06-09-12, 03:38 PM
Yesterday I drove behind a car in traffic, I was pretty close but we were travelling quite slowly.
Then at around 20mph from between his wheels emerged a bit of wood with a nail in it - bump - bump - hit both my tyres as I hadn't left room or time to avoid such an occurrence. That could have been a brick, a pothole - or whatever. I should have known better, I do know better, but we all have occasional lapses of concentration and it's usually at that precise moment when something catches us out.
I remember a chief constable in Wales was caught doing 94mph on an A road, in court he claimed it was "A momentary lapse of concentration". He got away with it - of course.
Then at around 20mph from between his wheels emerged a bit of wood with a nail in it - bump - bump - hit both my tyres as I hadn't left room or time to avoid such an occurrence. That could have been a brick, a pothole - or whatever. I should have known better, I do know better, but we all have occasional lapses of concentration and it's usually at that precise moment when something catches us out.
I remember a chief constable in Wales was caught doing 94mph on an A road, in court he claimed it was "A momentary lapse of concentration". He got away with it - of course.