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cookski27
24th August 2011, 22:17
.. Mine ... ive had two! ... Both were in me bus
... first 1 .. I was txtin when I was drivin an I went into the back of a car that went into a the back of another car an another car!! found out when the police cum that the first car I hit was astro out of UB40 the big blick rasta man ... I neva did say sorry to him!! An the second worst crash .. I had my pal on the bus with me standin up doin 58 (the limit) ... A car pulled out from a side road an I hit him full speed ... 'Bosha!!' ... Windscreen went though on impact ... My mate was
Flown forward an was hangin half out the front of me bus as I was pushin this car sideways I lent forward grabed my pal an flug him bk into the bus ... Then I v'd the car around a lampost! ... An the driver was slup't up the steerin wheel ... Thought he was deaded!! ... The fire crew had to cut off the roof an doors! ... I was ok tho ;-) ... I didnt get the name 'driver cook .. I dont give a fcuk' for nuffink ..... :y:

Prickle
24th August 2011, 22:20
didnt get any of that mate but it sounds like you had a wkd time...

Bedford126
24th August 2011, 22:22
I ran a smack head over he went into my front wing his head came through the windscreen his body went onto the roof and his feet came through the sunroof. He stood up and went and sat on curb and asked the ambulance crew for drugs when they came. When they said no he decided to try to walk away with a broken spine.

car was a total and i have never seen as much blood or damage from just one person.

Jack
24th August 2011, 22:24
.. Mine ... ive had two! ... Both were in me bus
... first 1 .. I was txtin when I was drivin an I went into the back of a car that went into a the back of another car an another car!! found out when the police cum that the first car I hit was astro out of UB40 the big blick rasta man ... I neva did say sorry to him!! An the second worst crash .. I had my pal on the bus with me standin up doin 58 (the limit) ... A car pulled out from a side road an I hit him full speed ... 'Bosha!!' ... Windscreen went though on impact ... My mate was
Flown forward an was hangin half out the front of me bus as I was pushin this car sideways I lent forward grabed my pal an flug him bk into the bus ... Then I v'd the car around a lampost! ... An the driver was slup't up the steerin wheel ... Thought he was deaded!! ... The fire crew had to cut off the roof an doors! ... I was ok tho ;-) ... I didnt get the name 'driver cook .. I dont give a fcuk' for nuffink ..... :y:

Remind me never to catch a bus in Birmingham!

saxo_singh
24th August 2011, 22:40
Worst I've been in was at some red traffic lights, standstill, vectra comes from a 40mph road into the back of the car I was in, I was in the back aswell, boot of the orion I was in came in and was inches behind me.luckily got out with a headache lol

Lacey_106
24th August 2011, 22:44
Couldn't... read... any... of... the... OP's... msg...

Mine:

Defender vs Clio - only one winner.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/Lacey-lea/Random%20pics/crash1.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p111/Lacey-lea/Random%20pics/cliocrash2.jpg

Jack
24th August 2011, 22:45
Couldn't... read... any... of... the... OP's... msg...

Mine:

Defender vs Clio - only one winner.



Ouch! Looks repairable though?

Brettles1986
24th August 2011, 22:49
I ran a smack head over he went into my front wing his head came through the windscreen his body went onto the roof and his feet came through the sunroof. He stood up and went and sat on curb and asked the ambulance crew for drugs when they came. When they said no he decided to try to walk away with a broken spine.

car was a total and i have never seen as much blood or damage from just one person.

Was hoping for a one less junkie on the streets comment at the end there

Lacey_106
24th August 2011, 22:49
Ouch! Looks repairable though?

Yeah had just come at a shit time. Literally the next day I was due to sell it.

Oh well shit happens. I fixed it myself for £200. Had to get a front end respray which was slightly costly, and needed to get someone to mould the front bumper up by the diamond where it snapped in half.

ed-bradley
24th August 2011, 23:22
Probably when I had a bike was my worst.

Clipped my knee on a 'cats-eye' coming down the Cat and Fiddle road near where I live, High-sided at 60-70ish and slid along the tarmac while watching my bike hit the armco and fold its self around it. :D T'was not the best of days.

Mezza
25th August 2011, 00:45
You sound like a cunt that needs to learn how to drive. Also birmingham bus drivers are dangerous. :panic:

danny-vts
25th August 2011, 00:48
.. Mine ... ive had two! ... Both were in me bus
... first 1 .. I was txtin when I was drivin an I went into the back of a car that went into a the back of another car an another car!! found out when the police cum that the first car I hit was astro out of UB40 the big blick rasta man ... I neva did say sorry to him!! An the second worst crash .. I had my pal on the bus with me standin up doin 58 (the limit) ... A car pulled out from a side road an I hit him full speed ... 'Bosha!!' ... Windscreen went though on impact ... My mate was
Flown forward an was hangin half out the front of me bus as I was pushin this car sideways I lent forward grabed my pal an flug him bk into the bus ... Then I v'd the car around a lampost! ... An the driver was slup't up the steerin wheel ... Thought he was deaded!! ... The fire crew had to cut off the roof an doors! ... I was ok tho ;-) ... I didnt get the name 'driver cook .. I dont give a fcuk' for nuffink ..... :y:

you still a bus driver or did they have to let you go lol

VTR_Bass87
25th August 2011, 00:53
Bus drivers are just complete twats anyway, no offense like but if anything they worse than taxi drivers! just pull out without consideration of other drivers coming from behind!

As for worst experience in a crash...my first saxo 1.1 lost the back end on a tight left bend due to black ice, hit a brick wall and completely smashed the rear end.. funny thing was i was doing less than the speed limit.

Just one of those things you can't avoid!

LSOfreak
25th August 2011, 01:57
i was in my mates civic in leeds going 30mph round a bend. his car went over the line onto the other side (unknowingly). an oncoming clio (same shape as above) comes by at 30mph... Smashhh. it tickled a bit thats for sure. police were there. car got put on a flat bed. left stranded 200miles from home without a car so had to get a 5hour coach back home 2 days later :(

damage to his civic was a write off, the clio however, wasnt near as damaged as the clio strangely

Ashleyderby
25th August 2011, 02:11
I've not crashed yet but i know my day will come, not tempting fate or anything like lol.

cookski27
25th August 2011, 04:03
You sound like a cunt that needs to learn how to drive. Also birmingham bus drivers are dangerous. :panic:

ur fcukin right there mate ... Im also known as 'cookie the cunt' ... As for the other comments ... I was still a bus driver after all that ... there's alot more story's I could tell ya .. in 2006 I clocked up 11 points on my licence from a thing that happen'd to me on the busess so had to leave .. An wait 4 years for them to cum off .... Well its been 5years now an im bk on the busess .. (Not 4 the same company!) haha .. I was to much of a risk to them! ... An as for the other comment .. Yh mate we are wankers .. We dont give a fcuk who we pull out on .. If we just waited we wouldnt get fcukin anywere would we ... An if u was a bus driver u would do exacly the same ...

coleman258
25th August 2011, 06:10
ur fcukin right there mate ... Im also known as 'cookie the cunt' ... As for the other comments ... I was still a bus driver after all that ... there's alot more story's I could tell ya .. in 2006 I clocked up 11 points on my licence from a thing that happen'd to me on the busess so had to leave .. An wait 4 years for them to cum off .... Well its been 5years now an im bk on the busess .. (Not 4 the same company!) haha .. I was to much of a risk to them! ... An as for the other comment .. Yh mate we are wankers .. We dont give a fcuk who we pull out on .. If we just waited we wouldnt get fcukin anywere would we ... An if u was a bus driver u would do exacly the same ...

Trolololol

Your a cunt.

Matty16v
25th August 2011, 06:21
fucking hahahaha

rick_VTR
25th August 2011, 07:04
mine was when i had the 1.1 sax.
still an inexperienced driver learning the limits of the car.
ragging it home on a sunny day, theres a nice 'S' bend on the way to my house from town came through it at about 65 (which felt fast at the time in my 1.1) sun was dazzling on the shit on the windscreen so couldnt see much, till i got under the shade from the trees and saw a massive tractor coming literaly in the middle of the road (the roads are not the biggest) so i had to swerve out to avoid him, then over corrected and the back end flew around and piled straight forward into the rock face on the inside of the corner then bounced back and the tailgate was propped against a wooden fence post, the only thing stopping me from falling down a 12ft drop into a small river.

lukily i manage to drive it the last 2 miles home with 2 flat tyres and no water in the radiator.
was nearly on fire by the time i got home.
safe to say it was only scrap worthy, chasis was twisted.
still good fun, car only cost £350 and i got £200 scrap cause we filled the back with loads of other crap like my old vtr axle and gearbox.

did have whiplash tho :/

cookski27
25th August 2011, 07:12
Trolololol

Your a cunt.

'hey' .. cunts are usefull :y:

yeahbuddy
25th August 2011, 07:27
Probably when I had a bike was my worst.

Clipped my knee on a 'cats-eye' coming down the Cat and Fiddle road near where I live, High-sided at 60-70ish and slid along the tarmac while watching my bike hit the armco and fold its self around it. :D T'was not the best of days.

Good that road and its a 50 haha

geoffgti88
25th August 2011, 07:30
I've had 3
In a old 205 I was driving down a country lane and a deer jumped straight in front of me, (it was a stag with the big horns) the thing blew to peices against the front of the car there was blood, guts and shit everyware! The car was smashed to bits aswell. Was the biggest mess ive ever seen.

When i had a 205 convertible, i aquaplaned and spun The car hit a bank witch flipped the car and we landed in a ditch upside down. The car was a write off tbf although I never claimed.

Also when I had my 405 d turbo I took a slip road on the dual carriageway too fast and smashed head on into a Armco barrier, funny thing is all it really damaged was a tyre and a headlamp!

Manu
25th August 2011, 07:40
A lady was in a junction reversed without looking ended into my car despite me honking for 10 seconds. I had a dent in the bonnet. Women drivers :S

.. Mine ... ive had two! ... Both were in me bus
... first 1 .. I was txtin when I was drivin an I went into the back of a car that went into a the back of another car an another car!! found out when the police cum that the first car I hit was astro out of UB40 the big blick rasta man ... I neva did say sorry to him!! An the second worst crash .. I had my pal on the bus with me standin up doin 58 (the limit) ... A car pulled out from a side road an I hit him full speed ... 'Bosha!!' ... Windscreen went though on impact ... My mate was
Flown forward an was hangin half out the front of me bus as I was pushin this car sideways I lent forward grabed my pal an flug him bk into the bus ... Then I v'd the car around a lampost! ... An the driver was slup't up the steerin wheel ... Thought he was deaded!! ... The fire crew had to cut off the roof an doors! ... I was ok tho ;-) ... I didnt get the name 'driver cook .. I dont give a fcuk' for nuffink ..... :y:

not using punctuation is annoying, now I don't know what to make of this. "When the police cum"?

Manu
25th August 2011, 07:45
As for worst experience in a crash...my first saxo 1.1 lost the back end on a tight left bend due to black ice, hit a brick wall and completely smashed the rear end.. funny thing was i was doing less than the speed limit.

Just one of those things you can't avoid!

Because everyone knows you can stick to the speed limit on ice ;)

Randyransford91
25th August 2011, 07:55
Trolololol

Your a cunt.

I think his sig says it all tbf :y:

Lacey_106
25th August 2011, 08:21
Oh its a troll!

Dannii
25th August 2011, 08:35
I looked at the OP's post and did notttttt bother reading that, what's with all the "..."'s? :/

Wolz
25th August 2011, 08:39
Don't think my mate Paul will mind me repostig these pics as there still in his project diary ....... Page 1 is before Page 5 is after ! Not nice and he was very lucky to walk away ! http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=196602

Lacey_106
25th August 2011, 08:45
Don't think my mate Paul will mind me repostig these pics as there still in his project diary ....... Page 1 is before Page 5 is after ! Not nice and he was very lucky to walk away ! http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=196602

Sweet baby jesus. Is there even a panel on that car that was unaffected?! How the hell do you survive that?

Matty16v
25th August 2011, 08:52
Sweet baby jesus. Is there even a panel on that car that was unaffected?! How the hell do you survive that?

Rollcage FTW:homme:

Dannii
25th August 2011, 08:55
Rollcage FTW:homme:

:fcuk:

Looks like he's lucky he had a roll cage :panic:

Wolz
25th August 2011, 08:59
Very lucky to walk away even with a roll cage tbh as he smashed his head quite hard on it ..... But luckily he's dull as a brush anyway so has affecting his brain lol

EssexHoney
25th August 2011, 09:45
I've had three accidents but my worst was where I was was driving round a roundabout, I had an mk1 white 1.1 saxo back then and my steering became loose and I couldn't control the car. I ended up hitting one of those safety barriers but I was so happy I just hadn't hit anyone else because it was 5 o clock and there was rush hour traffic everywhere. Scared me to death and somehow I wasn't hurt at all!

Matty16v
25th August 2011, 10:25
I've had a few near misses, when we had all the snow and I had my Vtr, the backend kept sliding out for no apparent reason, 1 mph, 5 mph, it didn't really matter! Same around islands, I was always facing them when trying to go round 1! Turns out my rear calipers had seized in the cold weather and the piston was all the way out! I only figured it out when i went to work on the motorway and 5th gear at 60mph with footdown the car was slowing down, only for my rear discs to start sparking and caught a glimpse in the mirror! Lucky really

Tringaling
25th August 2011, 11:06
When i did this...was awesome -__-

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad91/jacktring/RIP.jpg

sarajayne22
25th August 2011, 12:08
Remind me not to catch your bus.

Prickle
25th August 2011, 12:52
When i did this...was awesome -__-

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad91/jacktring/RIP.jpg

think its illegal to park like that.

Tringaling
25th August 2011, 13:12
think its illegal to park like that.

I was entitled to have a cigarette John ;)

Prickle
25th August 2011, 13:17
I was entitled to have a cigarette John ;)

haha. :homme:

looks nasty, hope you were/are ok.

Did the back end give way, you tried to correct it, failed front smacked into the barrier span round and stopped as you are?

Tringaling
25th August 2011, 13:25
haha. :homme:

looks nasty, hope you were/are ok.

Did the back end give way, you tried to correct it, failed front smacked into the barrier span round and stopped as you are?

Yeah mate, im tip top!
Shock was the worst thing lol

A deer shot out in front of me, i slammed anchors back end went bye and i did correct it but it didnt like it, smashed the barrier and trickled back 5mph style..

Could have been naughty if someone was behind me :n:

Viper
25th August 2011, 13:35
I've never crashed. I learned how to drive ;)

Brettles1986
25th August 2011, 13:59
I've never crashed. I learned how to drive ;)

Like an old man :homme:

Viper
25th August 2011, 14:03
Haha not likely. I drive like a complete cock sometimes but I do it safely and am always aware of what's happening around me.

Fortunately no one has ever hit me.

kclipston
25th August 2011, 14:24
I've been involved in two crashes in my car, one was two weeks after i had past. A bit too eager, not driving too fast but i was driving too fast for the conditions of the road, i soon learned my lesson and haven't drove like that since... heres the outcome of the first crash (sorry about the pics i was in too much shock to take any so they are from my friends phones 4 years ago):

before:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/Firstcar.jpg

After:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/betterpicof306.jpg

My second crash was a drunk uninsured driver who hit me at around 40mph

Before:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/1747762-2.jpg

After:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00250.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00253.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00249.jpg

And their car:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/36957_464553754391_606504391_626755.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/36957_464553749391_606504391_626755.jpg

Ashleyderby
25th August 2011, 15:04
I've been involved in two crashes in my car, one was two weeks after i had past. A bit too eager, not driving too fast but i was driving too fast for the conditions of the road, i soon learned my lesson and haven't drove like that since... heres the outcome of the first crash (sorry about the pics i was in too much shock to take any so they are from my friends phones 4 years ago):

before:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/Firstcar.jpg

After:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/betterpicof306.jpg

My second crash was a drunk uninsured driver who hit me at around 40mph

Before:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/1747762-2.jpg

After:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00250.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00253.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/DSC00249.jpg

And their car:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/36957_464553754391_606504391_626755.jpg

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242/kerry_clipston/36957_464553749391_606504391_626755.jpg

That first crash looked nasty glad you were ok, Talking of crashes i've only had mine a few days and i now have a dint in my door as some plonker reversed into it at work, hopefully i can pull it out.

holdawayt
25th August 2011, 15:38
Don't quote pics.


My first and only crash was in my old fiesta. I entered an island as it was clear, bint decided not to look and enter at the next junction. Side swiped me at 40.

I've had a horrible near miss last monday in the Mx5. Went too quick round a slippery bend and fishtailed until I span. How I missed the 6 oncoming cars I don't know but lesson definitely learnt.

Jay_
25th August 2011, 15:40
Don't quote pics.


My first and only crash was in my old fiesta. I entered an island as it was clear, bint decided not to look and enter at the next junction. Side swiped me at 40.

I've had a horrible near miss last monday in the Mx5. Went too quick round a slippery bend and fishtailed until I span. How I missed the 6 oncoming cars I don't know but lesson definitely learnt.

you missed them because you are a DK! :cool:

holdawayt
25th August 2011, 15:55
I really am, I should tape my eyes back to make me look Japanese (No racist)

It was the day I realised Pirelli P600's are aweful in the wet!

Dom
25th August 2011, 16:08
OP's trollin'

He's hatin

Gonna catch him ridin Buses.

My worst was in the ice after heavy snow. After going down the road earlier that day in the snow (before it turned into black ice), I said "Wehey, this roads cleared up".. 5mph still, and it took me going around a bend and smacked me into a curb, lovely tasty damage. Cost me fuck all to repair though :)

holdawayt
25th August 2011, 16:10
OP's trollin'

He's hatin

Gonna catch him ridin Buses.

My worst was in the ice after heavy snow. After going down the road earlier that day in the snow (before it turned into black ice), I said "Wehey, this roads cleared up".. 5mph still, and it took me going around a bend and smacked me into a curb, lovely tasty damage. Cost me fuck all to repair though :)

Snow + RWD = Cannot wait!!

Jeffers-Gti
25th August 2011, 16:13
Here's my effort, going from a 106 Gti to a 200sx

3rd Gear + Rain + Bend = Crash. Dont mess with the boost...

from

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/clio_jeffers/DSC00445-1.jpg

To

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i225/clio_jeffers/DSC00482.jpg

VTR_Bass87
25th August 2011, 16:15
Because everyone knows you can stick to the speed limit on ice ;)

Not on a car that has tyres as thin as bicycle wheels lol

steve172
25th August 2011, 18:08
Worst for me was driving home in the MX5 during last winter...45mph on a straight road and the back end steps out on black ice, over corrected missing the oncoming cars and piled into a hedge front end in first sideways and ended up rear end in hedge. Managed to drive it home, but never had the enthusiasm to fully repair it so was sold a few months later as a project.

peebee
25th August 2011, 18:23
A49 Leominster to Shrewsbury road, some of you may know it. Long time ago coming back from my ex's one night. Traveling too fast for the weather conditions i went over the brow of a hill that changed direction at the top too fast and lost traction, tried to correct myself, over compensated and put the car into a spin, i span the car a full 180 degrees in the road the back end went up the hedge and i rolled onto my roof pointing down the hill at headlights coming towards me.

Car was a total write off but i was ok, the only time i hurt myself was when i undid my seat belt and fell on my head!

slow-norris
25th August 2011, 19:10
i was travelling along a dual carriageway in birmingham when some old coffin dodger in a rover 75 pulled out of a side road straight infront of me i tried to swerve but didnt have much time ended up hitting the rover sliding over a bollard bouncing up a 12" kirb and across a central reservation stopping a good 30 yards further down the grass verge my vectra sri was a right off :wacko: but got a new"better" car and 2k compo though :y:

stokesy
27th August 2011, 10:32
on way home after work last june, back roads to get there, kinda blind bend, polish driver decides to overtake a lorry on the bend and smash head on in to me..
i was doing about 50 and he was said to be doing about 55, very painful, in hosp for a week, with punctured bowel, and burns on my arm, then broken nose and whiplash. luckily he didnt do a runner, he admitted fault and most surprisingly he was insured..
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt241/stokesy_1990/DSC00225.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt241/stokesy_1990/DSC00226.jpg

still waiting to see a surgeon so can get compo claim finally sorted..
and had car hit twice whilst parked up by woman

Reechard
27th August 2011, 11:19
I'll dig out some pictures of mine.

Worst one was probably my 206, came to a roundabout in the wrong lane and too fast. Went to turn left, back went out, overcorrected it and slid the other way. Hit a sloped kurb and bounced up.
Was apparently 6 foot in the air at 50mph when I hit a sign and ripped it out of the concrete. Was told I was lucky to hit the sign otherwise id of been rolling into a wall a few times. Managed to move the seat bolsters aswell.
Was very young back then, typical lad showing off a bit. Definately learnt my lesson after that crash.

Also crashed my saxo into the barriers at Castle Combe on a track day. Wrote the car off but swapped it all to another shell. Front end knackered and managed to bend my seat subframes.

And then last saturday was in the back of my mates golf when we came round a bend, was a car stopped, braked and locked up, went to go round it and was another car coming the other way. Clipped it, hit a hedge and then moved a boulder.

Those are my most notable ones. Had the odd scrape in works vans and such on building sites.

MartiVtr
27th August 2011, 12:52
.. Mine ... ive had two! ... Both were in me bus
... first 1 .. I was txtin when I was drivin an I went into the back of a car that went into a the back of another car an another car!! found out when the police cum that the first car I hit was astro out of UB40 the big blick rasta man ... I neva did say sorry to him!! An the second worst crash .. I had my pal on the bus with me standin up doin 58 (the limit) ... A car pulled out from a side road an I hit him full speed ... 'Bosha!!' ... Windscreen went though on impact ... My mate was
Flown forward an was hangin half out the front of me bus as I was pushin this car sideways I lent forward grabed my pal an flug him bk into the bus ... Then I v'd the car around a lampost! ... An the driver was slup't up the steerin wheel ... Thought he was deaded!! ... The fire crew had to cut off the roof an doors! ... I was ok tho ;-) ... I didnt get the name 'driver cook .. I dont give a fcuk' for nuffink ..... :y:


You sound like you're proud of your accidents.... c*ck IMO!

I've recenrly had 2 crashed in 2 months and still recovering.
1st a woman ran into side of me on a round about wrote my car off cat C got it all fized up (spent about £300) then 5/6 weeks later i was stationary on a main road waiting for cars to come the other way so i could exit to the right .. and a BMZ smahed into the back of me at 60mph i was in A&E half the night.

NB: It's NOT fun being in an accident and I despise the people who wish they could be because of making money on it. :wall:
Crash no2.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa478/martiv0711/003-1.jpg

Mochachino
27th August 2011, 12:55
Ive never crashed had any bumps or a single scratch :oops:

Been in another car when someone crashed though! I was in the back seat and had a bush next to me head after the crash that came through the back window!

Gareth_R
27th August 2011, 13:58
I like how lots of these say 'I was driving too fast for the conditions'

Prickle
27th August 2011, 16:09
when a indian driver in a ford focus pwnt my saxo. Nice crushed boot for moi. Nevertheless dad sorted it with a hammer and it got sold on. Yes the fella bought it was aware of it and it didnt came up on the mot either. HAHAHA.

Damask
27th August 2011, 21:52
just ran over a cat... does that count? :/

Moke
27th August 2011, 22:00
OP seems like a right cunt.

Never been in a crash.

*touch wood*