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Evilgoat:
Friday night, comming home down the lane and I can see headlamps in the feild and hazards on the lane ahhead. As I get close I find a 56 reg Clio on its drivers side on the feild and every sigh he's 360'#ed it before going through the hedge on his side backwards (Maximum points for style). The lads ok, just 17 and although shaken, unharmed. I was getting suspicious as he was trying to find his mobile. Smelt fuel and sent him to sit in another car, blocked the road untill the poilce turned up along with an Ambulance.

Now, at this point, having loaded him up, the Ambulance couldnt move, no traction at all and the Police officer I was chatting to spotted the boys Skidmarks started there. He used their Freelander to nudge the ambulance on. As the ambulance pulled away we were greeted with the screech of tired and moved away intime to see a Mitsi FTO remove most of his bodykit and almost end up in the same hedge. Took bend too fast, failed to see the array of amber and blue lights and removed his body kit. Told off by plod who helped him load up bits into the boot and then drove off. As we were finishing up a biker pulls up and informs us that his mate had just done the same not 30 minutes ago.


This morning, ona another stretch of the same road, I see tail lights in the hedge, yup, golf buried in the hedge having come off on a bend. Driver was ok, although she's acheived an interesting angle on a front wheel.

We can only guess its DERV or something similar on the road. The farmers in that area are remowned for turning the roads into deathtraps, with one of the local road impassable for anything without 4x4 now.

TDi90:
good thing you got serenity working then eh?!

Range Rover Blues:
That's 2 posts in the bar about the same topic, and with the price of diesel it's got to be somebody with motivation.

Evilgoat:
Given that there are large tracks as made by a tractor or combine I'll lean towards a faulty veichle of some kind here.

3laner:
an interesting theory about a farm machine. We had an ex traffic plod come to take a lecture on agricultural vehicle and the law. he gave an interesting statistic that in 80% of RTI's involving ag machinery the machine in question was over 5 years old.
Bad maintenance of tractors etc is becoming an increasing problem as farm go one of two ways and either sink into poverty or become large well maintained estates. Im very fortunate to work on a farm with resonably new kit that is well looked after but apprieciate the problems poor farmers are facing keeping an aging fleet in a worth condition. in my opinion it wont be long before ag machines on the road will face stricter guidlines.
If the farmer in evilgoats case is found to be responsible then iv no doubt he will be facing some very serious consequences.

lecture over!! :wink:

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