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Day went ok until I went to put the MEWP away and got it stuck, managed to get it out and order 10 tonne of hardcore for tomorrow so wasn't in the best of moods.

 

Travelling home then (infact 200 yards from home at the bottom of the hill) I came round a corner at 30 mph to see a car setting off to pull out of a drive on my left, the car stopped so I kept going.

 

Next second I was almost ontop of the carwhen it lurch forward directly into my path and I was heading full tilt straght towards the drivers door.

 

I knew if I hit the door the driver would be seriously injured, so I yanked my steering to to right as hard as I could nearly putting the landy on two wheels, didn't have time to brake. I then closed my eyes expecting a huge bang and yanked the steering back left again to avoid a tree as I was now over the other side of the road off road.

 

I ended up squeezing between two trees and in a car park after going over a grassed island

 

I stayed calm, got out to see if the driver of the car was ok, it turned out it was an old woman who couldn't apologise enough and had stamped on the throttle rather than the brake.

 

I just said that I'm ok if she is ok. I didn't feel an impact but my tyres had gone down her bumper and just left very bad rubber marks.

 

I just told her to reverse up, go back inside and have a nice cup of tea and try to forget about it.

 

She thanked me for the evasive action I took and said she watched the landrover "dancing"

 

She was very lucky she didn't say hello to husky :001_rolleyes:

 

She asked if I was ok and I just smiled and said, worse things happen to me every day love :lol: I am immune from shock

 

you are a gentleman dean i think i might of lost it and gone in to a full on road rage spasism!!

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dean,, do yourself a favour and report it anyway,,, last thing you need is a lawyers letter on your doorstep saying she had whiplash etc,

 

cover your backside,, report it to the poilce,,, you are obliged too...

 

Oh my god- fatherhood hasnt just sent ade doo-lally, he's got all sensible too!!:lol::lol:

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