Minor accident today on M50

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warrtster

Middle Lane Hogs
Morning all,

I was on the way to the gym this morning on the M50 (southbound between Lucan and Red Cow), about 6:50am.
The car in front of me drove over a sheet of mdf/plywood which had obviously fallen off of something earlier :wall:

The sheet of wood (about 6-8 feet wide) hit the front of my car, damaging the bumper, lower grille, main grille, bonnet and completely ripped the bonnet scoop off :icon_cry:
Luckily nothing hit the windscreen - the scoop flew over me and into the road, along with the wood sheet which shattered into pieces.

I called the Gardai to report it and to tell them about the debris in the road, they came and out and took my details.

I drove past about 30 mins ago and there are bits of my car in the central reservation :sad:

Needless to say I now won't be able to go to the bbq and world record attempt at the weekend :doh:

Anyway, I'm ok and I'll be getting the car sorted on my insurance (protected no claims thankfully :thumbsup:)

Cheers,

Steve
 
Really sorry to hear this man, I'm sure one of the lads will be happy to give you a lift to the BBQ, my car is off the road too, clutch died.

Steve.
 
Sorry to hear fella.Could have been curtains though if it came through window at you.If you can make bbq i'll buy you a pint.. :icon_grin:
 
At least you are alright and getting it sorted :thumbsup: ... Is there any come back for this sort of thing? Or just sort it yourself? At least the insurance will cover it i suppose and not affect you..
 
thats a tough break man but thankfully your ok think positive it didn come on the window or it would have been worse and at least the insurance is looking after it keep the head up
 
pants . hope u get her sorted asap . could have been worse !! but still ,id imagine your :angry1:
 
Very sorry to hear that. As everyone else as said, could have been a lot worse and your ncb is protected.
Hope you can make the bbq, it may help to lift your spirit a bit.
 
In deed there is CCTV, the toll bridge just a KM or 2 before there!
Defo have the offending lorry and trailer on camera,
I would ask someone to look into it, not fair that your insurance should pay,
Do you still have NCB protection now, or is it a once only thing?
Glad you're ok man!
Dan
 
Thanks lads, you're right it could've been a lot worse, if it wasn't for the scoop the windscreen would've taken the hit.

I'm going to get on to the NRA to see if they can check cctv to see if the offending vehicle was caught dropping the wood, I don't expect I'll get any joy from them though.

The NCB protection allows for 2 claims I think so should be ok for next years renewal, I checked with the insurance broker and she seemed to think it would be ok anyway :thumbsup:
 
Hello Steve,

I am very sorry to hear about this :wall:

The main outcome is that you are OK :thumbsup:

As above, you should pursue this until it is finalized with who is responsible :thumbsup:

Sorry Again :doh:

Cheers,

Michael
 
Cheers Michael, I've emailed the RSA, let's see what they have to say, maybe something will show on cctv :ponder2:
 
Sorry to hear that steve. :doh: Like everyone said,at least you`re ok. :thumbsup:Hope it all gets sorted for you :smile:
 
Sorry to hear it but at least you weren't hurt, parts on the car can be replaced :thumbsup: hope you get good news back from the NRA :subaru:
 
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