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will3
will3 Posts: 2,173
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=323_1250531763

soz if covered before :roll:

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Grim, I only watched until the end of the crash, reminded me of the beavis and butt-head drivers ed episode.

    That'd certainly put me off texting - if it didn't already get right on my tits :x
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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    If they were guaranteed to only take themselves out I'd be all for letting people use the phone while driving. Unfortunately that rarely happens.
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    The vid is very well done I thought, except that I'd expect more extensive damage, esp to a Ka, for a 30-40mph offset head on.

    Sadly I just wonder a) how many of the people who really need to see his will actually see it and b) how many heros out there will think "yeah, silly girls - that would never happen to me" and just go on with the stupid behaviour.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Roastie wrote:
    The vid is very well done I thought, except that I'd expect more extensive damage, esp to a Ka, for a 30-40mph offset head on.

    Sadly I just wonder a) how many of the people who really need to see his will actually see it and b) how many heros out there will think "yeah, silly girls - that would never happen to me" and just go on with the stupid behaviour.

    Yeah teenage boys will just carr on, there needs to be one for ech really.
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Fcuk me that's grim, yet big budget stuff!

    Let's make a "what happens if you RLJ" video :lol:
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Il Principe wrote:
    Fcuk me that's grim, yet big budget stuff!

    Let's make a "what happens if you RLJ" video :lol:

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    That site is awful - there's even a video of Roger Williamson's fatal crash.

    Horrific.
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    -null- wrote:
    If they were guaranteed to only take themselves out I'd be all for letting people use the phone while driving. Unfortunately that rarely happens.
    +1

    Silly girls; what are they doing driving anyway?
    Don't they know that they can only think of embroidery and kittens? The motor vehicle is based upon the principles of the internal combustion engine and far too complicated for their pretty little heads

    Women, for pity's sake, don't drive
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    symo wrote:
    -null- wrote:
    If they were guaranteed to only take themselves out I'd be all for letting people use the phone while driving. Unfortunately that rarely happens.
    +1

    Silly girls; what are they doing driving anyway?
    Don't they know that they can only think of embroidery and kittens? The motor vehicle is based upon the principles of the internal combustion engine and far too complicated for their pretty little heads

    Women, for pity's sake, don't drive

    Yeah, it would have been better had it involved teenage boys, they're the ones who think they're invincible.

    One crashed into me this time last year, it was dark, raining heavily, on a not quite wide enough for a white line down the middle road. He admitted that he was doing 60, which in my experience probably means he was going faster, lost control and hit me side on despite the fact that I was all the way on the grass verge. I escaped pretty well unscathed, my car was about a foot narrower than it had been. He maintained that it wasn't his fault, and that 60mph wasn't too fast for the road/conditions. :roll:
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    He maintained that it wasn't his fault

    He kinda has to, insurance and all that...

    Muppet, though.
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Yeah, it would have been better had it involved teenage boys, they're the ones who think they're invincible.

    One crashed into me this time last year, it was dark, raining heavily, on a not quite wide enough for a white line down the middle road. He admitted that he was doing 60, which in my experience probably means he was going faster, lost control and hit me side on despite the fact that I was all the way on the grass verge. I escaped pretty well unscathed, my car was about a foot narrower than it had been. He maintained that it wasn't his fault, and that 60mph wasn't too fast for the road/conditions. :roll:

    I get you, and the two road accidents I have been involved with have been teen/early twenties boys, who genuinely think they can drive.

    Me I have been driving for 16 years now and 5 with a full motorcycle license. I still think I am crap at both though. However stick me on the Kiron pointing downhill and I am Cancellara catching the peloton up.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Aidy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    He maintained that it wasn't his fault

    He kinda has to, insurance and all that...

    Muppet, though.

    I'd totally agree, but for the fact that his justification was 'I lost control of the car so it wasn't my fault because I wasn't in control.'

    :roll:
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'd totally agree, but for the fact that his justification was 'I lost control of the car so it wasn't my fault because I wasn't in control.'

    :roll:

    Presumably it was a knight rider style car, and the car, completely of its own accord, decided to ram you off the road. :)
  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    Aidy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I'd totally agree, but for the fact that his justification was 'I lost control of the car so it wasn't my fault because I wasn't in control.'

    :roll:

    Presumably it was a knight rider style car, and the car, completely of its own accord, decided to ram you off the road. :)

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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Aidy wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    He maintained that it wasn't his fault

    He kinda has to, insurance and all that...

    Muppet, though.

    I'd totally agree, but for the fact that his justification was 'I lost control of the car so it wasn't my fault because I wasn't in control.'

    :roll:
    It's a pity your car was there tbh. It's fun playing the "how the heck did the car end up like that" game when you pass a crashed car.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    -null- wrote:
    It's a pity your car was there tbh. It's fun playing the "how the heck did the car end up like that" game when you pass a crashed car.

    Yes, that's why it's a pity ;)
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Hampton Court roundabout gets me, I mean roundabouts aren't known for sudden changes in velocity yet it's always having to be patched up, one car even managed to mount the island in the middle, so the car was stuck high and dry...
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Okay, so I actually just watched it. Fairly brutal.

    Anyone else find it glaringly obvious how the smashed window miraculously isn't when the car comes to a stop, though?
  • Mikelyons
    Mikelyons Posts: 154
    roger merriman wrote:
    Hampton Court roundabout gets me, I mean roundabouts aren't known for sudden changes in velocity yet it's always having to be patched up, one car even managed to mount the island in the middle, so the car was stuck high and dry...

    HC roundabout is normally pretty gridlocked during most of the day - but I can imagine a few accidents in the evening when you can approach fast from the dual carriage way.

    Not that that excuses anyone

    Mike

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