Not had this happen for a long, long time but went for a blast today (legal of course) and had a numpty try and follow me into a 180deg dual carriageway bend at around 70mph.
Suffice to say I went round fine - the other driver did not.
Last time this happened was when I was 18 and another numpty in an old Talbot Sunbeam tried to follow me into a hump back bridge, lost it and ended up bouncing off both curbs
Anyone else had this look in the rear mirror and think ‘you ain’t gonna make it buddy’ ??? and morally do you take any blame ?
No blame on your part, you’re not responsible for other peoples actions. I find it quite funny watching others try to follow at the same speed and panic/almost crash
As a matter of interest Chris, what model of car was it, & what colour was the driver’s racesuit?
On a serious note though, did you stop & check if the occupants were okay? Don’t know whether or not I would have done tbh, unless it was obviously a big impact/roll/fire etc. Hope I never have to make such a decision!
Yes ,had this happen in 1987…
I was in a Sunbeam lotus being “followed” by a manta 240 through Perton parkway near Wolves… The Manta left the road and ploughed through a gas main …Beacon Radio issued an evacuation on air and I thought the driver would surely die … he didn’t but had to be cut out and suffered chest injuries .His wife was one of the first on the scene as he was 300 metres from home .
I actually scarperred in terror , drove to pick my Brother up for moral support then went back …
I visited the guy at his house a month or so later …
He in no way blamed me …Scarey time …
No roll etc just a loss of control from what I could see in my side mirrors - no internal mirror on my car. Should be interesting come MOT time. Was a Mini with a nice stripe which I am sure has been replicated in the drivers shorts !!!
In my younger hooligan days with the RAF, I had another Hawk jet behind me for a bit of ‘dogfighting’ over South Wales. It all got quite interesting, testosterone filed and heated as we both continued the ‘game’ over about 10 exhausting minutes as he tried to follow me but at some point I finally ‘spat him out’ from behind me… the trouble is was he was very ‘nose down’ near the ground…
I reversed my turn expecting to see the guy but there was NO sign of him… I did a few general orbits of the area bricking it that I would see some smoke but as it was quite a hot hazy summers day I saw none… I had a very hollow feeling going on now…
I was convinced that when I got back to RAF Valley on Anglesey I would hear the story that a jet had crashed in South Wales… fortunately things were all quiet… but I felt quite bad for a few days after and to this day I still dont know how he managed to recover things so close to the ground…
I had something like this happen not so long ago. Tbh as you can imagine to me it felt like any average Sunday blast and I wasn’t really pushing it. The car behind was having all sorts of problems keeping up. Every corner it was clear all the extra weight was having an adverse effect…anyway to cut a long story short this car ended up in the shit. I checked with the driver later and it seems he’d modded the car without a proper remap. He’d also not set his new suspension to anything like what it should have been and what with heat soak and flat spot issues it was never going to end well, he was clearly in need of some proper tuition. The driver was ok if not a little shaken but his boy friend was right pissed off!
I would go back and have to call him/her a word that starts and ends in t. I would then ask them how they dared to underestimate the handling and performance of an S1 n/a (rocks) K series Exige. When they understand I’ll then call them an ambulance and advise them to sell the S2 rice burner. :whistle:
[quote=pete757]I reversed my turn expecting to see the guy but there was NO sign of him… I did a few general orbits of the area bricking it that I would see some smoke but as it was quite a hot hazy summers day I saw none… I had a very hollow feeling going on now…
I was convinced that when I got back to RAF Valley on Anglesey I would hear the story that a jet had crashed in South Wales… fortunately things were all quiet… but I felt quite bad for a few days after and to this day I still dont know how he managed to recover things so close to the ground… [/quote]
He was obviously holding on to tight and had lost his edge! He nearly orphaned his kids that day and he hadn’t seen them since breakfast.
He was number 1, but he shit his pants, now your number 1!!!
Did you get a furry coat with loads of patches on when you landed!!
