It's very disconcerting when you get overtaken by one of your own car's rear wheels. This happened to me last night, luckily I was pulling into the hard shoulder as it happened. I was wearing the dreaded shorts instead of my kilt even though they were so uncomfortable, but they ended up filthy dirty after I retreived my stray wheel from the central reservation.

Here's a tip though.

1. If you wear glasses for reading, make sure you have them with you so you can read the number you have to dial for recovery.

2. Make sure you have a charged battery on your phone.

3. Make sure you have minutes left on your phone.

I failed all three but at least I wasn't wearing my kilt which would probably have been ruined. The kilt god was taking care of me at least!