I hate to admit this but earlier this week I was backing up my driveway which slopes upwards and has a brick wall and brick piers on one side, hit the wall which moved one of the piers somewhat but worse caused over $3,000 worth of damage to my vehicle......I just couldn't believe it!
ballast2 said
11:47 PM Oct 23, 2015
G'day Mate I think that Bugger just about covers it.
Cheers
Dougwe said
06:30 AM Oct 24, 2015
I think you should go to 'Specsavers' Weevil.
aussie_paul said
01:29 PM Oct 24, 2015
ballast2 wrote:
G'day Mate I think that Bugger just about covers it. Cheers
Yeah, me too Jack.
Aussie Paul.
Weevil said
02:25 PM Oct 24, 2015
Well, I did say a few other words, but unprintable here,
Just had a couple of cataracts done and new glasses so nup, not the glasses, just the idiot behind the wheel....
Felicia said
06:20 PM Oct 24, 2015
Vic, we all make mistakes, the best thing is we can learn from them.
Lynda
Bruce and Bev said
07:58 PM Oct 24, 2015
Oh well Vic, 2015 is been a pretty shocking year for you - health, leaks inside and out (the house,not you) then deciding to impress some young bird walking past by reversing up the driveway at 30kmh !!!!!!
Mate, you'll be in 1st name basis with your Insurance company. Think its time to sell up and hit the road !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
landy said
10:11 PM Oct 24, 2015
The neck probably doesn't twist as well as it used to Vic, believe it or not I find it easier to back the caravan these days than a car with nothing on the back. Because I can see it better in the Mirrors
Landy
-- Edited by landy on Saturday 24th of October 2015 10:14:06 PM
03_Troopy said
07:04 AM Oct 25, 2015
Mate, at least it was only your car that got damaged and not you. Although it is a pain in the behind, and expensive, it could have been a lot worse. Like this poor bugger Man Injured in Garage Collapse.
Weevil said
03:03 PM Oct 25, 2015
Cripes, that would have been a shock Troopy..
Thanks everyone for all the other comments also. When backing out of my narrow carport, I have to watch my side mirrors to make sure they don't get knocked off by the side door pillars of the carport, also checking to make sure there are no pedestrians walking across the driveway (a path is at the top end), so somehow failed to notice I was so close to the wall, driving very slowly too.
Not making excuses but I will have to be more careful in future, and yeh, the neck doesn't swivel like it used to
Desert Dweller said
08:05 PM Oct 25, 2015
We've just been watching an article on TV that stated that most accidents that involve people over 75 years of age are caused by the over 75 person. Probably true. Luckily we've just reached 65.
Sorry to read about your car damage.
landy said
10:34 PM Oct 25, 2015
Desert Dweller wrote: Luckily we've just reached 65.
Oh not sure that is lucky, time speeds up when you reach 65 , the next ten years only seems to take 3 . Have fun landy
Weevil said
12:00 AM Oct 26, 2015
Desert Dweller wrote:
We've just been watching an article on TV that stated that most accidents that involve people over 75 years of age are caused by the over 75 person. Probably true. Luckily we've just reached 65. Sorry to read about your car damage.
Thanks DD, probably true, I'm 74 so perhaps my Waterloo came earlier
You're right there about time speeding up Landy, pity the body doesn't, goes slower...
dorian said
06:54 AM Oct 26, 2015
I've had a few close calls on the road (in my father's new car) which I blame on the "things are closer than they appear" side mirrors. Whose stupid idea was that? I don't want to see where the traffic was a second ago. I want to see where it is now.
Weevil said
11:41 AM Oct 26, 2015
Yes I'm not keen on those either Dorian. I just hope my "on road" driving doesn't get to the point where I am a threat to other motorists or cyclists/pedestrians etc, any more of this I will have to consider hanging up the keys, hopefully before any damage or worse is done to others.
But I don't feel that time has come yet, just need to be more alert when I'm driving etc.
Bruce and Bev said
02:26 PM Oct 26, 2015
C'mon Vic - youre not in the ground yet my friend !
Your mind is still sharp, even though the body is wearing out (like all of us oldies) and at least you still know that you will stop driving when you know you maybe a threat to others.
Unfortunately, there are many others who do not. My mother drove until she turned 91 (just down to the shops and the like), then decided that she was fit to drive anymore - had her license cancelled and gave her car to one of her grandchildren. Her neighbor who is a few years younger, couldn't accept she was past driving and once (and only once) my mother went down to the shop with her. Instead of turning into the correct entry to the shopping centre carpark, she drove along a public footpath and then went into the carpark exit shouting and carrying on at all the vehicles coming out. She then drove into a carpark and hit another car in front. Then blamed the driver - who wasn't even there - for the accident.
Thankfully my mother left a note with her ph no on the other cars windscreen and when they got home (only bouncing one set of red traffic lights), she phoned her neighbours doctor and spoke to him. He then phoned the neighbour under a pretext and got her in the next day, examined her and cancelled her license because of "eye sight" reasons
dorian said
07:22 PM Oct 26, 2015
Sounds like Mrs Magoo.
Weevil said
08:23 PM Oct 26, 2015
They were funny cartoons Dorian, yes I think she was remembering his antics
Maybe not just yet Bruce, although it is scary to think I may be headed to being one of "them"
I hate to admit this but earlier this week I was backing up my driveway which slopes upwards and has a brick wall and brick piers on one side, hit the wall which moved one of the piers somewhat but worse caused over $3,000 worth of damage to my vehicle......I just couldn't believe it!
Cheers
Yeah, me too Jack.
Aussie Paul.
Well, I did say a few other words, but unprintable here,
Just had a couple of cataracts done and new glasses so nup, not the glasses, just the idiot behind the wheel....
Lynda
Mate, you'll be in 1st name basis with your Insurance company. Think its time to sell up and hit the road !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Landy
-- Edited by landy on Saturday 24th of October 2015 10:14:06 PM
Mate, at least it was only your car that got damaged and not you. Although it is a pain in the behind, and expensive, it could have been a lot worse.
Like this poor bugger
Man Injured in Garage Collapse.
Cripes, that would have been a shock Troopy..
Thanks everyone for all the other comments also. When backing out of my narrow carport, I have to watch my side mirrors to make sure they don't get knocked off by the side door pillars of the carport, also checking to make sure there are no pedestrians walking across the driveway (a path is at the top end), so somehow failed to notice I was so close to the wall, driving very slowly too.
Not making excuses but I will have to be more careful in future, and yeh, the neck doesn't swivel like it used to
Sorry to read about your car damage.
Thanks DD, probably true, I'm 74 so perhaps my Waterloo came earlier
You're right there about time speeding up Landy, pity the body doesn't, goes slower...
Yes I'm not keen on those either Dorian. I just hope my "on road" driving doesn't get to the point where I am a threat to other motorists or cyclists/pedestrians etc, any more of this I will have to consider hanging up the keys, hopefully before any damage or worse is done to others.
But I don't feel that time has come yet, just need to be more alert when I'm driving etc.
Your mind is still sharp, even though the body is wearing out (like all of us oldies) and at least you still know that you will stop driving when you know you maybe a threat to others.
Unfortunately, there are many others who do not. My mother drove until she turned 91 (just down to the shops and the like), then decided that she was fit to drive anymore - had her license cancelled and gave her car to one of her grandchildren. Her neighbor who is a few years younger, couldn't accept she was past driving and once (and only once) my mother went down to the shop with her. Instead of turning into the correct entry to the shopping centre carpark, she drove along a public footpath and then went into the carpark exit shouting and carrying on at all the vehicles coming out. She then drove into a carpark and hit another car in front. Then blamed the driver - who wasn't even there - for the accident.
Thankfully my mother left a note with her ph no on the other cars windscreen and when they got home (only bouncing one set of red traffic lights), she phoned her neighbours doctor and spoke to him. He then phoned the neighbour under a pretext and got her in the next day, examined her and cancelled her license because of "eye sight" reasons
They were funny cartoons Dorian, yes I think she was remembering his antics
Maybe not just yet Bruce, although it is scary to think I may be headed to being one of "them"