CorsaSport14
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Registered: 11th Nov 07
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I got home from my college in nottingham today about 4pm, an hour later my mum comes home practically in tears and shaking.
She was travelling down the A14 near cambridge doing about 60 due to rush hour traffic, when the car infront slammed on its brakes, she quickly reacted and just managed to slow down and so did the car behind. Her natural reaction was too look in the rear view mirror to make sure the car behind didnt hit her, luckily it didnt. But as she was looking at the women behind, the car behind the women hit her up the arse, went up on the roof and flipped and skidded next to my mum. Then all the cars started too pile up behind smashing into the backs of everyone.
My mums car was at the front of the pile up, untouched thankfully. She called the police and tried helping the people in the flipped car which was pissing out with fuel. She said the people in the front were hanging upside down crushed, covered in blood, unconcious with there necks deformed/broken  the drivers shoulder was also dislocated and hanging out of the car, but knowone in the car was moving
Car was maybe a Vauxhall Corsa B she thinks (no airbags)
The women behind my mum had glass all in her face, and was shaken, but thankfully ok. We dont know about anyone else in the pile up.
Police are coming to take a witness statement tommorow.
Sounds like something out of a film, just hope the people are all ok...
Was anybody on or near the road or heard anything more about it? Missed the local news, and mums really worried about the people in the flipped car.
Cheers 
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Nath
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Andrew
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One of the reasons i didn't want a long commute when starting my new job. I seen this on a daily basics.
I had a small bump in the pug where by i hit a Ford Focus at around 20 MPH causing little damange to the pug. I also had the same situation whereby i slamed on to miss the car in front and the car behind me got rear ended.
My sister has also smacked into the back of someone and some has rear ended her
It's a dangerous place is the road!
My sister needs to stop doing 1000 miles a week abd get a new job before she's in a box. She won't listen..
Luckily for me i never lost my NCB as the Focus had lost control and spun out allowing me to hit it and another car.
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
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Heard this on the radio, sounded quite bad bad news mate.
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mattk
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hope the people are ok, horrible thing for someone to have to deal with seeing that.
just glad your mum was untouched
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
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MY dad is a firefighter, and hes told me some horrendous stories i wont go into detail but its enough to keep me away from firefighting 
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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A14 can be a bad road in places. needs to be 3 lanes in the hot spots. i travel it alot and find it a nightmare at times, especially as its a main trunk road from harwich/felixtowe for foreign truckers. hope ur mums ok
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Russ
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we were down the a14 today, thank god we werent involved in that!
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike GSi
MY dad is a firefighter, and hes told me some horrendous stories i wont go into detail but its enough to keep me away from firefighting
To be honest it could do a power of good. Could make people think twice as Im sure it has for you.
Hope the people are ok
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karisma_corsa
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Registered: 19th Nov 06
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is it not on the news or internet or anything imagine somethingthis bad wud be on teh news
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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People follow to close - end of!
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
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Pile ups are insane!
Seen my first one last year. Was on our way to the VBOA rally at Billing. about 200 yards in front of us there was a huge pile up. It had been pissing with rain, we were going at about 40 mph and could just see the car in front of us before it happened.
Took 3-4 hours before we got turned round up the wrong way of the motorway.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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if people left enough space then it wouldn't happen 
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
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Only a fool brakes the two second rule..........
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
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i have to travel to nottingham for college nice 4 hour drive
there is so many accidents on the motorways all the time i dont see how it happens.
a few months back on the m25 there was a coach on top of a 206, firefighters were trying to cut away the roof of the 206 to get the people out and you couldnt help but look when the trafics not moving
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