Close Call

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Close Call

ams 28/04/2008, 18:30

Yeasterday the better half and myself were returning from La Rochelle airport heading for the A837 when we encountered multiple cars flashing us coming in the opposite direction. We initially thought it was a speed trap, but the level of flashing and horn beeping made us nervous so we slowed down to 100k per hour. Then suddenly a car flashed by us driving in the outside lane going in the wrong direction about the same speed as us.

this morning a french neighbour told us that the driver killed himself in a head on collision. We keep seeing the car all day.

ams

Re: Close Call

Bugsy 28/04/2008, 18:50

Scary stuff ams,

The main problem in that situation is that you really do have no idea which way to go to avoid a head on.

I hope that he only killed himself and not some poor innocent driver.

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Re: Close Call

raindog 29/04/2008, 7:03
I noticed that on the news. There were 2 dead, but don't know if they were both in the same vehicle. The driver of the car was a young lad.

sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth

Re: Close Call

Cat 29/04/2008, 8:03

How awful.

I think this is the news report, there was only one person in the car... http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2008/04/28/450906-A61-mortel-contresens.html

Cathy

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

Re: Close Call

raindog 29/04/2008, 8:23
That's the one I saw on the news.

This is enough to make your hair stand on end:
"L'an passé, on a relevé une bonne dizaine de conduites à contresens, uniquement dans la région."

sociability is just a big smile and a big smile is nothing but teeth

Re: Close Call

Weegie 29/04/2008, 12:39
The 25 year old driver of the Golf travelling in the wrong direction and the 36 year old driver of a vehicle which was met by it - innocent victim.

Re: Close Call

gosub 29/04/2008, 13:22

Weegie wrote:
The 25 year old driver of the Golf travelling in the wrong direction and the 36 year old driver of a vehicle which was met by it - innocent victim.

I think you will find, that the Golf driver was the innocent party.

Les

Re: Close Call

Ron Avery 29/04/2008, 13:56
This cannot be the same incident this crash was "sur l'autoroute A61 Toulouse-Narbonne", I think somebody is getting their incidents or newspaper reports mixed up unless he drove an awful long way on the wrong side of the road. This autoroute goes nowhere near La Rochelle.

Why not post a sensible answer, people will appreciate it more

Re: Close Call

Weegie 29/04/2008, 17:44
Quite right. Penalty of "skim reading".!!

Re La Rochelle, it does seem be a different incident. I thought I saw somewhere that it was becoming a common occurrence.

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