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Original poster

to want to thank the lady in a blue mazda on M25

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mw27pink · 25/09/2010 23:01

We were travelling on M25 this morning at about 9.30 on the fast lane. Couple of cars before us suddenly slowed down, but the breaks in our car did not work. All I remeber is me shouting at my husband to slow down as I could see us crashing into this convertable blue mazda(not sure about the make). The lady herself was able to break on time and get out of our way by 10 cm...I am still shaking. We were going out for a fun family day and it could have gone soo wrong. We never got a chance to say thank you to her as we had to move out of the motorway all togather, but I have been thinking of that woman all day as I dont think she realised how lucky she was avoiding us at 70ml/h crashing on her back. So whoever you are THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

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memoo · 28/09/2010 09:57

Lord, my DH has to drive home on the M62 every night. I wonder if it would be wise to phone and advise him to take the train instead?

annec555 · 28/09/2010 11:15

Maybe the M62 should just be permanently closed.....

StealthPolarBear · 28/09/2010 12:21

wouldn't have legally been my fault i mean!
:( anne

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mw27pink · 28/09/2010 21:00

Animation! Thank you for your support and sorry for the sticks that you are getting along with me.
I thought mumsnet was meant to be a SAFE place to talk and the language in this thread is worse than a pile up on motorway. I doubt that even the woman on car would have spoken to me with such language- she is at least excused! The rest of you lot- what on earth is going on??

No one would ever listen to any of you if you carry on talking like this - for the sake of your children LEARN HOW TO LISTEN AND BE PATIENT!!

Are you all so insecure that trashing smb else makes your day? GET A LIFE!!

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TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 28/09/2010 21:13

m27pink, this thread is now in its fourth day of running. I don't think it's particularly impatient to remark that in all that time, you haven't commented on whether your brakes actually work, or whether you know what a stopping distance is.

Feel free to tell us now though.

Take your time.

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 28/09/2010 21:13

No MW this is not worse than a pile up on a motorway cause in those people die. The frightening thing is you just don't get it. And as for "get a life " you and your DC's are lucky still to have yours please make sure your car is roadworthy in future or all the angels in heaven may not save you your DC's and innocent bystanders from death or serious injury. Trust me it's you that needs to get a life and understand the seriousness of your situation.

Quattrocento · 28/09/2010 21:16

You're utterly bonkers OP

For the sake of your children please do make sure that your car is roadworthy in future. And also for the sake of your children, please do not drive it when it isn't.

RedBlueRed · 28/09/2010 21:17

You have got to be incredibly vacant mw.

Your actions on the motorway were CRIMINALLY dangerous, your car would not have passed an MOT and so your insurance would have been invalid. Had that very lucky woman not been able to get out of your stupid ass way in time, then she would not have been able to claim against your insurance.

Can you not comprehend the seriousness of your actions?

No-one gives a shit that you are grateful to her, we just want you off the motorway as you are a danger to yourself and others.

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mw27pink · 28/09/2010 21:23

Keep talking with this language and no one will ever get anything from you - but than you propably know this by now....have fun ladies!

And as for us we are still greatfull for our blessings from a stranger!!! Any of you capable of that ??!! I do wander!!!!

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BecauseImWorthIt · 28/09/2010 21:23

I was really hoping that mw27pink and animation were the same person, and he/she was trolling. But a search of their names would suggest not.

So the only conclusion that I can draw is that they are both stupidly ignorant about driving, as well as totally irresponsible in terms of their own family's safety as well as that of other drivers.

OP - it would perhaps Hmm help if you could at least answer the questions you have been asked on this thread about your brakes (note spelling please - it's not 'breaks'), and your knowledge of the Highway Code and stopping distances.

Although somehow I doubt that you will, as you obviously seem to think that these rules don't apply to you.

hobnobsaremyfavourite · 28/09/2010 21:25

OK OP you are as thick as batshit and are talking the biggest load of bollocks I have ever heard....

Quattrocento · 28/09/2010 21:27

OP, okay I get that you are 'greatful'

But do you really seriously not see that you nearly caused a major accident, and having nearly caused it, you CARRIED ON? Do you not see that you are risking the lives of other people and other people's children?

scurryfunge · 28/09/2010 21:27

Still refusing to answer questions then OP?

RedBlueRed · 28/09/2010 21:35

I went out for a few vodkas the other night, I was pretty slaughtered and on the drive home I narrowly avoided hitting another car as I didn't notice the lights were on red ( must have been necking my last vodka shot at the time).

I want to say huge thanks to the drivers of the other cars for having the forethought to brake thereby avoiding what could have been a nasty accident! I was so shaken. On the way home, I saw a scene where a little kid had been knocked down when a drunk driver missed a zebra crossing and I was so glad it wasn't me!

Hmm
StealthPolarBear · 28/09/2010 21:38

so glad yous ok hunx

RedBlueRed · 28/09/2010 21:43

Thanx hunxxxx

I am ever so thankfull the other peoples driving skills- it saved them, me and possibly other people lives too!!

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 28/09/2010 21:44

m27pink - If that stranger had stalled, say, or not moved far enough, you would have hit her.

You'd probably have killed any kids in the back seat.

Her kids would be dead, and it would not be her fault. It would be your (DH's) fault.

Can you see why, on a parenting website, parents might get a little bit upset about someone killing their children? I think the language has been very restrained in fact.

StealthPolarBear · 28/09/2010 21:44

next time drink ur voddy thru a straw

backwardpossom · 28/09/2010 21:46

Completely fucking bonkers

mumofthreesweeties · 28/09/2010 22:04

OP, have really been holding this in for far too long......... do you not have spell check on your computer. Your spelling is just as bad as your driving

thelunar66 · 28/09/2010 22:17

Hillarious thread (sorry)

Thanking someone who gets out of the way when you try to kill them really takes the biscuit Biscuit

I am sure she didn't see you coming and think... oh I'd better move to save their lives, bless them.

HerBeatitude · 28/09/2010 22:48

Animation if you plough into someone else's car beause you haven't bothered to leave enough stopping distance and you kill their children, then you are morally as well as legally responsible for the deaths of those children. You know damned well that you haven't left enough space, the Highway Code is very clear on this, you would have been tested on stopping distances for your test and yet you have gone ahead and taken the risk that you will kill whoever is in the the car in front of you, in full knowledge that that is the risk you are taking. How can that possibly be argued as not being morally responsible?

Only 1 in 6 accidents is caused by drink driving. 5 out of 6 are caused by sober drivers. Mostly, not by mechanical failure, but by driver error. On motorways, not leaving enough stopping distance is one of the most common driver errors. If you think it's OK to ignore stopping distances on motorways, you are genuinely unfit to be on the road - people get killed and permanently disabled because of that attitude. Most road deaths and injuries are totally avoidable, unnecessary and pointless. They cost the courts, the police, the highways agency, the NHS an absolute fortune. Not to mention the anguish they cause the families of road accident victims. And they are usually caused by bad habits born of selfish, over-entitled attitudes, rather than genuine mistakes. Sad

Meglet · 28/09/2010 22:58

"blessing from a stranger" Hmm, for fucks sake.

If you are real and not a troll then you and your DH need to take your tests again and get some advanced driving lessons before you cause a crash or worse.

AvrilHeytch · 28/09/2010 23:03

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HerBeatitude · 28/09/2010 23:03

oh and FGS at the attitude that if you try and drive safely, you are setting yourself up as "perfect".

It's not perfect behaviour to try not to be a fuckwit. It's just normal. You people who insist that stopping distances don't apply to you and you don't need to know about them and any accidents you're involved in are the fault of other drivers who weren't driving fast enough for you not to crash into them in the event of an emergency, are the aberration, not everyone who is saying, hey, d'you know about this here stopping distance thingy - there's a reason for it.