Nightmare journey today.
By LoL
@JimBo452020 (52126)
Montrose, Scotland
March 24, 2023 5:32pm CST
What a nightmare journey we had today.
We decided as it was a nice day that we would drive the 33 miles up the road to see my friend Paul.
And for the first 20 miles it was awesome.
Then Infront of me I spotted a tailback of traffic which was quite long.
We joined the end of it
And we only moved three miles in two hours and then had to take a diversion and took almost another hour and a half to get to Paul's house.
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/seven-people-injured-17-vehicle-29545122
17 vehicle pile up.
Road closed for hours both ways.
Car flew into a tree.
Countless police, ambulances, fire service vehicles.
Quite spectacular when I saw it on the news.
Here is a picture of a part of it.
The link above goes into what happened today.
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31 responses
@TheHorse (183347)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar
Very true. Here's a Steve Goodman song to celebrate "not being in the accident."
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@TheHorse (183347)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar
@JimBo452020 I may go eat a bit more of my gummy before I pick up my guitar again.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
I puffed on my vape and made some phone calls and texted a few people
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@RebeccasFarm (103600)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
Now talk about cursed. The very day you went out there.
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@RebeccasFarm (103600)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
24 Mar
@JimBo452020 Very good then..of course glad you were not involved.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
@RebeccasFarm
I'm glad I wasn't involved.
Because Yvonne was on the back of the bike
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
It was ok coming home.
Exactly half an hour it took.
No sign of a car in a tree either.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
It happened hours before we were in that area.
Funny thing was the road was open again when we came home and there was no sign of any crash at all
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@jstory07 (129858)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Mar
@JimBo452020 They cleaned up everything fast.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
@jstory07
Spotlessly.
How they got the car out of the tree without leaving any mess was clever Judy
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@rakski (114592)
• Philippines
24 Mar
@JimBo452020 to fly like that, I am sure the car is speeding
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
I think the flying car hit a kerb and just took off into the air.
Must have been going at some speed
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
@rakski
It was a fair height off the ground lol
Supercar, you will believe a car can fly!!
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@TheHorse (183347)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar
@JimBo452020 Anybody seriously hurt?
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
It's ok
We weren't involved.
I want to know how it happened.
Tomorrow's news bulletins will no doubt tell us all about it
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@MarieCoyle (16618)
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24 Mar
I am glad you didn't get to that spot when the wreck was actually taking place. And good that there was no fatalities. Just glad you and Yvonne are safe!
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
The accident happened two hours before we had even left home.
The traffic tailback had some really bad tempered driver's lol.
I told one guy to take a chill pill
I looked around again and he had lit up a joint.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
@MarieCoyle
I'm hardened to it now.
I just move along and get on with my day
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@MarieCoyle (16618)
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25 Mar
@JimBo452020
I can definitely relate to that. If we think too long and hard on bad things, it can have dire effects on us.
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@celticeagle (146824)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Mar
Good grief! What a terrible thing. Glad you folks weren't involved.
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@celticeagle (146824)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Mar
@JimBo452020 ..........I don't seem to be able to watch such things.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
I must admit I would have.liked to have seen exactly what happened.
It would have been like watching a movie.
Awesome
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@kaylachan (45544)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Mar
I feel for those who hit the tree. I hope they were able to walk away.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
Nobody was killed amazingly enough.
I wonder if the people in the car on the tree climbed down the tree ok
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
@kaylachan
I walked away from an ex partner
Yay for me
She most likely said the same lol
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@sjvg1976 (42047)
• Delhi, India
25 Mar
@JimBo452020 I understand. It happens sometimes when we have an accident or a vehicle gets in break down.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
We hardly ever get stuck in traffic here.
Our roads in Scotland are ok and traffic flows well outside of rush hour.
so this today was a nasty shock.
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@FourWalls (55309)
• United States
25 Mar
I saw the news headline on the Associated Press website. I’m sorry you were stuck in traffic all that time.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
Wow it reached international news platforms
Yay for us
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@RasmaSandra (65221)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Mar
It is always a nightmare to have to sit in a car trying to get by a bad accident, Just glad you got to your friend's house and back in one piece,
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
We were diverted to avoid it
I would loved to have seen the devastation and destruction and the car in the tree.
We got back home on record time though and in the dark on wet roads.
Yay for me
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@moffittjc (112860)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Mar
Wow, those crazy Scottish drivers!
And I’m surprised you didn’t list the distances in kilometers instead of miles.
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@moffittjc (112860)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Mar
@JimBo452020 You're a bad European! lol
It still blows my mind that the US hasn't fully converted over to the metric system like the rest of the world. Some things here are in metric, but most is still in the old English measurement system, or standard measurement system, or whatever the hell it's called. We definitely still measure in miles, that's for sure.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
@moffittjc
America is messed up.
Only 3.87 litres to a gallon
What's that all about?
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
I don't do metric.
My bike tells me distances in miles
And I smile
I don't skilometer
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
24 Mar
Aye we were fine.
See on the way back
We passed where it happened and there was no sign of a crash at all
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@thislittlepennyearns (57560)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Mar
Probably caused by someone not paying attention, or being on the phone or something.
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@thislittlepennyearns (57560)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Mar
@JimBo452020 I've seen them fly into trees, over curbs, into lakes.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
28 Mar
@thislittlepennyearns
Aye but what had you been smoking?
Happens to me too
@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
Aye well it proved one thing
Cars can indeed fly.
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. Never fun getting stuck in traffic either especially when moving so darn slow or at a stand still.@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
And the diversion we had to follow was slow going too
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@LadyDuck (439803)
• Switzerland
26 Mar
@JimBo452020 - I did not know that Aberdeen people are called sheep shaggers. I think that all countries have funny nicknames for people living in some places.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
So bad it made lots of different news platforms.
It was so bad that it made the Oil Capital of Europe cut off from the South for hours.
The sheep were left without a shepherd
Aberdeen people are called sheep shaggers
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
27 Mar
@LadyDuck
Sheep shaggers refers to those who live in the Shire of Aberdeen.
Been some cases in the news of late..
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@lovebuglena (40558)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Mar
Wow! Must be serious injuries for those in the car. Sucks to be stuck in traffic but better than getting caught in a fender bender or worse.
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@lovebuglena (40558)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Mar
@JimBo452020 what caused such an accident?
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@lovebuglena (40558)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar
@JimBo452020 People really shouldn't talk on the phone while driving. Worse yet they shouldn't be texting or writing emails while driving. I think my brother does all that. And he will be steering with his knees while doing that.
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
27 Mar
It was a 17 vehicle fender bender Lena.
Not sure just how serious injuries were
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
25 Mar
I imagine it would have been
Especially for the people in the car that got wedged in a tree
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@LindaOHio (122931)
• United States
16 Apr
Wow! I hope no one was killed or injured badly. I'm glad you and Yvonne are safe and sound.
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@arunima25 (81945)
• Bangalore, India
25 Mar
Sorry about that. Seems like a bad accident there. Hope at least people were safe.
Sorry about being stuck in traffic for so long. But Thank God that you reached safe to your friend's home.
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@arunima25 (81945)
• Bangalore, India
27 Mar
@JimBo452020 I can very well relate to that. Happens to me all the time 
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@JimBo452020 (52126)
• Montrose, Scotland
27 Mar
Oh yes
By the time we got to his house I really needed to use the bathroom!!
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