As the OP, I think the original facts are being a little twisted...
The Gritter was not spraying grit as I approached, in fact I was carefully watching it constantly, as it is a gritter.. it's flashing lights had been on for as long as I could see it, and still no grit.. I passed it doing 80MPH (it was probably doing <50MPH as a guess), only as my bonnet was about 1-2M from the rear of his vehicle the grit thrower suddenly started up.. Instantly hitting the front bumper/wing.. with a closing speed of 30MPH there was little I could do, I just carried on, to brake would have only exposed me to grit for longer..
Oh, and it wasn't the usual small shower of grit, this thing on statup throw a fountain of grit.. and it was it's velocity side ways that did the damage, the majority is on the side of the front bumper/wing, not on the front face of the car..
I agree that in an pedants world, I should have hung 100M behind the truck even though it wasn't gritting, and that his flashing lights wheren't actually a warning of a slow moving vehicle, but a random indication that at some point in the next week or two he might turn the gritter on, and of course pre-empted that as I was alongside he would turn the gritter on, and somehow dodge the instant fountain of grit thrown at the car in my advanced driving qualifications sort of way..
But then since it is my fault and no responsibility lies with the gritter, I'll put a flashing orange light on my car, a sign in the back window saying brick thrower, then as people are just about to overtake, I'll randonly chuck a salt brick out of the window.. if anyone dares to stop me, I'll just claim that it's necessary to grit roads in this way, and any damage caused is their own fault, after all, I am a brick throwing vehicle after all, what did they expect..
The only upside is that after £600 of paintwork required I may as well get the subtle sports body kit fitted.. so at least It'll look a bit better afterwards..
All tongue in cheek of course
