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Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« on: May 13, 2009, 07:27:28 pm »
A 79-year-old driver has told of the moment his car plunged off a pier into the sea during a visit to South Queensferry to view the Forth bridges.

Robert Wilson, from Accrington in Lancashire, had taken his daughter and two friends to Long Craig Pier when he accidently drove off it on Tuesday.

He told BBC Scotland news website he was doing a three point turn when they shot forward and landed in the sea.

They managed to open the Mondeo's doors in the sea and reach the shore.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8047552.stm

Yet more reason for dying young.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 05:22:19 pm »
Maybe he should think of a Smart car instead of a Mondeo.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 08:43:22 am »
Nearly became a http://www.darwinawards.com/ candidate....
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 09:18:10 am »
Old people and cars just don't go.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009, 11:14:59 am »
old people and mobility scooters don't go either.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2009, 12:06:08 pm »
Old people and TRANSPORT do not mix in general... The old Planes, Trains and Autos syndrome...
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2009, 01:53:35 pm »
'old people' and 'walking on the pavement' are a bad combination also...
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 02:30:56 pm »
old people and escalators doesn't work.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 05:59:28 pm »
Old people generally have no place in society!
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 09:30:50 pm »
OK, so were all agreed then, wheel the old duffers in to a disused quarry and back fill it... Problem solved.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2009, 12:00:36 am »
I was once in a similar situation - though I saved the day.:p

We were in Scotland when I was ten or eleven, and I noticed the car heading towards the loch. "Dad!" I shouted. But no answer - he'd fallen asleep!
So I got the steering wheel, and put my foot on the accelerator so we wouldn't end up having a car behind crashing or something, and drove at the correct speed (think it was 30, but it was years ago so not 100% sure) for that road, looking for a safe place to pull over.

Suddenly my Dad woke up and said "What the bloody hell are you doing?"
"Saving your live, that's what!"
Anyway, realising what had happened, he started driving again and pulled over for a rest.
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2009, 08:38:53 am »
amazing
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 09:20:59 am »
Incredible!
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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 09:51:39 am »
i smell shite


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Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 01:30:13 pm »
I am the storyteller and my stories must be told.

Jimmy Hill!
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