Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Was driving on the M6 or M61 towards Bolton, and a Lorries Spoiler thing (above the cabin) flew off, landed about 50 feet infront of me, luckily nobody was in the outer lane and pulled out. Was in an X5, so the debris that hit the car did no damage as it was too high.
Saw the car behind hit it with impact, absolutely shit my pants.
Has this happened to anybody else? Hate it when you see stuff like that, do the HGV drivers not do safety checks on them? (Nick)
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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did the lorry stop?
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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yes, in my brother cars, driving down m11 and there was a air con unit sat in middle of the road, the size of a fridge.
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ste_p23
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Registered: 29th Dec 08
Location: Hindley,Wigan
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Will have been the M61 mate
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Yes Adam, Lorry pulled over straight away. I probably should have but had a meeting in the Reebok to attend.
Jim - Would only take somebody not paying attention for 2 seconds to hit that air con unit!
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3CorsaMeal
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i know was very lucky as it wasn't too busy out, had just fallen off a lorry, my bro clipped it and scuffed the bumper so really was last minute
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JaffaTB
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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on my way to cleethorpes once on the m180 there was a backbox in the middle of the road, then, a bit further up on the other side of the carriageway was a bag of compost
[Edited on 23-08-2010 by JaffaTB]
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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I was behind a truck on some backroads and he clipped the grass verge and went up on 2 wheels, fuck me I thought it was RIP truck/driver.
EDIT - He actually pulled over after probably to have a spew or wipe bum.
[Edited on 23-08-2010 by sand-eel]
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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I know we / our drivers dont do check on them. Thats like checking your bumpers on your car or other body parts. Its bolted down so should be secure. Must have been damaged or bolts / brackets severely rotten?
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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my wheel arch lining came out on my saxo going down the a43 and twatted a M3
shit myself and darted off the next exit and hid lol
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Something like that wouldn't be checked as a matter of course.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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my under engine ''shield'' thing that stops water going into the engine bay from underneath came off on my focus whilst doing silly figures 
hope no one hit it. didn't stop as it was dark and on a dual carriageway.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Been hit by a wheel trim before 
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Not really the same kind of thing but this makes me think about the time I was nearly taken out by a cement mixer on the backroads up Loch Lomond. I was going round a blind right hander and was met with one of the 8 wheeled ones going sideways after going into the corner too fast. Managed to brake sharply and avoid the thing but it was a brown pants moment for sure.
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lisac
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Registered: 10th Apr 08
Location: Lincolnshire
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a bike fell off a cars bike rack in front of me, shockling landed on its wheels and bounced, swerved thankfully nothing in other lane but still nicked wing mirror. The car didnt even notice the carnage he had left behind and carried on
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SAL
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Registered: 19th Dec 05
Location: Radlett, Hertfordshire
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We see two donkeys on the M4 a few weeks ago just walking along the hard sholder at about 1 in the morn
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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some penis had left a ladder on the rainford bypass in heavy rain one day, obviously fallen off a van or something but they were just sat there in the middle of the road. fortunately they had landed length ways so i could drive over them in the van and they just clipped the splitter, fuck going over them in anything lower!
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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I was sitting in traffic and a small flat bed going the other way on the A13 had a fence pannel fly off it at about 70
Went up in the air and came down two cars in front on my and smashed on the barrier 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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Ive had a Giant Spanner Fall off a milk tanker, come at me.. the milky bar man didnt stop though
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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Seen plenty of things on the road that have fallen off trucks/cars. Worst one recently was on the m40 and I was in the work van in traffic doing about 85 in outside lane. There was a long wide sheet of dark timber so almost impossible to see which most cars were hitting as they came too it, didn't see it until the car in front drove over it, I went over in the van and because it has a wider track than a car the wheels didn't touch it and it flew up behind the van and flipped in the air. The BMW behind me went straight into it and smashed the wood into pieces. Don't know what damage it did to the car as the guy carried on passed me so obviously wasn't bothered about stopping. Also in the van had to avoid a wardrobe in the outside lane at night. Car behind was so far up my arse when I pulled to the side to avoid it they twatted it. Car stopped though and a few behind.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Years ago my old man was following a truck carrying scafold poles and it dropped its load, he had a pole bouncer over the top of his car, he said he shit his pants!
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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Always see the trucks full of logs and think of final destination 
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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my stepdad had a fairground ride land on his peugeot 405 estate whilst overtaking. think it was half the waltzers
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
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oh yeah and someone i know smashed into a bottle jack someone had left in the carriageway. completely demolished the sump and the underneath of the car
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