NJW5007
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Sincerely glad that you walked away. Not too sure what the result would have been in more mundane metal.
Bloody hell @Tricky of York you made a mess of that
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But glad to here you are fine.
So are you saying the car in front had no lights on? hope you can prove that and it helps you.
J
.But glad to here you are fine.
So are you saying the car in front had no lights on? hope you can prove that and it helps you.
J
Tricky of York
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Unfortunately, the other car had rolled along the barrier and come to rest with its auto hazards on but moments before I and another guy arrived all the lights went out, it was in total darkness with oncoming lights hiding it in the shadow of a bridge support. All I saw was white then bang. It was a white car but in reality it was more likely the airbags going off.Bloody hell @Tricky of York you made a mess of that
But glad to here you are fine.
So are you saying the car in front had no lights on? hope you can prove that and it helps you.
J
My insurance company accepted liability as I had struck a stationary vehicle. Life’s a bitch sometimes but at least they’ve paid out for my replacement without much trouble.
Be advised don’t drive at 70mph in the dark on dipped beam unless you have Night Vision. Alternatively, drive a Range Rover Vogue for those Big Bang moments.
Tricky.
Tricky of York
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You’d need a bloody big wooden wand to have fixed Black Beauty.
Tricky.
tomcat59alan
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there is a story about the speed camers on the M11 being triggered in the very early hours of the morning but nothing was showing what triggered it.this went on for a while always at the same time so the traffic police lay in wait at various junctions and caught a Porsche driving without lights at a mind boggling speed.when they stopped it they discovered a couple of RAF pilots from a nearby station driving with night vision goggles. They were seeing who could drive the fastest without lights.
I've heard a variation of that story but saying A1M. More likely given the bases up it but pilots don't usually have access to goggles like that. Rock Apes do though. And they're mad enough to do it too.
tomcat59alan
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They were from RAF Wattisham.my son was based there at the time.Joint Helicopter Command, they fly Apache gunships so deffo have NVG's
Helicopter pilots? Surprised. I always had them down as a bit more restrained rather than the balls out charge naked at the enemy.
tomcat59alan
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I've a great story about a Tornado out of Marham that ran foul of the plod in Scottyland.we're off topic but if you want to hear it just ask.
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tomcat59alan
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Well,are you sitting comfortably, a couple of traffic plods set up a speed trap on th A90 and thoutght they had a customer until the speed reading went off the scale.the "speeding car" was actually a Tornado on a NATO exercise hugging the nap of the earth.it scared the plods as it passed over them .the Station commander at nearby Lossiemouth got a stinking letter from the plods boss complaining about the height and speed of the offending aircraft.in his reply the OC pointed out the aircraft was on an exercise stimulating war conditions and they had detected a hostile incoming radar signal, if it wasn't an exercise they would have been on the receiving end of an air to surface missile.oh how to beat a speeding ticket.Ok il ask...fire away
Tricky of York
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Same, let’s hear it.
Tricky.
Tricky.
Tricky of York
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Like it. As the recipient of speed gun tickets in the past. I’m strictly legal these days though.
Tricky.
Tricky.
Aren't we all? Mind you, my speedo needle seems to stick at 70. Odd glitch.
