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Honestly, Im not quite sure how I'm alive....I really thought it was the end.

I was being driven back from a school in burbage and we're between Malbrough and Swindon and the driver goes to overtake this lorry.

The road is clear, but soon bends, so we're along side this lorry and this big jeep comes round the corner.

So we are side by side with this lorry and have a jeep coming at us.

So what does the driver do, but on the break and moves back in behind the lorry.....no he puts his foot down and hopes his 0.9litre engine is powerful enough to get through the gap!

Jeep is getting closer and we're half way along side the lorry....now I really start to panic. I've got no control over anything and I can see anything other than a head on hit!

Anyway its crunch time and he goes to pull in, infront of the lorry before the jeep gets here and the back bumper on his car, hits probably the front bumper of the lorry and we squeeze through the gap.

I look at the back of the car, I'm expect to see the window smashed in, nothing. I look out the wing mirror expecting to see a massive dent in the car, nothing.

He ended up with a scratch on the bumper and that was it.

Stupid, idiotic driving.

Im shocked that hitting the lorry didnt cause us to swerve, didnt send us across the road into the jeep. Im shocked it didnt flip us across the road into the Jeep and into the ditch.

The car behind was some more coaches and one was already part way through to dialling 999. Thats how back it was to watch.

Fucking hell, I'm sure no one cares and thought it was a boring story.....but I felt the need to type it out anyway.

:shock: Glad you are OK DV.  Idiot driving indeed.

Fucking hell Dan

glad your ok bud

It really didnt sink in till after, at first it almost seemed dangerous driving nothing much....but really once we hit the lorry the car could have done anything and gone anywhere....how it stayed under control and on the road and out of the path of the jeep I dont know.

The only metal thing on the shitty old car is the bonnet. Lorry hits plastic, you expect the plastic to go flying.

Maybe I really am Jesus....

how do you know the coach driver was dialling 999?

DV is a sports coach OJ, I presume he meant that the car behind was full of his colleagues - (nice play on words though fella)  8)

the car behind was other coaches who I work with, as in sports coach people not as in the vechicle coach....

was it pod? because that wouldnt suprise me.

nope not pod....

pod wouldnt be stupid enough to try and over take in his heap of metal, which rather oddly passed its MOT yesterday. Despite the back bumper hanging off

I don't really understand what happened, reading driving accounts isn't my strong point. Sounds like some proper ninja James Bond driving though.

Dan in nearly meets jesus shocker  :shock:

Glad you are ok Daniel

Pod as in the football coach from Wootton Bassett? Used to coach the younger Swindon Town teams? If so, i know him  :wink:

Useful information for ya there  :?

That 7 mile stretch of road claims about 3 or 4 lives a year, usually on the bit between Ogbourne Maisey and Ogbourne Golf course. I've seen some moronic drivers overtaking there too.

i hope you chinned the prick.

here here arriba, when you drive like that you take other peoples lives into your own hands.

i'd have absolutely mauled him. stupid cunt.

sounds like some of the 'driving' i've seen on the lechlade-highworth road.

and if i was in the jeep i would have promptly u turned, followed the driver home and held him down for you.

Idiot driving on all fronts. I've had this before and couldn't believe the pr1ck I was overtaking wouldn't read the situation, slow and pull-in. At the same time, more fool the driver for overtaking on a lane on approach to a corner.

As my old driving instructor would say, you've got your licence, now go out and learn to drive. Lets hope this is one of his/her learning curves.

Great to see you're still alive and kicking. Losing a right back like you would have been a major loss to football at the CG next year!! :wink:

Glad you're ok Dan!

I was in a similar incident a few weeks ago only I was in the position of the Jeep, and it was between Wootton Bassett and Lyneham. Wasn't quite as close a call as yours but I slammed the breaks on all the same. I was doing 60 and I would guess the guy overtaking was doing more - I don't think there would have been any survivors.

I hate twatty drivers

stab the cunt thats what i say, people like that fuck me off.

You gotta catch em first!