Strangest thing you've seen while driving?

Pixel · 23 May 2012 at 21:44

When I was driving home from town earlier today, some guy walked out of the thick bushes in the middle of a roundabout I was waiting at..

..holding a live chicken under his right arm.

How queer, it's one of the busiest roundabouts in this area, right on the outskirts of town, and it was at the busiest time of the day too. If the chicken had escaped, then I must say it was very lucky to have survived crossing that roundabout.

No pics unfortunately.

Phil W · 23 May 2012 at 21:50

Had a guy stick his head in an open window in a mates car in the middle of summer covered in blood asking for a lift anywhere quick... Soon after running off a guy in a white shirt (also covered in blood) chased after him. Young offender escaped from the prison up the road, cut the guard with a home-made knife and did a runner!!

nichorob · 23 May 2012 at 21:54

A purposely modified 3 wheeled mk1 Corsa.

AndrewNR · 23 May 2012 at 21:55

Pixel said:
When I was driving home from town earlier today, some guy walked out of the thick bushes in the middle of a roundabout I was waiting at..

..holding a live chicken under his right arm.

How queer, it's one of the busiest roundabouts in this area, right on the outskirts of town, and it was at the busiest time of the day too. If the chicken had escaped, then I must say it was very lucky to have survived crossing that roundabout.

No pics unfortunately.

You observed a man choking his chicken ferociously around some bushes, on a roundabout and didn't contemplate helping him out? Disgraceful.

Muffin` · 23 May 2012 at 21:55

Pixel said:
When I was driving home from town earlier today, some guy walked out of the thick bushes in the middle of a roundabout I was waiting at..

..holding a live chicken under his right arm.

How queer, it's one of the busiest roundabouts in this area, right on the outskirts of town, and it was at the busiest time of the day too. If the chicken had escaped, then I must say it was very lucky to have survived crossing that roundabout.

No pics unfortunately.

Did you not ask him why the chicken had crossed the road?

danza · 23 May 2012 at 22:02

Saw a streak of blood 20+ yards long, about the width of a car on the A272 this morning. Guess someone dragged a deer along after hitting it. I pity the person responsible for cleaning it up.

Maccapacca · 23 May 2012 at 22:05

Saw some guy getting a blowy on the M6 in his 147........ wait that was me

Couple in a very old Land Rover in the slow lane on the M25 both with ear defenders on

DAnDan · 23 May 2012 at 22:06

There's a guy who I see a few times a week going down one of the local A-roads on what I can only describe as a lay back trike. Truly bazaar to see going down the road.

neil-ste · 23 May 2012 at 22:10

A few years ago me and two friends were driving to London to pick a car up. On the A1 on the way there we drove past an old ish man in a Lexus when I did an instant double take. He had a pair of knickers stretched over his steering wheel! I luckily had my camera with me so grabbed it straight away, as soon as he clocked us looking at him he gave a massive grin, lent forward, sniffed the knickers then have us a thumbs up. He honestly looked over the moon. Must have been on a promise

Haven't seen anything as bizarre as that before or since.

Janesy B · 23 May 2012 at 22:12

Going through the A3 near Guildford and I was overtaken by some idiot in a Rover 400 with a completely smashed front windscreen, I had no idea how he could even see where he was going :confused:

413x · 23 May 2012 at 23:14

Picture the scene

you are casually driving home from a 180mile trip from the GFs house 'satisified' by the visit, thinking about the trip ahead, a typically chaved up saxo is spotted in the distance... but wait , not so typical! this particular saxo must have some sort of W12 veyron engine under the shiny blue hood, because why else would you need this..........

[although the one i saw had 6 rounded rectangular ones in the same formation all the way across the back! and a newer model]

i so wished it would have been going the same way as me!

EDT, just in case anyone has seen it, tidworth area

BTW, love this thread!

4T5 · 23 May 2012 at 23:20

I turned off the A12 one time & a car passed me going tuther way. :confused:

wingman · 23 May 2012 at 23:22

An elderly lady driving round a busy roundabout the wrong way in the rush hour near Worcestershire.

I was in awe.

Johnnytoxic · 24 May 2012 at 01:07

I was driving around a country lane and saw a car upside down on its roof, with a bloke wandering around confused as they come. must have lost it moments before so we called the police trying to direct them in the middle of nowhere.

Raymond Lin · 24 May 2012 at 01:19

On the way back from from Brighton in February this year, when we had that snow, I was near Birmingham on the motorway I saw a young guy in his late teens or 20's driving in snowy conditions in a green Corsa whilst on the phone.

Thats not the bad part, the bad part was that the 1/4 back end of his car was completely smashed in !!! it was like either he rear ended it into a brick wall and completely flattened it to the rear wheels arches or a huge truck hit him from behind. The windows was smashed in, there were no lights and it was totally flat as a pancake.

I wish i had a photo but i was driving and my friend was asleep in the passenger seat!

kefkef · 24 May 2012 at 05:45

Going along the A63 into Hull, a lass was in full on getting ready mode, some kind of curling tongs in one handdoing her hair and make up brush in the other, hardly looking at the road concentrating more on her rear view mirror and obviously steering her car with her knees. To top it all of, she was doing around 60mph!

Ezah · 24 May 2012 at 06:46

One memorable one was a car driving on the motorway here with an unsecured double mattress on the roof.. Each of the 4 people in the car, including the driver, had one arm out of the window holding the mattress so it didn't take off

Very organized.

Rybo89 · 24 May 2012 at 07:58

We took a wrong turn down a dead end road, on the right was a kids park with a black women having dump right in the middle of the park. I watched it curl out in disbelief.

Dirty rats.

Howard · 24 May 2012 at 08:10

neil-ste said:
A few years ago me and two friends were driving to London to pick a car up. On the A1 on the way there we drove past an old ish man in a Lexus when I did an instant double take. He had a pair of knickers stretched over his steering wheel! I luckily had my camera with me so grabbed it straight away, as soon as he clocked us looking at him he gave a massive grin, lent forward, sniffed the knickers then have us a thumbs up. He honestly looked over the moon. Must have been on a promise

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Haven't seen anything as bizarre as that before or since.

Hahaha! It's a funny old world.

Usel · 24 May 2012 at 08:10

A guy local to me, 55-60, drives with his forearms on the top of the steering wheel with his face about an inch from the windscreen. Thought he was mucking about the first time, but no he drives everywhere like it. Don't understand how it's possible :-S

Strangest thing you've seen while driving?

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