u/nanastinky

This happened a few weeks ago and i’ve been on the fence about posting it as i’m 99% certain i’m gonna get told i made it worse by over reacting.. but just to let you know im 19, just over a year of driving and never had so much as a scrape.

This happened just as the J18 improvement works began and they had blocked the hard shoulder which prompted me to put the phone down on my mother and hold down the sos button in the car to get help.

Looking back, i don’t know if holding down that SOS button (or getting angry at it taking forever) was the right call, but it’s in the past now.

Somehow, i only had cosmetic damage, and the rear bumper bar thing (not a mechanic, metal thing behind the plastic bumper) was completely intact.

Happy to take any advice on what you think i should’ve done differently / if you think i did something right :)

Remember to respect your following distance

I try to be as lenient as possible, i try to give new drivers as much space as possible..

But sometimes, just sometimes, they cross a line and all the times i’ve wanted to honk at all the other drivers it all comes out at once.

(video is a bit longer as it actually shows that the car was in the correct lane, but then just glides to the right cutting another car off entering the roundabout)