What did i do today? Came within 3" of being a victim of a 'crash for cash' scam. A38 in Birmingham on the Kingsbury island, 5:20pm. Saw an old grey Vauxhall Zafera swerve from lane 3 into the path of a old Nissan Primera in front of me before driving off at speed. The Primera driver looked at me in his mirror whilst jamming on his brakes to a complete stop (no brake lights). Luckily I stopped well in time (god bless the GTD
) - his response? Slammed the car into reverse and came back at me! I took avoiding action and he missed me by inches. The car - full of Eastern Europeans (just an observation) shot off round the roundabout and back the way we had come at Mach 3.
I had to pull into a carpark next to the scene to change my pants; 5 minutes later and what do I see? The grey Zafera do the exact same thing to the same Primera! They missed their new target again, by luck rather than judgement. My temperament went from trying to calmly collect what was left of my insides from the back seat to wanting to catch, abduct, torture and disembowel the lot of them with a rusty spoon. I felt sick with rage.
Be warned guys and girls. They are out there…
Detritus.
