Driving out of the supermarket carpark, I noticed a car had stopped pn the narrow section of road in front of me. Next thing I know, BANG. I thought someone had chucked a breezeblock onto the car from the roof. Then I saw the big yellow barrier right by my head!
So, it seems that the barrier should have been locked in the open position, but wasn’t. The car in front of me had driven into it, smashing their windscreen. That impact knocked the barrier forwards, hitting the hedge, then swinging backwards again into my windscreen.
Quite a shock, as you can imagine. I think my neck will hurt a bit once the adrenline has wirn off as it feels a bit sore and sounds a bit crunchy! I reckon half a second later and it would have through the passenger window and through my skull.
Car’s a write off most likely as the barrier mashed the pillar and bent the roof upwards.