Nearly checked out today on the N3

bitemybanger · 12-11-2009, 18:39

Traveling between blanch and the end of the dual-carrigeway minding my own business and noticed a sweet motorbike cruzing behind me and out of the corner of my eye to my right i saw a huge shadow roughly 10 feet in the air, my brain did not have enough time to register what it was, it landed id say 6 feet in front of my car, me doing 100km/h and bounced off into the field, it was a truck tyre rim and all

I had to pull in and the biker pulled in behind me to see if i was ok, we had a chinwag and a smoke and i "how lucky were we" conversation cause if i had have hit it he would have hit me. Still kind of in shock as to how close it was.

**Alanstrainor** · 12-11-2009, 18:44

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Originally Posted by bitemybanger

Traveling between blanch and the end of the dual-carrigeway minding my own business and noticed a sweet motorbike cruzing behind me and out of the corner of my eye to my right i saw a huge shadow roughly 10 feet in the air, my brain did not have enough time to register what it was, it landed id say 6 feet in front of my car, me doing 100km/h and bounced off into the field, it was a truck tyre rim and all

I had to pull in and the biker pulled in behind me to see if i was ok, we had a chinwag and a smoke and i "how lucky were we" conversation cause if i had have hit it he would have hit me. Still kind of in shock as to how close it was.

Christ! That's a proper brown trousers moment right there.

bad2dabone · 12-11-2009, 18:48

pretttttty lucky alright! surely if the tyre had hit your car it would have flattened it! do the lotto this evening before your streak runs out

bitemybanger · 12-11-2009, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Alanstrainor

Christ! That's a proper brown trousers moment right there.

Right down to the socks

Morlar · 12-11-2009, 18:51

Luck there ! ! & tomorrow is Friday 13th and all - that was a close one.

Mitch Connor · 12-11-2009, 18:57

[highhorse]
you should have been traveling at a speed that would allow you to come to a safe stop, if you had not been speeding.....

As for looking at the bike - eyes on the road!
[/highhorse]

Nah, seriously, lucky lucky - could have been a nasty one. Glad you (and the biker) are ok.

bitemybanger · 12-11-2009, 18:58

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Originally Posted by Morlar

Luck there ! ! & tomorrow is Friday 13th and all - that was a close one.

wow so it is, might take s sicky tomorrow, i hate Friday 13th

tossy · 12-11-2009, 19:00

Wowzers!

**Onkle** · 12-11-2009, 19:03

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Originally Posted by bitemybanger

Traveling between blanch and the end of the dual-carrigeway minding my own business and noticed a sweet motorbike cruzing behind me and out of the corner of my eye to my right i saw a huge shadow roughly 10 feet in the air, my brain did not have enough time to register what it was, it landed id say 6 feet in front of my car, me doing 100km/h and bounced off into the field, it was a truck tyre rim and all

I had to pull in and the biker pulled in behind me to see if i was ok, we had a chinwag and a smoke and i "how lucky were we" conversation cause if i had have hit it he would have hit me. Still kind of in shock as to how close it was.

Pity the biker wasn't female. You could have had one of those high intensity sexual relationships.

Seriously though that is one lucky escape

EPM · 12-11-2009, 19:15

You were seriously lucky. That wheel would have done some damage. I remember a few years back one of the truck drivers where I used to work lost two wheels one might. He only noticed then the axle got caught on a kerb. He went out himself looking for them on a day off. Found one two fields away from the road dug into a ditch...he thought he remembered a bump near there...

Wossack · 12-11-2009, 19:27

jaysus

DrumSteve · 12-11-2009, 19:32

thats a final destination moment right there.

netwhizkid · 12-11-2009, 19:36

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Originally Posted by Onkle

Pity the biker wasn't female. You could have had one of those high intensity sexual relationships.

Seriously though that is one lucky escape

One don't have to have a close call like that to have on of those.

*Berty* · 12-11-2009, 19:38

As much as I would love to have a "I remember one time when.................."

but

Im glad you're ok and the truck wheel didn't take you out. That is all.

johndaman66 · 12-11-2009, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Mitch Connor

[highhorse]
you should have been traveling at a speed that would allow you to come to a safe stop, if you had not been speeding.....

As for looking at the bike - eyes on the road!
[/highhorse]

Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule!

Glad you are alright bitemybanger. That was too close for comfort

12-11-2009, 18:39	#1
bitemybanger Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The Royal county Posts: 1,273 Adverts \| Friends	Nearly checked out today on the N3 Traveling between blanch and the end of the dual-carrigeway minding my own business and noticed a sweet motorbike cruzing behind me and out of the corner of my eye to my right i saw a huge shadow roughly 10 feet in the air, my brain did not have enough time to register what it was, it landed id say 6 feet in front of my car, me doing 100km/h and bounced off into the field, it was a truck tyre rim and all I had to pull in and the biker pulled in behind me to see if i was ok, we had a chinwag and a smoke and i "how lucky were we" conversation cause if i had have hit it he would have hit me. Still kind of in shock as to how close it was.

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Morlar Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,270 Adverts \| Friends	Luck there ! ! & tomorrow is Friday 13th and all - that was a close one. __________________ Support the WWI Forum Militaria Archive

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Mitch Connor Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,970 Adverts \| Friends	[highhorse] you should have been traveling at a speed that would allow you to come to a safe stop, if you had not been speeding..... As for looking at the bike - eyes on the road! [/highhorse] Nah, seriously, lucky lucky - could have been a nasty one. Glad you (and the biker) are ok. __________________ Green and Gold till the club is sold. Love United. Hate Glazer

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EPM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cork/Reading Posts: 3,710 Adverts \| Friends	You were seriously lucky. That wheel would have done some damage. I remember a few years back one of the truck drivers where I used to work lost two wheels one might. He only noticed then the axle got caught on a kerb. He went out himself looking for them on a day off. Found one two fields away from the road dug into a ditch...he thought he remembered a bump near there... __________________ 2006 Seat Leon for sale

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bad2dabone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 196 Adverts \| Friends	pretttttty lucky alright! surely if the tyre had hit your car it would have flattened it! do the lotto this evening before your streak runs out

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DrumSteve Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Fritzl's Basement Posts: 859 Adverts \| Friends	thats a final destination moment right there. __________________ [I was born the day that music died.] The smell of want of ya.

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Berty Coming to a street near you soon. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Everywhere but not there! Posts: 6,513 Adverts \| Friends	As much as I would love to have a "I remember one time when.................." but Im glad you're ok and the truck wheel didn't take you out. That is all. __________________ http://stfumoron.mybrute.com

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