Motorway Horror Stories

[moorfield]

Last month I was overtaken by a pensioner in a Daewoo Matiz.

[cailin maith]

A few years ago we were driving home from Dublin and a family were having a picnic in the central reservation just outside our town, grant it, the motorway was new so they might not have quite understood

[MaryPoppins]

A few years ago we were driving home from Dublin and a family were having a picnic in the central reservation just outside our town, grant it, the motorway was new so they might not have quite understood

[MarillionFan]

If anyone starts behaving aggressively towards me at 100mph on the motorway, I get out of their effing way!

I've had cars coming up behind me flashing their lights at me whilst I was doing 95mph in the outside lane (no, It wasn't a police car!)
I have never flashed my lights at someone to get them to move and never will, I think its rude and intimidating and could cause the person in front to react in either a childish way - slowing down etc or panic and move out of the way before they've checked its safe.


If someone is too close behind me I get out of their way, they are behaving like ****** and I'd much rather not have them around me.

Well thats what someone did to me, so I flashed them. Next minute handgun.

I took the number plate down and phoned it through over the phone. While on the phone I told them the plate & car, and they said, sorry thats a White Van in Wales, not a Black BMW you're describing.

[MaryPoppins]

Well thats what someone did to me, so I flashed them. Next minute handgun.

I took the number plate down and phoned it through over the phone. While on the phone I told them the plate & car, and they said, sorry thats a White Van in Wales, not a Black BMW you're describing.

Blimey.


I didn't realise you'd called the police on me, you grass.

[Crumlin]

Dozing off as a passenger in a old style MR2 one workbound Monday morning, my friend clipped a car when merging onto a motorway. Sent us spinning across the carridgeway, and somehow flipped the other car which then as we had almost gained control again, caught up with us mid air and it's bonnet landed on the engine bay at the rear. Any further forward and it would have been good night I'm sure, as it had one of those t-bar glass roofs.

Anyway, that sent us off again into the crash barriers, spun again then stopped facing the traffic that thankfully stopped. Other car was slighty further down the road on it's roof. I had to kick my door open after the trip down the barrier and we ran up to him to see him dragging himself out through the window. Will never forget the guy though, was so polite, much more then I would have been.

When the police turned up, it took them to point out that one of my sunglass lenses was missing, still had them on. I hadn't noticed

Anyway, every one survived luckily, both cars were right offs, and after the tow away truck kindly dropped us back in our home village, we went to the pub.

And there we stayed.

I have to traverse that junction whenever I visit my parents, and 15 years later it still worries me.

[SueEllen]

Not a personal experience, but saw on TV last night a woman being pushed in her Clio down the motorway at some speed, by a large arctic for some distance.

The scary thing is that the lorry dirver was not aware cos the car was small enough for him not to be able to see it from where he was sitting, and the power of the tractor unit was so much as not not even notice it either.

Not sure when it happened, may be old news but I had never seen it before.

She survived without injury.

The lorry driver apparently had dozed off.

[hyperD]

Witnessed a bit of road rage many years ago - two cars were overtaking each other constantly and flashing lights at each other. Eventually one car tried to stop the other undertaking by cutting in front and slamming on his brakes, causing the other car to spin, crash and roll down the hard shoulder.

The remaining car accelerated away but fortunately I was in the Griff and caught up with him, took his plate reg, his picture and phoned the police.

Was a pleasure to see the look on the crims face as I passed him!

My own personal scares were:

1. Overtaking a lorry in Romania when suddenly it had a blowout and almost crashed into us.

2. Fishtailing down the M25 at 70mph and seeing cars crossing lanes to avoid me (caught it by the grace of god rather than skill)


Saw a Nissan Micra speeding down the outside lane only to spin and fly across all three lanes 50 yards in front of me into the verge and rotate about 20 times with bits of car being thrown up in the air. It was like scenes from a film. Should have seen the look on the young lads face when we dragged him out the car. It was the personification of "WTF?"

[threaded]

Well thats what someone did to me, so I flashed them. Next minute handgun.

I took the number plate down and phoned it through over the phone. While on the phone I told them the plate & car, and they said, sorry thats a White Van in Wales, not a Black BMW you're describing.

Not unusual.

Once in Nottingham, riding my BMW K75 motorcycle, I was overtaking a car, as one does. Just as I got level the largest machete I've seen suddenly appeared in front of me.

I think he wanted me to give him more room, which I did.

Another on the A60 into Mansfield, caught up with some old banger, next thing I notice the driver is waving a baseball-bat out of the sun-roof.

A relative heard a funny noise on the motorway and when they finished their journey they found a bullet had come through the door-pillar and buried itself in the headrest.

I don't think you need to do anything at all to provoke some of the psychos out there.

[MarillionFan]

Not unusual.

Once in Nottingham, riding my horse, I was overtaking a carriage, as one does. Just as I got level the largest swords I've seen suddenly appeared in front of me.

I think he wanted me to give him more room, which I did.

Another on the old road into Mansfield, caught up with some old cart, next thing I notice the driver is waving a baseball-bat out of the top.

A relative heard a funny noise on the motorway and when they finished their journey they found a musket ball had come through the door-pillar and buried itself in the headrest.

I don't think you need to do anything at all to provoke some of the psychos out there.

FTFY. You're getting confused with stories from using your time machine.