About 2.15pm this afternoon I got the sort of call that every parent dreads. My teenage son had been involved in a crash on the motorway with three of his friends in the car. Thankfully they were all OK, but honestly, my heart literally stopped.
They were very, very lucky. They had all just put their seatbelts on and were only going about 40 miles an hour in the outside lane when the car in front slowed down suddenly. My son didn’t have enough time or space to stop before crashing into the back of him. The airbags and the seatbelts saved them. They got out in the fast lane but again thankfully a police van was driving past and got them to safety before anything else could happen.
Just a nightmare. Lets hope that a very sobering lesson has been learnt:-
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June 20, 2010Good grief….very sorry to read this but equally relieved that you are not attending a bedside vigil, or worse! He’ll never follow another car too closely again….
Family Affairs
June 20, 2010I know. That’s the thing. They really have no idea about distance etc. Just thank god they’re all OK x
louise
June 20, 2010Thank goodness they are safe. I’m sure your knees went all wobbly and your heart raced.
TheMadHouse
June 20, 2010I( am so glad they are all OK. Sod the car
kelloggsville
June 20, 2010Gee Whizz – lucky kids – 8 lives left xxxx
Mud
June 21, 2010Phew. How terrifying! Very glad he and his friends are all OK.
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Imo
June 21, 2010Ooooh really scary x.
Expat Mum
June 21, 2010Aagggghh! Teenagers in cars. I’m there with you. So glad they were all okay and hope it has taught them a lesson about distance although I wish they hadn’t had to go through it.
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QldDeb
June 21, 2010Lucky boys. Hopefully this will be the accident that is their learning curve.
Probably more scary for you than them!
Vegemitevix
June 21, 2010How awful, though glad they’re ok and hopefully have learnt to be extra vigilant when driving. It’s not their driving they have to worry about, it’s everyone else on the road!
Family Affairs
June 21, 2010Thanks Vege and that is what hopefully he will have learnt from that – they all have super fast, playstationed reflexes designed to react in a split second to anything that is thrown in their paths, but they haven’t allowed for the fact that you never know what the other people are going to do. The real world. It’s a very different place to be Lx
Jon Storey
June 21, 2010Thankfully they were all OK! The car can be repaired or replaced….
I know I dread getting a knock on the door one day, Jonny has a powerful car and doesn’t drive it slowly.
Chic Mama
June 21, 2010Thank goodness they were all okay. Scary, very scary. Hope you’re okay too. X
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June 21, 2010L, that’s an interesting comment you have made above about ‘playstation responses’….do you really think that playing those god awful games helps or assists their response action? Are ‘todays kids’ better drivers (than we were/are) because they have honed their reflexes on an xbox? Discuss. x
Family Affairs
June 21, 2010I think they think they have better responses. They are certainly far more able to react than I am on screen, but that doesn’t mean it works in real life, they are not capable of being aware of everything else in the equation that needs to be taken into consideration. That said, it’s not only teenagers who drive like that – my brother loves computer games and drives like he’s in the middle of bloody Grand Theft Auto – it’s terrifying Lx
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June 21, 2010Oh phew….I mis-interpreted what you were saying/thinking. My view is that those games are a contributing factor to road rage and general rowdiness – I think they ‘rev’ people up and make them more aggressive (there are of course other factors to take into account for aggressive behaviour). I wonder how in 50 or 100 years time, social commentators will view those type of ‘games’.
I remember my nephew had a very similar accident at a similar age. You think it is bad now – just wait till he has to renew his insurance – we’re talking two arms and two legs!…..X
Family Affairs
June 21, 2010I know. Hoping he won’t be able to afford it – well he definitely won’t be able to afford it and I’m certainly not paying for him to get back on the road Lx
Hayley
June 21, 2010Oh bloody hell! That looks pretty bashed up! Everyone still alright? Certainly the news all parents dread! x
Lucia
June 21, 2010So so glad everyone’s alright. Hope your heart has stopped racing now, what a nightmare. x
Dulwich divorcee
June 23, 2010Thank god they are all ok xx
Get Paid To Drive A Free Car
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Lynette
January 28, 2011I too just had this happen to me last night I got that call, I am still sick I thank god also that my daughter was okay. he rcar is totaled also. I could not sleep and am still shaking.
Family Affairs
January 28, 2011I completely sympathise. Terrifying to think what might have happened. At least, I think, it scared the shit out of him too and so hopefully he is now a much more careful driver Lx