Saturday 16 June 2012

Woman driver has three accidents in under three minutes


For most of us, the worst thing about driving is the other motorists.
Not so for this woman, who managed an impressive three accidents in under three minutes - none of which involved anyone else.
Watching this video, it's tempting to ask how the unknown female actually passed her driving test.
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Opening act: As the driver begins pulling into the car park, there's no reason to assume an accident or three is on the cards...
Opening act: As the driver begins pulling into the car park, there's no reason to assume an accident or three is on the cards...
The action opens with her silver saloon perched at the entrance to a car park.
She pauses for several seconds before deciding to make a move - and with no other cars in sight, swings her vehicle straight into a concrete wall.
Apparently unfazed, she continues into the car park, only to smash into a second wall a few metres ahead, bounce backwards, and crunch the car's rear against a large pillar.
 

Crunch! Within seconds, the driver swings straight into a concrete wall
Crunch! Within seconds, the driver swings straight into a concrete wall

Collision: The driver hits a wall out of shot and smoke begins pouring from the car's bonnet
Collision: The driver hits a wall out of shot and smoke begins pouring from the car's bonnet
At this point many drivers would give up, panic, possibly cry - but not our girl, who simply exits the vehicle and appears to be mulling things over.
Alas, she's forgotten something. The handbrake.
Within seconds, the much-abused car is sliding backwards down the slope towards the street, its driver's side door still hanging open.
Look out below! A pedestrian gawps as the car starts rolling helplessly down the slope
Look out below! A pedestrian gawps as the car starts rolling helplessly down the slope
Crumpled: With one front door bent back completely, the car is in a pretty poor state
Crumpled: With one front door bent back completely, the car is in a pretty poor state
As a pink t-shirted onlooker makes a vain attempt to help (what does he plan to do, catch the car?), the vehicle has clearly had enough.
Smoke billows from the bonnet, and the driver does the first sensible thing for three minutes and phones for help.

Shocking though her exploits are, this poor lady is not the most appalling example of automotive ineptitude we've seen this month.
That honour goes to a Polish woman who spent an excruciating six minutes trying to manoeuvre into a noticeably generous parking space, before clipping another car and driving off in a huff.
Hapless: The film, shot from a window next to the car park, starts with the woman inching her vehicle (centre) into a space
Doomed endeavour: The 6-minute debacle was filmed from a window next to the car park. It begins innocently enough, with the woman inching her vehicle (centre) into a space

The excruciating video of a hapless woman driver who spends SIX MINUTES trying to scrape into a parking spot (and then drives off in a huff)
The excruciating video of a hapless woman driver who spends SIX MINUTES trying to scrape into a parking spot (and then drives off in a huff)
Poor manoeuvring: Despite the ample space, the driver appears unable to judge the distance, and clips the car in the next space along

Inspection: At one point, she gets out of her car to assess what can be done
Inspection: At one point, she gets out of her car to assess what can be done
Out of here: The woman, fed up with not being able to park, cuts her losses and decides to find elsewhere to leave her vehicle
Cutting her losses: Fed up, the woman abandons her mission and drives off in a strop
Six-minute parking debacle captured on video...


Meanwhile, the 'most dangerous' title could go to Suzanne Gilchrist, 37, who ploughed her Ford Focus into 22-year-old Stuart Morris while trying to escape a store detective in Falkirk.
Asked why she drove into the perfect stranger and left him clinging to the bonnet of her car for 300 metres, Ms Gilchrist simply blamed her hormones.
Unsurprisingly, the incident saw her jailed for four years.
Clinging on for dear life: Stuart Morris grabs hold of the bonnet after being struck by Suzanne Gilchrist and driven for more than 300 metres in a bizarre incident she blamed on her hormones
Clinging on for dear life: Stuart Morris grabs hold of the bonnet after being struck by Suzanne Gilchrist and driven for more than 300 metres in a bizarre incident she blamed on her hormones


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