Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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Stopped in a queue of traffic for roadworks, the queue was backing up around a tight corner.
I stuck my hazards on a precautionary measure and kept a close eye on my rear view mirror.
Seen the truimph come skidding around the corner extremly fast, straight towards me. My heart sunk like its never before (had our 16 month old daughter in the back) and at the last minute he veered off into on coming traffic and hit another car head on, and then bounced into me.
I couldnt care less about the car, everyone was ok.
Truimph driver had nasty cuts here and there, was unconcious for a bit but not life threatening. It could have been alot lot worse 
Mines the bmw, and the focus is a friends.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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fucking wounded. glad everyone is ok, shame to loose the triumph
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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ouch glad everyones ok though 
quite scary how much damage there is to the triumph compared to the focus
also reminds me i need go top up my washer fluid 
[Edited on 29-10-2011 by Matt L]
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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That's shit. Glad you and everyone else is ok.
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nathy_87
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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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 Bloody hell. Very unlucky, glad everyone was okay though. Why do I want to say that the Triumph driver is the gentleman in the white shirt with black hair and tash?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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fuck me the triumph is absolutely fucked  your beemer looks fine? must have been doing a fair rate of knots.
edit: actually, rear wheel looks fucked.
[Edited on 29-10-2011 by Ben G]
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Can see how much crash protection has come on over the years, Just look at the focus to the triumph!
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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so your friend just so happened to be going the other way and got hit? glad you're ok
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by nathy_87
Why do I want to say that the Triumph driver is the gentleman in the white shirt with black hair and tash?
Lol, thats my friend (actually one of my customers), owner of the focus.
The driver of the truimph was semi unconcious and stayed in the car.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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Blimey ,glad everyone is ok. Thats a proper mess.
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Kerry
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Location: Norwich
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Its my worst fear when you have to stop on a road and you think someone is going to not see and run in the back!!!!!
Glad your all ok
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SportBoy
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Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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triumph driver looks bloody lucky to be alive and or have legs left looking at that.
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Graham88
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Blimey, hope your kid is ok lucky the Triumph swerved onto the other side otherwise it could have been a different story!
Nice Beemer btw
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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Its a sad day when a classic car gets wrecked....like the 5 series 
Has the BMW back suspension been buckled?
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Jake
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fucking saturday drivers in their weekend cars racing around
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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pfffft
Could have been any car in the triumphs place, just wrong place, wrong time.
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
Its a sad day when a classic car gets wrecked....like the 5 series
Has the BMW back suspension been buckled?
no idea. didnt really get a chance to look at it.
He offered me free recovery as it wasnt drivable so I took it.
time to get it repaired and sell it.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
pfffft
Could have been any car in the triumphs place, just wrong place, wrong time.
Could have been any car but depends on the driving. Looks like its a sharp bend going by the signs in the background so something you would not expect someone to be flying around.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Unlucky
Had someone go into the back of me before, got nervous looking in the rear view every time I stopped for weeks afterwards
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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Focus took a whack
Glad everyone is ok. Nice BMW too.
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Phillips_91
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Ouch, glad everyone is ok, think you and your baby got a very lucky escape tbh!
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
Location: Bucks
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glad your ok bud
looking at the pics seems that the triumph driver was lucky he didnt hit the focus square head on or the bonnet would have taken his head off!
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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Anyone know how the insurance excess works? Will I be liable to pay my excess fee on an accident that wasn't my fault?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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No
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3CorsaMeal
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This should be in general chat
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