25-01-2022, 01:01 AM
This thread has reminded me of when, as a young man, I had my Austin A30. My colleague was hurtling along the Guildford Road from Chertsey to Woking in his new Austin Maxi. I was keeping up in the A30 (with race car engine!) when a dozy woman pulled out of Martyrs Lane directly in front of him. Instead of putting her foot down and getting out the way, she hesitated, then went. There was a massive collision with the Maxi.
Not having anywhere to go with the road ahead blocked... and going too fast to stop ...I only had one option; that was to turn left into the road she had just came out of.
The A30 took the corner majestically on two wheels and somehow didn't turn over! Instead it dropped down onto all four... but it wasn't finished with me... and rebounded onto the other two... before eventually settling down.
I was well shaken up but otherwise unharmed!
Not having anywhere to go with the road ahead blocked... and going too fast to stop ...I only had one option; that was to turn left into the road she had just came out of.
The A30 took the corner majestically on two wheels and somehow didn't turn over! Instead it dropped down onto all four... but it wasn't finished with me... and rebounded onto the other two... before eventually settling down.
I was well shaken up but otherwise unharmed!