car skidding right behind me

dunker

so i'm out on a b-road enjoying the view and finally some nice weather about 1-2 feet out from the verge and i hear screeeeeeeeech i quickly look behind me and i see a red polo mk1? i think, fully locked up coming at me. now one thing i noticed here was the direction of his wheels which were'nt straight or steering out away from me but actually steering into me! but of course he was locked up so thankfully he was a muppet and not pumping his brakes and steering into me but in total panick mode i guess. so i hit the brakes and ride into the verge as much as possible and he missed me but i think he would have missed me anyway as he unlocked and steered out from the from the verge about 5 feet from me. that was followed by the driver behind him beeping his horn for about 40 seconds heh.

i think what might have happened was he overtook the driver behind him and i was in a blind spot as he went passed him maybe? apart from that had a great ride today

StefanH

Lucky escape man. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

UH DH

StefanH wrote:

Lucky escape man. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Actually, thats not entirely true. AIDS may not kill you immediately, but it does weaken you and your immune system until you do die.

I've always thought thats a really bad saying.

guilliano

A toptube V's nads fight wouldn't make you feel very strong either, but probably wouldn't kill you

As for the driver..... idiot!!! If he was having to brake like that he wasn't leaving enough room before pulling back into lane after overtaking. Was he a young'un by any chance?

dunker

yeah 20 something by the brief look of him, hopefully he learned not to overtake on hills from it that's what i'm guessing he did, if he did'nt then he must be just blind.