NE21 worrier
17-07-15, 09:22
Hi,
It's been a while since I've posted as I've been doing ok recently but I've given myself a hell of a shock in the last half an hour:
I was driving to work in the pouring rain up a steep hill in third gear (approx 40mph) and the car started fishtailing and going over to the wrong side of the road. All I can think now is thank God there was nothing oncoming as it would have been head-on and probably fatal.
Anyway, after approx 10 seconds, I still had no control over the car so I decided to bite the bullet, hit the brakes and (as I expected) the car spun 180deg. It landed in a bush/fence, there was no one else involved, and I am not physically injured.
Just down the road from the point of impact is the entry to a National Trust site (Gibside) so I managed to drive my stricken car slowly down to the entrance where I have, for now, abandoned it.
A NT staff member drove me home - I live about 2.5mi from Gibside - and I've taken the day off work. My mum has tried to calm me down with a cup of tea but I've really upset/shocked myself and can't stop crying :weep:
I'm in the AA but I don't know what cover I have, and I don't know what to do with the car :weep:
Peter
It's been a while since I've posted as I've been doing ok recently but I've given myself a hell of a shock in the last half an hour:
I was driving to work in the pouring rain up a steep hill in third gear (approx 40mph) and the car started fishtailing and going over to the wrong side of the road. All I can think now is thank God there was nothing oncoming as it would have been head-on and probably fatal.
Anyway, after approx 10 seconds, I still had no control over the car so I decided to bite the bullet, hit the brakes and (as I expected) the car spun 180deg. It landed in a bush/fence, there was no one else involved, and I am not physically injured.
Just down the road from the point of impact is the entry to a National Trust site (Gibside) so I managed to drive my stricken car slowly down to the entrance where I have, for now, abandoned it.
A NT staff member drove me home - I live about 2.5mi from Gibside - and I've taken the day off work. My mum has tried to calm me down with a cup of tea but I've really upset/shocked myself and can't stop crying :weep:
I'm in the AA but I don't know what cover I have, and I don't know what to do with the car :weep:
Peter