Your worst incident on the road

Strider590

I was nearly rear ended in my kitcar the other week by some idiot in a 4x4, no history with this driver at all, he'd seen me drive past and made it his mission to catch up and intimidate me for around 10 miles down narrow country lanes, we pulled out of a junction I left him for dead, reached the speed limit, then when we got to a 30 zone he'd wound it up to 90+ trying to catch me again, I slowed from 60 to 30, he slammed on the anchors and missed my car by a few inches.

My kitcar has no head rest and the fuel tank is behind the drivers seat, if he'd hit me i'd be in hospital right now or dead and all because I dared to drive a car that's "non-conformist" a little different and not the average family shopping trolley.

The scary thing is thinking about how some people are so mentally unhinged that they'd rage at the sight of such a car and come chasing after an innocent motorist with god knows what intentions.

Silver-Surfer_2

Strider590 wrote: »

I was nearly rear ended in my kitcar the other week by some idiot in a 4x4, no history with this driver at all, he'd seen me drive past and made it his mission to catch up and intimidate me for around 10 miles down narrow country lanes, we pulled out of a junction I left him for dead, reached the speed limit, then when we got to a 30 zone he'd wound it up to 90+ trying to catch me again, I slowed from 60 to 30, he slammed on the anchors and missed my car by a few inches.

My kitcar has no head rest and the fuel tank is behind the drivers seat, if he'd hit me i'd be in hospital right now or dead and all because I dared to drive a car that's "non-conformist" a little different and not the average family shopping trolley.

The scary thing is thinking about how some people are so mentally unhinged that they'd rage at the sight of such a car and come chasing after an innocent motorist with god knows what intentions.

Not the ideal situation to brake test someone was it?

Strider590

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Not the ideal situation to brake test someone was it?

I never "brake test", I never have I never will..... Especially not with 30 litres of super unleaded 2 inches from my back and besides to which, the car is fitted with competition brakes and semi slick track day tyres (and we're not talking any "max power" rubbish), it would stop on a 6 pence. Even if someone where at a 2s gap distance, they would still need twice the stopping distance.

If someone tailgates my kitcar a brief burst of acceleration and the subsequent exhaust flames when I back off, normally make them realise they're messing with the wrong car. The attitudes toward that car are so bad that every time it's driven it attracts trouble for no good reason, it's like being on a bike except when someone kicks off you can't just nip past a queue of cars to get away.
My daily runner (Mondeo) attracts no trouble at all because it's boring and invisible.

Silver-Surfer_2

Strider590 wrote: »

I never "brake test", I never have I never will..... Especially not with 30 litres of super unleaded 2 inches from my back and besides to which, the car is fitted with competition brakes and semi slick track day tyres (and we're not talking any "max power" rubbish), it would stop on a 6 pence. Even if someone where at a 2s gap distance, they would still need twice the stopping distance.

If someone tailgates my kitcar a brief burst of acceleration and the subsequent exhaust flames when I back off, normally make them realise they're messing with the wrong car. The attitudes toward that car are so bad that every time it's driven it attracts trouble for no good reason, it's like being on a bike except when someone kicks off you can't just nip past a queue of cars to get away.
My daily runner (Mondeo) attracts no trouble at all because it's boring and invisible.

You used to attract enough trouble in the Vectra though.

ohreally

I travel over 100 miles every day, I see and record bad driving virtually constantly. Yesterday, while travelling on a very busy motorway I glanced in my rear view mirror to find a Golf heading towards my stopped (due to traffic in front having stopped) car - it was still travelling at motorway speed and was now approaching onto me at an angle of about 20°, I suspect the driver was chatting to his passenger and had failed to notice ahead cars had stopped.

Laundry moment!

silverwhistle

Strider590 wrote: »

intimidate me for around 10 miles down narrow country lanes SNIP I slowed from 60 to 30, he slammed on the anchors and missed my car by a few inches.

What the heck were you doing 60 down narrow country lanes and doing rapid acceleration and braking? The speed limit is not something you aim for. I don't know the circumstances, obviously, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were not two idiots in this scenario. The kit car bit is an irrelevance.

pogofish

Motorcycle, large amount of spilled slurry on a narrow Lancashire road and a cycle club outing.

I did see it, I slowed hard but I was still doing 30 when I hit the sea of plop - setting-up a massive wave. Lucky I was wearing full waterproofs.

Sorry guys....!

If its any consolation, it took about three months of dedicated washing to get the stink of poop out of that bike whenever it warmed-up and I replaced the waterproofs as soon as I got to Preston (or was it Lancaster?)

Strider590

silverwhistle wrote: »

What the heck were you doing 60 down narrow country lanes and doing rapid acceleration and braking? The speed limit is not something you aim for. I don't know the circumstances, obviously, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were not two idiots in this scenario. The kit car bit is an irrelevance.

Didn't say I was................ I've spent many years building and rebuilding that car, it's over 20 years old, 10k on the clock and not one single scratch to the bodywork.

The car is very relevant, having someone actively following you just to intimidate you, JUST because of the car your driving is VERY relevant.

mcpitman

Strider590 wrote: »

The car is very relevant, having someone actively following you just to intimidate you, JUST because of the car your driving is VERY relevant.

I agree with this, used to have a GTM Rossa K3, with a metro turbo engine.

Many people tailgated or goaded me in that car, never did quite figure out why, but for some reason because you are not in a mass manufactured box they don't seem to like it.

hc25036

My only major accident was years ago on a huge roundabout on the A217. The exit I needed had an immediate left hand bend and I went through at about 30mph (50mph limit) only to find a car facing me in my lane - the driver having decided there were two lanes into the roundabout on her side.

I had no chance to do anything, the impact was immediate and two cars behind me rammed into my back due to the sudden halt on the bend. Even worse, the passenger in the other car wasn't wearing a seatbelt and emerged with a head injury and started to wander in the road totally confused.

Got him sorted out, some builders jumped out of their van and moved the cars out of the way and swept the debris into the middle of the road. Ambulance and police arrived, police took statements and a few weeks later I was informed (it was a company car) that the other driver said I was driving on the wrong side of the road, backed up by the police report who looked at the damage to the cars and the debris in the middle of the road.

We took it to court and the other driver backed down and admitted the truth. The roundabout has since been modified.