17-12-16, 11:23 PM
so there I am on the M25 today in the car in slow traffic because of an accident in the fog with my mrs and 14 yr old son going off to family dinner, when the car in front brakes sharply , I've left enough room to stop but have to anchor up sharpish and stop with about 6-7 ft between me and the car in front, then I glance in my mirror and see a fucking great big Volvo truck getting closer and closer and think it's not going to stop and my son who sat in the back is gonna get the brunt of it when this twat runs into the back of me at 30 mph or I'm going to get flattened as it ploughs through. I've checked my mirrors quick and saw there was a small chance I might get into the lane to the right but as I'm turning the wheel to accelerate out of the way BANG the wanker has whacked the back of me then because I've got the wheel turned (luckily I think ) the force of the push from the lorry has accelerated me into the next lane where an innocent driver has hit me square on my drivers door smashing the door and the glass in my face.
Anyway I've pulled over and got out with the other drivers involved and looked at where the lorry had stopped and it was about 4ft from the back of the car in front of me before the shunt and had I not turned the wheel and got shunted right that's where me and my family would have ended up.
Turns out it's a Bulgarian driver who speaks no English driving a truck for a Spanish company on his way to Ireland (don't ya love the eu) called plod who took 20 minutes to arrive and I thought they might have done stuff like breathalyser or check tachos etc but nothing just moved my car to a safe place and buggered off and left us to the traffic wombles from the highways agency who were actually quite friendly giving us tin foil to put around ourselves probably to amuse the themselves and the rubberneckers driving past watching us do our impersonation of a turkey wrapped in bacofoil .
Moving swiftly on and the reason for the post title , chatting to recovery driver on way home who asked what happened when told a lorry hit me up the arse says " was it left hand drive?? " to which I reply yes why ? And he answers "cos we have about 10-12 left hand drive truck involved in accidents a day"
Then our insurance co tell us how complicated it is to claim off foreign insurers and it may be a while before we can get any of the £200 recovery fee I paid and the £250 excess that's going to be deducted off the written off car settlement
Oh and while we were at the side of the motorway there were nearly 5 accidents involving lorries that nearly shunted people that had slowed rubbernecking at our accident. Mental absolutely mental
Anyway I've pulled over and got out with the other drivers involved and looked at where the lorry had stopped and it was about 4ft from the back of the car in front of me before the shunt and had I not turned the wheel and got shunted right that's where me and my family would have ended up.
Turns out it's a Bulgarian driver who speaks no English driving a truck for a Spanish company on his way to Ireland (don't ya love the eu) called plod who took 20 minutes to arrive and I thought they might have done stuff like breathalyser or check tachos etc but nothing just moved my car to a safe place and buggered off and left us to the traffic wombles from the highways agency who were actually quite friendly giving us tin foil to put around ourselves probably to amuse the themselves and the rubberneckers driving past watching us do our impersonation of a turkey wrapped in bacofoil .
Moving swiftly on and the reason for the post title , chatting to recovery driver on way home who asked what happened when told a lorry hit me up the arse says " was it left hand drive?? " to which I reply yes why ? And he answers "cos we have about 10-12 left hand drive truck involved in accidents a day"
Then our insurance co tell us how complicated it is to claim off foreign insurers and it may be a while before we can get any of the £200 recovery fee I paid and the £250 excess that's going to be deducted off the written off car settlement
Oh and while we were at the side of the motorway there were nearly 5 accidents involving lorries that nearly shunted people that had slowed rubbernecking at our accident. Mental absolutely mental