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Splinky September 9, 2010 at 12:02 pm

OK so the drive back from Stanley……. best go get a bru for this. Here we go…

Well I've always been dubious of roofracks for 3-door hatchbacks, as was proved when the rear one came off along with four boats. I pulled over by a slip road, just before a tunnel. Boats not in too bad condition (mine was worse hit, but just needs some sandpaper), so we got everything back on the car. Only to find Andy's dry-bag had jetisoned out of a boat and was lying on the roadside somewhere….. So for about and hour(?) we walked back and forth combing the road but no joy. Andy decides to head further back and I agree to drive back up and pick him up….. we did this twice. I parkup again in the same space as before and we all decide to have one FINAL look on foot.

We walk back to find the police taking an interest in my car. Never a good thing, me thinks. Maybe I'll get done for speeding(?), maybe they simply thought we's abandoned the car? But no. Upon answering “are you the driver of this vehicle?”, I was promptly told to get in the police car. After asking and having explained to me a few times what I had done, I was somewhat stunned to find out I'd driven the wrong way up a dual carraige-way!!!

Kind of an oh, yeah I did didn't I, moment….. followed by a brown-trousers moment. Well I say moment, it was actually 2 hours or so I was interviewed for. Luckily they didn't tow my car or put me in jail overnight- they wanted to at first. Thing is, as dumb as it sounds, is that all 4 of us had no idea whatsoever that we'd (I'd) done it. Thing is that the other 2 lanes are out of view and go into a seprate tunnel on that stretch. Think the shock of losing the boats just made us forget. Plus we were so focused on finding that bag. Traffic was minimal (thats not an excuse) and we simply didn't notice we were going the wrong way. It was an honest (but o so stupid) mistake. So now I sit and wait for my court appearence and a possible driving ban- Smeg!!

PS, the boating was awsome!!

Splinky March 7, 2011 at 6:21 pm

OK so the drive back from Stanley……. best go get a bru for this. Here we go…

Well I've always been dubious of roofracks for 3-door hatchbacks, as was proved when the rear one came off along with four boats. I pulled over by a slip road, just before a tunnel. Boats not in too bad condition (mine was worse hit, but just needs some sandpaper), so we got everything back on the car. Only to find Andy's dry-bag had jetisoned out of a boat and was lying on the roadside somewhere….. So for about and hour(?) we walked back and forth combing the road but no joy. Andy decides to head further back and I agree to drive back up and pick him up….. we did this twice. I parkup again in the same space as before and we all decide to have one FINAL look on foot.

We walk back to find the police taking an interest in my car. Never a good thing, me thinks. Maybe I'll get done for speeding(?), maybe they simply thought we's abandoned the car? But no. Upon answering “are you the driver of this vehicle?”, I was promptly told to get in the police car. After asking and having explained to me a few times what I had done, I was somewhat stunned to find out I'd driven the wrong way up a dual carraige-way!!!

Kind of an oh, yeah I did didn't I, moment….. followed by a brown-trousers moment. Well I say moment, it was actually 2 hours or so I was interviewed for. Luckily they didn't tow my car or put me in jail overnight- they wanted to at first. Thing is, as dumb as it sounds, is that all 4 of us had no idea whatsoever that we'd (I'd) done it. Thing is that the other 2 lanes are out of view and go into a seprate tunnel on that stretch. Think the shock of losing the boats just made us forget. Plus we were so focused on finding that bag. Traffic was minimal (thats not an excuse) and we simply didn't notice we were going the wrong way. It was an honest (but o so stupid) mistake. So now I sit and wait for my court appearence and a possible driving ban- Smeg!!

PS, the boating was awsome!!

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asianchris April 18, 2011 at 8:03 pm

Any boats I can drive under? Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel w/ 3 others)