Was doing about 65/70 while moving over from slip road onto the M74 from Hamilton heading into Glasgow, and it was PISSING it down
Dont have a clue what happened, but must have just tugged at the steering wheel a bit suddenly when changing lanes, back end spun out - tried correcting the car but weather didnt help and it went on to spin a few times on the slip road and then slid sideyways across 3 lanes and hit drivers side first into the crash barrier at a very high speed!
I walked away unhurt but very badly shaken and with minor bumps, but only after getting out and seeing the damage to the car did I realise just how lucky I was - even the Police agreed!
Front and back bumper and basically mangled and ripped to pieces, and drivers side panels are all bashed in, and the front drivers wheel arch has been crushed so much that the wheel wont turn - so Police had a bit of difficulty moving it onto the hard shouler!
Tarmac was full of all sorts of liquids - so looks like a lot of things have burst during the impact - and engine was smoking pretty badly
Was VERY lucky, because theres no kerb before the gravel starts at the side of that stretch of motorway - chances are if i had slid the way i was into a kerb, car would have flipped
Also - was 2am, so there was no traffic at all on the motrway - lucky, because it would have caused mayhem across all lanes seeing as the car slid across all of them!
Just a reminder at how rain has such a major impact on driving conditions.....and thats even with all 4 alloys wrapped in the best tyres available - Eagle F1 GDS3's
Dont have a clue what happened, but must have just tugged at the steering wheel a bit suddenly when changing lanes, back end spun out - tried correcting the car but weather didnt help and it went on to spin a few times on the slip road and then slid sideyways across 3 lanes and hit drivers side first into the crash barrier at a very high speed!
I walked away unhurt but very badly shaken and with minor bumps, but only after getting out and seeing the damage to the car did I realise just how lucky I was - even the Police agreed!
Front and back bumper and basically mangled and ripped to pieces, and drivers side panels are all bashed in, and the front drivers wheel arch has been crushed so much that the wheel wont turn - so Police had a bit of difficulty moving it onto the hard shouler!
Tarmac was full of all sorts of liquids - so looks like a lot of things have burst during the impact - and engine was smoking pretty badly
Was VERY lucky, because theres no kerb before the gravel starts at the side of that stretch of motorway - chances are if i had slid the way i was into a kerb, car would have flipped
Also - was 2am, so there was no traffic at all on the motrway - lucky, because it would have caused mayhem across all lanes seeing as the car slid across all of them!
Just a reminder at how rain has such a major impact on driving conditions.....and thats even with all 4 alloys wrapped in the best tyres available - Eagle F1 GDS3's
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