Lunatic in a white car
 

Last night, as we were coming back from a wedding do at about 8.20pm we were involved in an accident.

We were driving along Moscow Mill St (near the Printers in Ossy) about to turn left into Union Rd. When we were about 30ft from the junction a lunatic in a white car raced around the corner - they were coming along Union Rd from the station direction and turning into Moscow Mill St. They were going so fast that they were totally on the wrong side of the road and so smashed into our front end.

Fortunately, we drive a sturdy car and Chris reacted really well so swerved a little minimising the damage but it still made a mess and shook us all up (we had the kids in the back as well) nobody was actually injured.

This in itself would have been annoying but then the driver reversed at breakneck speed back onto Union Rd, amazingly missing the cars that were driving along and the 8 witnesses that saw it all, and then sped back off the way they came towards Church traffic lights. Anyone can potter along and see the tyre marks on the wrong side of the road that they made to see their path. Because the car that they were driving was a souped up vauxhall vectra (could have been an escort or that sort of thing) the front of it sort of disintegrated as they were driving away and left a right mess (again on the wrong side of the road) just underneath the speed camera.

We're all ok and the landlady from the Printers was great, she made us coffee and gave the kids juice, and we've got plenty of witnesses so our story was verified to the police when they got there.

The reason I'm posting this is because we are appealing for any more information. If by a fluke anybody else saw what direction they went in after they got to Church traffic lights or if anyone has seen an abandoned white car (probably burnt up in a field by now) please let me know.

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Very sorry to hear that, Gayle. I hope you and yours are OK now and I hope they catch the sods who did it. At least you've got plenty of witnesses.

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gayle im so glad you & the family are ok ....& as wynonie has said i really hope they catch the sods (polite word)....& am glad you have all those witnesses .........take care x

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I am very glad to hear you are all ok, especially your little monsters in the back. I bet you are glad you got those last two booster seats now, arn't you?
Was the car a white Vauxhall Corsa L reg by any chance? I only ask as I saw one last Saturday driving like an idiot.

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No, definitely was a bigger car than a corsa - possibly vectra, mondeo or escort. It all happened so fast that despite there being 8 witnesses no one could agree on the registration number.

And yes Willow, probably right, they were either drunk or didn't have insurance or it was stolen. One other thing - we're all fairly sure that it was a young woman driving which I have to confess, did surprise me a little. Without wanting to sound sexist here, you do tend to associate the whole car crime situation with young men, don't you?

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We've just had a look at our car in the light and washed all of their white paint off it and amazingly, considering the speed they hit us and the amount of debris that was in the road, there is barely a few scratches on our car. The advangtages of driving a sturdy Volkswagon, I guess.

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if you have 8 folk who cant agree what the complete reg. is then that doesnt matter - if they can agree on the first part of it then your fine - cos it can be traced on the first 4 number/letters...(ie du34 or t562) - it can then be traced to all the cars with those numbers and narrowed down from there so hears hoping for you..its good to hear that you and yours are all ok and I do hope it can be sorted out quickly...

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Glad you are all relatively ok.

It just shows you nowhere is safe from these bloody idiots.

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You must be referring to our Taxi driver last night. That chap needs his license taking off him. For some reason he was asking about your sexual persuasion when you got out. I think he liked you Gary.

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Lol, you liar!

Wish I'd have left my glass flip-flop in the cab now.

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Hi Gayle

Glad to hear you and your family are all ok.

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Crikey Gayle that goes down as a very close shave. It is very likely the car was stolen or the occupents had been up to no good in one way or another. Hope they catch the bams because there is enough mayhem about as it is and the fact the kids were with you makes it worse.

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Glad to hear you are all ok, that's the main thing!!! I was driving to the stag about that time but must profess not seeing any mad white car drivers...sorry!! Hope they catch them very soon :mad:

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Thats just your usual driving style HR, driving with your eyes shut :D. Isn't your car white?

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Well Less is a Lunatic and has a white Fiesta Gayle if that helps

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hope its all good wiht u and ur family

i'll keep an eye out but chances are as said above the car's probably in some garage for a few and wont come out till the damage's been repaired

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I am glad that you were all Ok, but it is still very unsettling. I hope that you manage to trace the car.

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You must have a guardian angel Gayle.I know i have....Glad to hear your all alright

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Im so glad your all ok Gayle . But out of curosity did the police not say wether the speed camera was active and if so did it not detect this ..

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They didn't mention it - my guess is that it isn't active because of the very dismissive attitude the policeman had when Chris pointed out that it all happened right under the camera.

Thanks everyone for you concerns. If anyone does see a burnt out car in a field make a note of it, it could well be the one.

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As discussed in another thread I'm surprised no one has asked but where the occupants of the white car asian?

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No but Gayle mentioned the driver of the car was a girl....that must make her a sexist.:D

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Glad you are all ok and well Gayle. I take it the Speed camera was without the important bit? Was there no local CCTV in the area or that in the direction of travel of the White Car?.

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What happens if she was a one legged Polish female lesbian bisexual. :confused:

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She'll be easy to catch, as she'll be trying to leave the scene but running in circles.:p

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...P.S. You need to go back to your Ladybird book of sexual classifications. You can't be a lesbian and a bisexual at the same time.:D

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:D Idiot, running with one leg? :confused:

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Yes, like Lady McCartney is...all the way to the bank.

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I know, I had one chained to my railings for weeks.;)

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Hmmm driving with my eyes shut!!!??? now that would be interesting :rolleyes: and no my car is light blue..SO THERE!!

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The paint dried ok then.........:D

sorry, you can buy me a pint on Saturday. :)

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Where at the non existent bar behind the sophia Khan stand??? Ok then, cheap round for me :p

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OK, We can have doubles, I'll pay......:D

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Right stop it now mr thread wanderer...sorry Gayle :o

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Me!!!! :o Sorry Gayle. :)

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See Red its Doug that makes everyone thread wander. From racing cars to booze via lesbianism in three easy steps.:eek:

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Shut up.........:rolleyes:

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Yeah I'm with you on that one, and as for at footy, crikey you wouldn't recognise the thug... anyway just talking about him thread wandering has caused us to wander again, grrr :mad:

Gayle I really hope they do manage to find the idiot that did this and they get their comeuppance... phew back on track

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So just to recap, that speed camera at the Palladium doesn't actually record the number plates of any speeding cars?


Very useful.

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the thing is you never know when they will put a live camera in!! They tend to move them around, majority of static cameras are inactive most of the time but then they move the internal camera around them so you never know when its live or not!!!! Except for the outside the palladium last night of course!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

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So it acts as a deterrent?

Just like the CCTV did at Jubilee gardens in Ossy when vandals dismantled the flower display....NOT.

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no the tight arses just haven't bought enough cameras cos that would dent the pile of cash they have coming in :rolleyes:

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Glad to hear everyone was ok, but please don't expect to much from your local constabulary.
Last year my father was hit by a hit and run driver on Burnley rd, the car came out of a restaurant car park, crahed in to the front off side and drove away, our ever faithful bobby took all the info and said he would be in touch, six weeks later we recivied word that after exhaustive inquires they could not find the car and the although the case would stay open they could not afford any more resouces on it.
My sister rang the Restaurant and asked if any of the staff owned a blue escort, the manager gave her a name and an address of one of the waiters, we went around and sure enough there it was, exhaustive inquires my arse.

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It might be worth having a word with ossy mills, their car park security camera is in the right place to have recorded the incident, I know from when I worked at Hilden (the owners) we had to find a recording of some guy breaking into one of the cars on the car park, that camera even picked up the licence plate of the thiefs van.:)

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That's an excellent idea Less, I've sent an email to Boyd Hargreaves to see if they can help. Good suggestion, thanks - see you do have your uses and don't let anyone tell you any different! :D

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In the same area a few days ago there was a white fiat punto, with blue headlights and loud exhaust driving like a madman. I was out walking my dog on the field at the top of catlow hall street when the car came flying up(probably doing about 60mph) the brow of the hill and they only just found enough grip to stop them smashing into parked cars on fairfield st.

It's great that the coucil have put the speed humps on fairfield st., but we still have the problem of the nutcases driving in from ossy.:mad:

p.s. hope you're all fine.:)

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Surely all the nutcases can't be from ossy, there must be some from somewhere else, still.... thinking about it.:D

(we'll be acussed of being ossyists next just you wait, I'd rather just be a plain old racist it was simpler in the good old days;)).

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It's my understanding that the camera if off/not working, when there is no flash unit in it. You can easily see this.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery....php?file=5010

Rear View

http://www.accringtonweb.com/gallery....php?file=5011

:)

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Walked past ossy mills, recently, the camera I was talking about no longer seems to be there Gayle.:(

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Sorry, yes I should have posted this. I sent an email to Boyd Hargreaves (name dropping again) and he very kindly got someone to look on the security tapes but you're quite right Less, they no longer point in the direction of the junction so they didn't catch anything. Oh, well it was worth a shot!