!! Warning!! Rant Ahead...............
 

Approaching a gradual bend with double white lines in the road.
I have my wife and 6 year old son in the car.
I notice a cyclist approaching on other side of road... so far so good.
At the apex in the bend of the road, cyclist about 20 yards on left.
THEN this white 4x4 comes screaming round the bend and overtakes the bike, car is ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD!! :duh::mad::eek:

Wife screaming, I'm swearing, and reflexes kick in and I do a left swerve missing each other ... God knows how....by millimeteres... I do get a look at the driver... Female/On the mobile/Driving one handed...

I am so f****** angry right now....no correction f****** livid.
She didn't even slow down just roared off into the sunset........:flame:

I will recognise the car again the missus took the reg. will get a right french mouthful when I see her again.

At least your safe. Shame no dashcam footage to give to plod. :(
My missus has taken to photographing phone uses whilst driving when she is a passenger and making sure they see her taking the picture...

Glad to hear you're safe and sound if, quite rightly, seriously livid.

Maybe time to think about getting a dash cam (or two - forward & backward facing).

Take care.

Andy.

I have a similar dash cam to this hardwired - cheap and you can barely see it just under my rear view mirror:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F123242073314

Access and save footage via your phone.

What worries me the most is having an accident and the insurance not paying what the car is actually worth - had it before with an old Bedford Rascal I restored and lost a lot of money as there weren't many for sale, most were poor condition, and that dictated the average 'market value' despite all I'd spent on it.

Glad you're all ok anyway - people think they're indestructible in 4x4s!

if your wife has the reg, report it to the police

macafee2

Good point.. will do

Did have a dashcam but that went gaga..... so will have to buy front/back

Get a dash cam, mine has already paid for itself when someone tried to blame me for an accident they caused without proof it was 50/50

I'm sure the Police will not be interested.

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That was a close shave, good that everyone is safe if a little shocked and riled, but totally unacceptable.
The current laws regarding using phones in vehicles is clearly not working. I've said this before, all vehicles need to fitted with signal jammers that only allow use of a phone when the engine is off.