Burst tyre

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A few days into our holiday two years ago in Barbados my family and I were driving down a motorway in a rental car when a tyre got a puncture. We pulled over as soon as someone shouted at us while driving past us. We didn't have much chance to consider the problem let alone any possible solution when the man who rented us the car pulled over behind us! He didn't know that we were on this motorway and the tyre was a surprise anyway, they had been perfectly safe when he gave us the car. It was coincedence that he was 2 minutes behind us, and a luck one too!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:27:31 +0000Coincidence ID:3996