The A9 has always been a dodgy road

Should have been dual carriageway in the 1970s, we're still waiting

Nearly came a cropper a couple of times on that one, deer, wasps and logs to name a few of the hazards on that road

Edited By Ady1 on 05/09/2021 07:51:29

oops my mistake

I want to know where the rest of the bike is? The BBC Article show a picture from inside the car with the handlebars but the frame and rear wheels seem to be missing. Fortunately the occupant was shaken but not badly injured.

John

Same applies to any external load.

Once I was leaving the M4 to take the M40 nor'westwards and had to swerve around a sofa and armchair that'd fallen off a van in front of me.

Then there was the sacktruck that fell off the back of a lorry in front of me.

And the dustbin that came sailing over the central reservation of the M6 just south of Preston.

Those I all avoided, but the section of exhaust pipe that came off the artic in front of me on the M50 in 2008 tore the rear valance off my Mondeo. I wish I'd thought to get his number as he disappeared…

I think my scariest moment was on the M42 many years ago. Two sections of steel ducting fell off a truck in front of me, they were irregular shape as well so every time they hit the deck they bounced off in a different direction. Never know to this day how I missed them.

As it happens my car at the time was a Mini Metro so very responsive compared to a large car, on the other hand if they had hit me…..

Bill D.

The speedsters tend to be the locals racing about doing stuff and mixing it up with the tourists who are dawdling along and admiring the view

Hi, in my last day job I often got ridiculed by one person, on how many ratchet straps I used on the trailer and or the truck, I simply said that I'd rather be safe than sorry, I don't think he understood that the person driving the truck, is responsible for the load, not to be able to come off while in transit, the company is of course liable to get people trained properly, but that wasn't a problem they had.

Regards Nick.

I was once following a Transit van, at good distance, on the A14 when a black object fell off the extended rear step. I got slowed to about 5mph when I hit it. It damaged the plastic panel below the bumper and knocked a pipe off the aircon condenser. The van didn't stop. Fortunatly I was in an old banger of a peugeot that was a stop gap between decent cars. Air confix was straightening a flange, new O-ring and a £50 re-gas.

The black box was a De-Walt tool box with a set of 18V Li-ion power tools.

I use them reguarly to keep them in good shape in case the van driver wants to claim them and a ticket for his insecure load. Unfortunatly there was no contact info or other identification in the box and the police say the loss was never reported.

Robert.

Working at a tool hire centre we hired a compressor to a customer who promptly put it into his open trailer. Driving out onto the main road as he turned the corner from the drive onto the road the compressor tipped over and fell off he reversed back in and reported the compressor broke.

When he was told he will have to pay for the repairs his comment was "You lifted it onto my trailer and did not tell me to tie it down so I am not paying"

Guess he was disappointed when he was forced to pay the bill once he was told his vehicle your responsibility to secure your load he still kept arguing and was never seen again in the shop to hire another piece of equipment

Even more, most van and commercial vehicle drivers don't know that the speed limit for commercials (other than car derivied vans and Dual Purpose Vehicles) on dual carriageways is 60MPH not 70.

This includes Transit size vans and 2WD non-crewcab pick-ups.

Enforcement seems non-existent though.

Hi Robert, I think you'll find that even car derived vans exceeding 2 Tonnes laden weight will be the same as all commercial vans as far as maximum speeds are concerned.

Regards Nick.