When will friggin cages bloody learn!

**T.W.R** · 4th March 2009, 22:54

There's been a bloody TV campaign going hard out over the last few months about driving when tired and falling asleep at the wheel, then on Sunday it came to roost to damn close home for comfort

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Late Sunday afternoon my girl friend left my place heading back to Christchurch and within 20mins I got a call saying she'd been involved in a 3 car accident on the Rakaia bridge and was being taken to Christchurch hospital with suspected neck injuries

Some knuckle dragging asshole & wife had just returned from an overseas trip and were driving home to Timaru and fell asleep at the wheel whilst on the bridge and drifted across the centre line collecting the g/f's car (which we'd just brought the weekend prior :slap

and the car following her which proceeded to give her another bunt causing her car to end up spinning, smashing into bridge wall and come to rest facing south

The 1st car on site said they'd been following the prick for a bit and had backed off accordingly as he'd drifted across the line a few kms back towards ChCh

The prick is getting done with reckless use causing injury and sure he's going to get a slap on the hand from the system and a healthy dent in his insurance

but for fucks sake when are people going to learn

**Slyer** · 4th March 2009, 23:02

Maybe they missed the ads while they were away?

**gammaguy** · 4th March 2009, 23:04

pity someone didnt do what i do-*555 the bastards.

i do whenever i see bad driving,any vehicle.

i couldnt live with myself if i came round the corner and saw an accident caused by someones bad driving i had not tried to do something about

**JMemonic** · 4th March 2009, 23:11

Dam *555 might have helped avoid this but then given my experience with ringing it is sometimes they just don't respond fast enough.

Glad to hear the g/f is ok and not another fatality.

**T.W.R** · 4th March 2009, 23:18

out in this neck of the woods the *555 does sweet FA

it wasn't to flash arriving at ChCh hospital to see her with all the bells & whistles strapped up then having to go through x-rays and CT scan, though thankfully all came back reasonably clear with just slight whiplash and bruises as a result. though seeing the car in person it's a wonder it wasn't worse

**Slyer** · 4th March 2009, 23:20

Cages save lifes though remember.

**mister.koz** · 4th March 2009, 23:27

Holy crap, i am glad she's alright dude, hope the other driver gets beaten by the law accordingly.

**R6_kid:Me** · 4th March 2009, 23:37

Originally Posted by Slyer

Maybe they missed the ads while they were away?

Nah, they were probably asleep.

**Smokin** · 5th March 2009, 05:56

Thats no good at all mate, Some people just don't have a clue. Good to see the injurys arn't serious tho.

**Trudes** · 5th March 2009, 06:24

Originally Posted by gammaguy

pity someone didnt do what i do-*555 the bastards.

i do whenever i see bad driving,any vehicle.

i couldnt live with myself if i came round the corner and saw an accident caused by someones bad driving i had not tried to do something about

Exactly or start beeping your horn/flashing your lights or what ever to see if you can get them to pull over.
Hope your friend is ok TWR, lucky she wasn't on a bike really eh.

**yungatart** · 5th March 2009, 07:02

A speedy recovery for your g/f, TWR.
My first thought was "Why didn't someone ring *555?"
My second thought was "Why bother? Its never worked for me in the past"
They never seem to "have a car in the area", even though you can pass 3 parked up on the side of the road, within a km of where you made your call...