Car smashes into central reservation at Southwick Tunnel (From The Argus)

Inexperienced driving, I bet you.

Thank you for making me late for work and receiving a warning through no fault of my own just because you drive too fast in the rain.

Ruddy idiot!!!

Poccypoc wrote:
Inexperienced driving, I bet you.

How much?

Nathan_Adler wrote:
Thank you for making me late for work and receiving a warning through no fault of my own just because you drive too fast in the rain.

Ruddy idiot!!!

Show your boss this report!

Nathan_Adler wrote:
Thank you for making me late for work and receiving a warning through no fault of my own just because you drive too fast in the rain.

Ruddy idiot!!!

That's bad. Do you have late cards? We did at BT in the 1980s. I've got mine. One day in Oct 1985, I was three minutes late.

harrisimo wrote:

Poccypoc wrote:
Inexperienced driving, I bet you.

How much?

A trillion pounds.

driving too fast for the conditions! probably late for work, trying to avoid getting a warning

jagiwatch wrote:

Nathan_Adler wrote:
Thank you for making me late for work and receiving a warning through no fault of my own just because you drive too fast in the rain.

Ruddy idiot!!!

Show your boss this report!

Woudl they give you a warning for wasting company time on comment forums on the internet?

I'm always perplexed why there are so many incidents in and around these tunnels. I drive through them on a regular basis and cannot fathom what the potential problem is. Surely they can't all be down to poor driving skills?

spa301 wrote:
I'm always perplexed why there are so many incidents in and around these tunnels. I drive through them on a regular basis and cannot fathom what the potential problem is. Surely they can't all be down to poor driving skills?

That's all it is, 99 per cent of the time. There's a chance of mechanical failure, debris on the road or the actions of another driver causing this vehicle to crash, but more likely, it will either be too fast, which can be 20 mph if the conditions aren't right, fiddling with a radio or talking to passengers or on a phone, or tiredness.

These crashes are bad, but what gets me is people saying the road is the problem. Take the BBC series Britain's Killer Roads., It featured part of the A27 near Lewes, where a motorcyclist had died when he hit an oncoming car. The dead man's brother was interviewed, calling the Highways Agency's view the road was safe as "toffee." I don't doubt the brother was probably still grieving and saw the opportunity to blame a government agency or the Government in general for his brother's death as too much of a temptation.

Yes, vehicles fail. Yes, you can hit something or someone on the road. But most accidents are driver error.

Poccypoc wrote:

spa301 wrote:
I'm always perplexed why there are so many incidents in and around these tunnels. I drive through them on a regular basis and cannot fathom what the potential problem is. Surely they can't all be down to poor driving skills?

That's all it is, 99 per cent of the time. There's a chance of mechanical failure, debris on the road or the actions of another driver causing this vehicle to crash, but more likely, it will either be too fast, which can be 20 mph if the conditions aren't right, fiddling with a radio or talking to passengers or on a phone, or tiredness.

These crashes are bad, but what gets me is people saying the road is the problem. Take the BBC series Britain's Killer Roads., It featured part of the A27 near Lewes, where a motorcyclist had died when he hit an oncoming car. The dead man's brother was interviewed, calling the Highways Agency's view the road was safe as "toffee." I don't doubt the brother was probably still grieving and saw the opportunity to blame a government agency or the Government in general for his brother's death as too much of a temptation.

Yes, vehicles fail. Yes, you can hit something or someone on the road. But most accidents are driver error.

95% of accidents are caused by driver error, fact. The other 5% is made up of mehcanical failure and affects of the geography i.e. physical features.

I dont care who is to blame, I just hope those lovely Magnolia walls were not marked in this incident

Crystal Ball wrote:

Poccypoc wrote:

spa301 wrote:
I'm always perplexed why there are so many incidents in and around these tunnels. I drive through them on a regular basis and cannot fathom what the potential problem is. Surely they can't all be down to poor driving skills?

That's all it is, 99 per cent of the time. There's a chance of mechanical failure, debris on the road or the actions of another driver causing this vehicle to crash, but more likely, it will either be too fast, which can be 20 mph if the conditions aren't right, fiddling with a radio or talking to passengers or on a phone, or tiredness.

These crashes are bad, but what gets me is people saying the road is the problem. Take the BBC series Britain's Killer Roads., It featured part of the A27 near Lewes, where a motorcyclist had died when he hit an oncoming car. The dead man's brother was interviewed, calling the Highways Agency's view the road was safe as "toffee." I don't doubt the brother was probably still grieving and saw the opportunity to blame a government agency or the Government in general for his brother's death as too much of a temptation.

Yes, vehicles fail. Yes, you can hit something or someone on the road. But most accidents are driver error.

95% of accidents are caused by driver error, fact. The other 5% is made up of mehcanical failure and affects of the geography i.e. physical features.

51.4% Of Statistics are made up

A bloke down the pub told me the most dangerous thing in a car is the nut behind the steeering wheel. Utter rubbish. I had a few more pints and before I drove home carefully removed the nut behind the steering wheel. As I drove home the steering wheel came off in my hand and I crashed into a wall. Maybe this person was chatting to the same bloke?