On Saturday around lunchtime I was driving round the M25 anticlockwise near Heathrow. Just after it goes from 6 lanes down to 3 or 4, I came around a right-hand curve and there was a Citroen C1 parked in the OUTSIDE lane with a blown tyre. EEK!!!
Luckily for me, I was only going 60 and I was able to safely pull left with distance to spare, although it was one of those moments when you it was bad because you didn't even have time to swear. My OH rang 999 to let them know about the C1 (they didn't!!!) and there was no accident reported later so the police must have got to them pretty sharpish and presumably it all worked out well.
It made me wonder - modern suspension, wheels and tyres are designed in such a way that you get enough time to make your way back across to the hard shoulder. My OH did it when one of her front tyres blew at 70mph in the outside lane of a very busy rush hour A1(M), and she said there was no drama and she felt like she was in control of the car the whole time.
So, was the C1 driver a life-endangering moron who should have his licence burned, or are blow-outs usually more dramatic than I am giving credit for?
Luckily for me, I was only going 60 and I was able to safely pull left with distance to spare, although it was one of those moments when you it was bad because you didn't even have time to swear. My OH rang 999 to let them know about the C1 (they didn't!!!) and there was no accident reported later so the police must have got to them pretty sharpish and presumably it all worked out well.
It made me wonder - modern suspension, wheels and tyres are designed in such a way that you get enough time to make your way back across to the hard shoulder. My OH did it when one of her front tyres blew at 70mph in the outside lane of a very busy rush hour A1(M), and she said there was no drama and she felt like she was in control of the car the whole time.
So, was the C1 driver a life-endangering moron who should have his licence burned, or are blow-outs usually more dramatic than I am giving credit for?