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Post by rawsco » Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:43 pm

Well I did something last night I never thought I would... I reported someones driving to the police.

The person in question nearly took me out along with another guy whilst drifting (badly) round the roundabout at Benny Ts in Falkirk in a grey BMW 3 series. The fact he was drifting badly probably saved me, he applied too much opposite lock and the back end snapped back at him coming back into line just in time to miss my front end, on his intended trajectory his arse end would have taken my (just newly repaired after Miniblonde bashed it) front end off.

He continued a lap of that roundabout like that after nearly wiping me out, then another full lap and 3/4 of the next roundabout at Callander estate then headed back off towards Laurieston direction. What a fud.

Sadly I suspect that nothing will happen, although the officer did take quite a comprehensive statement from me.

I don't believe it! I've arrived at grumpy 14months before 40....
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Post by ed » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:07 pm

:lol: Some twonk did similar in front of me in Bo'ness. Wasn't close enough to catch his plate sadly. Plenty of cars about and the muppet fish tailed for about 100 meters prior to catching it. No need!! :evil:
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Post by Dominic » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:50 pm

Either the cops, or Darwin will catch up with these muppets eventually. Quite right to report. I love mucking about in cars, but there is a time and place.
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Post by BigD » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:43 pm

Pamela saw the exact same car doing the same thing at the kfc roundabout. So clearly he’s doing it lots.

Once or twice is fair enough but doing it that often is asking for trouble. Will end in tears.

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Post by neil » Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:33 pm

You'd think he'd at least get good at it with all that practice
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Post by Corranga » Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:05 am

There was someone who did this in Dundee in a rusty old mk2 Escort years back when I passed, usually ended up with it pointing the wrong way on roundabouts.
A few weeks later... First and only time I've seen an upside down car away from a track or scrap yard...
Still not sure how you can flip a car off a roundabout drift, wheels square onto a high kerb maybe?
Probably easier with an older, lighter car than a modern 3 series mind.
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Post by j2 lot » Thu Apr 05, 2018 3:47 pm

Must be a BMW thing. We (wife, brother & I ) we’re nearly wiped out by and old 5 series that attempted to drift around a roundabout (down south so not the same muppet) lost it on the exit and clouted the kerb hard before hitting a tree. Luckily for him just a sapling, so he left the scene with knackered alloys and scratched and dented paintwork, having ploughed the verge and broken a tree in half.
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Post by pete » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:07 am

I nearly did the same this week! Although mine was a Suzuki Baleno that was crabbing up the road so badly they were constantly fighting it (broken toe link?). The only reason I didn't was I couldn't get the number.
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Post by Victor Meldrew » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:49 am

I do not believe it....
Well it moves... might as well make the most of it....

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Post by rawsco » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:00 pm

Saw the twat again tonight outside the ambulance depot across from the new collage development, still driving like a knob, although not as severe this time just tailgating a poor soul and trying to overtake going into a 30 zone.
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