Crash crash crash

[area tiling]

Don't normally work Saturdays but was heading to my work today and crashed the van , hit black ice outside a small village the roads were gritted up till the 30 mph zone and not a drop after it as I was not familiar with the area I didn't know this would be the case! Slid into the hedge rolled over a few times before hitting a tree in the field. Had to climb out of the passenger window and get help, found 2 of sigma cutters in the next field if I hadn't of fitted a bulk head anything could of happened ! Am very lucky to be telling this story today ,am just glad that god was watching over me and that none of my kids were travelling with me! So guys just be careful on the roads this time of year!!! I was lucky just to walk away with aches and pains

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

so glade to hear your OK mate ! as you said it could have been much worse !, i had a similar thing happen about 18 years ago in a mazda 2000-e van, i had the wife and kids in the van !!!! someone was watching over us that night and we were all ok,

 

[White Room]

How fast was you traveling to roll it twice....

 

[judge]

Are the sigmas undammaged mate ?? ....Sorry shouldnt laugh at your missfortune.Tools are replaceable but we are not..Glad to here your ok .

 

[area tiling]

About 40

 

[Gazzer]

As long as you are ok.
Yes it was icy where I was this morning, I felt the ABS kicking in a few times.

 

[tommyzooom]

Glad you're ok fella, I used to drive a vauxall combo,which had a half-height bulhead, and had visions of being wiped out by a 110v transformer box on the back of the skull

 

[nybor62]

glad your ok . need to be extra careful when driving this time of year

 

[enduro]

Glad your ok..Just had my winter tyres fitted to the van, these are very good but nothing is good on black ice.

 

[AliGage]

Glad your ok fella, it aint have scary when the back end of your van goes. It doesn't take much to lose control in this weather.

 

[John Benton]

Good to hear you're ok mate. I hate this weather. Whichever way I leave my road I either have to go down one of two very steep hills, or up a long slow climb to get to the main roads (none of them get gritted) Cars park both sides as well so I could say I've been lucky not to hit anybody.

I can remember a few years ago (the night Cantona kung-fu kicked the Palace fan)I was over near Chester and it started snowing about 5.30pm as I was just leaving. The snow fell so heavy they closed the M62 either side of the Pennines. I had to go over the hills and I was fourth in line behind a snow plough, but it was still a hairy drive. I got home at 3.30am after my car got stuck at the end of my road cos there's an adverse camber and my car wouldn't get round it. Had to go and dig it out in morning.

 

[Dan]

Glad to hear you're okay! Sounds nasty! I rolled a Saxo when I was 18 at 120MPH. Learnt me a lesson that did. Cost me a fortune too the car owed me about £12,000 and I got £2,800 or something daft for it. Was in debt for ages.

Perhaps a note to us all there, go steady now it's literally kicked in now this winter good a proper. Not many mornings or evenings will be above Zero now so just take it as a given that the road will be icy unless a lot of traffic is on t and its midday.

I live high up in Stoke and it came a few weeks ago here. It's -4 and -5 ish now at night here. -1 at noon even. The frost hasn't gone off the drive where we've not walked or parked a car for a few days now.