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    #51
    I was walking up to the corner shop which was on a T Junction and this huge lorry went hurtling past me on the pavement of the main road, it had already taken the wooden fencing down. The Lorry hurtles past and hits the chap coming out of the launderette who was just about to get on his Honda 50 The lorry then jack knifed across the road and the poor chap got his head squashed under the wheels (helmet and all)

    Later on the fire engine washed his blood and guts down the drain. I’ll never forget that.

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      #52
      Have a look on youtube 'car crashes', some pretty horrific car crashes on there caught on car cams mostly Russian or Japan. I don't know how youtube gets away with it, some of the accidents on there you can be sure / see people have been killed.
      I like big butts and I cannot lie.

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        #53
        Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post
        I got knocked down when I was 19, stepped out in front of a car, went through the windscreen and catapulted 20 yards over the back. Was lucky I was only laid up for two weeks. Still have the scars 30 years later.
        Snap. I smashed the windscreen, car moving around 40mph. I was aged around 11. Thrown into the pavement. Around 10 stitched to back of head and shoulder, released home though the same day.

        A very close call.

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          #54
          Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
          tulip myself for weeks after seeing a F3 off only for it never to come back! I’d signed it off as serviceable!
          Similar, except it was a J31. Did the turn-round, watched it taking off then flip into the tarmac from 50 ft.
          Not nice.

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            #55
            I used to work in Moscoow.

            On my first journey into the city from the airport, there was a dead body lying in the road after an accident. Sharpens the mind about crossing the road.

            Saw quite a few fender benders after that, just kept walking. Foreigners don't make good witnesses.
            ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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              #56
              There's a zebra crossing right outside the Qdos offices and the number of accidents we've seen in 2 years is frightening. Just yesterday a white van inexplicably mounted the pavement and ran over the flashing beacon pole. He got out (wearing slippers), wandered around a bit and then drove off. Thankfully nobody was waiting to cross.

              Worryingly, one of my first childhood memories is being in the back of a black cab when it ran a bloke over. I think he was alright, but I know my parents had to go to court as witnesses.
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