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@O'Shane
If only I has a missus... I was on the way to work. Rainy day, dual carriageway. Inside lane was stationary, outside lane was clear. Person pulls into the outside lane around 50m in front of me. Not a chance to slow down so I was as hard on the brakes as poss without locking up aiming for the gap which is rapidly getting smaller. I get in the gap but the wheel touches the kerb of the central res and pulls me onto the cable barrier. Im then on top of the cable barrier and it's doing nothing to slow me down but it's having a damn good go at putting the car sideways and lifting it up on 2 wheels (sideways at 50mph on 2 of 4 wheels is scary guys, don't try it) I manage to bring the car to a stop without causing any injury to anyone, no whiplash or anything.
Sadly the car that was behind me didn't have a chance to slow down and ploughed into the back of the car which pulled out on me.
It's taken the insurance company a month to let me have the car back and sort out the settlement.