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Driving up the motorway in the Roadster with the roof down, radio blaring, sunglasses on, minding my own business.
That was LOUD with the roof down!! Next thing he is swerving all over the road and I am getting a shower of rubber. 
Where I look up at him...and he is on the 'phone. 
/had to pick little bits of rubber out of the cabin. 
I had to drive onto the verge next to the central reservation to avoid the debris.'professional' driver is on the phone though... His blow out was actually on the nearside....
All I know is that the first thing I'd be doing is emptying my pants, not making a phone call lol.(runs an ice cream delivering company) had a new tyre put on his truck. As the fitter was inflating the tyre it exploded lol, he couldn't hear for 2 days afterwards 
I saw a lorry blow out about 300 yards in front of. The noise at that distance in a tin-top was loud enough, so I can't even imagine what it must have been like for you. It was just a WTF is that moment! I braked which is when the lorry began to swerve so I timed it just right. Only then did I see the smoke... ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
tonigmr2 wrote:
Plus that fecker was definitely on the phone the whole time.
Driving a truck/lorry/arctic is dangerous enough, without the added distraction of a phone 'thank f*ck I'm alive' moment and didn't stop! Probably should of in retrospect. 
tonigmr2 wrote:No, tbh I was having a
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Now I think why the hell didn't I call the police? But at the time when your adrenalin is up you are just glad to have come through in one piece! Things like that are especially scary driving a car so low down(not secured) and one bounced off and started rolling towards me on the motorway in the fast lane! It was like something out of a cartn Luckily he was some distance ahead so I had time to swerve round it and put my hazards on to warn the drivers behind. (though I think the gigantic roll of carpet bearing down on them probably got their attention just as well!) 
morons. 
matt_mr2t wrote:I think I would have dropped my guts to be frankly honest.
@ fly and 285lb torque on 1.15bar.tonigmr2 wrote:No, tbh I was having a
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They can look at his phone records to see whether he was on the phone and match it to his driving hours tacho counter thingy ma jigger, I think. Using the phone while driving a car is bad enough, let alone an 18 wheeler. I was hyperventilating after that, so no unfortunately! 
- there was writing on the cab but tbh I was a tad distracted!