the lines of:

Oh bollox. Pass on the GWS, etc.

 

Andy Wegg bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

Jeez. I'm fucking glad you're both okay.

 

Andy Wegg bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

You were too busy going round and round in circles?

 

Andy Wegg bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the
lines of:

Flog the tyres on ebay. They're worth more than the car (is now, at any
rate

 

MPM or MMT?

 

Andy Wegg wrote

And blow jobs, post traumatic blow jobs are an important aid in any
future recovery programme..

That looks messy.

You walked away, so in some sense it is a result.

 

Only after the lorry driver recklessly crashed into them because he
wasn't paying attention to the road

 

Ah. I don't know him then.

 

Depends on whether or not your missus gets post traumatic shock etc etc.

It's not just physical injuries you can enquire after you know.

 

Mmm, rust coloured wheels.