Close shave
Funny how close it can get. I nearly died on the road into Fort William last summer. It's an A road but a s**t one and if you know the road, you know there's basically nowhere to overtake after Corran Ferry and you just go along at whatever pace it's moving at. I was doing that, about number 6 in the queue, when bloke behind me tried to overtake on a very short straight stretch. As he got level a full on, loaded timber lorry came round the right hand bend doing about 40.
I didn't know what to do - brake and try to let him past, speed up so he could get back in. I braked, but he braked too so we were still level, the lorry braked, I shoved my foot down and just got ahead.
We all had to stop at some roadworks a mile on and I did what I never do, which was go and have a word. He was sitting there with his kids in tears and his wife giving him a major earful in Scandinavian. I just said "You nearly killed us all", and left them to it.
Closest shave I think I've ever had.
Posted By: Old Git on February 12th 2008 at 15:50:02
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- Guilty conscience (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 12, 15:21:06
- Just the facts, Ma'am. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Feb 12, 15:24:11
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- Close shave (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 12, 15:50:02
- Narrowly avoided a contretemps on the way to work this morning - thank goodness for ABS (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Feb 12, 15:37:21
- Step out of the car, sir (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 12, 15:29:58
- Just the facts, Ma'am. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Feb 12, 15:24:11
- Guilty conscience (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Feb 12, 15:21:06
- Me neither. (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Feb 12, 15:11:38
- Not convinced it's commercially possible anyway. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Feb 12, 15:18:52
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