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tuffer

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8,964 posts

290 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2002
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Just found this on www.scoobynet.co.uk guy was OK but the car www.craiglumley.com/pathy/

tuffer

Original Poster:

8,964 posts

290 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2002
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I was coming down the sweeping right hander u can see in the last pic, only going 60mph *cough* i started to brake for the entrance to work and the nose went to my right and i started going towards oncoming traffic so i turned the wheel left and she gripped and the nose started pointing left towards the field then the arse end overtook me, and the front right smashed into the kerb and flipped me over, 6+ times apparently.

Happened right outside work aswell, ill never hear the end of it
thatellearnhim !

madcop

6,649 posts

286 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2002
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He was an extremely lucky old boy. I have been to the scene of three such accidents where this sort of post and rail fencing was involved and in those accidents either driver or front passenger were impaled by 8 feet of 4" X 2" rail. One of the drivers sat with this splinter through his left breast just above his nipple for 3 hours, flashing his headlights (what was left of them) until someone noticed him, due to the hedge around the post and rail. He also had a 6" nail at right angles to the rail sitting nicely inside his chest and was very firmly attached to all of this through the drivers seat into the rear seat. Fortunately all of these three survived, I have been to others with similar fencing that didn't.

Post and rail fencing is lethal to car drivers. Next time you pass some, look at the height of the top rail. It coincides very nicely with the centre of your chest when you are sitting in a car seat

VictorMeldrew

8,293 posts

300 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Fences kill!

Don't hear too much support for a fence removal program in the interest of road safety. If you boys are aware of the lethal implications of this type of fence why is there no pressure to have them removed?

Oops, I forgot, if we didn't speed we wouldn't crash so it wouldn't matter. Silly me.

pawsmcgraw

957 posts

281 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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glad he's ok.

Next time i'm ploughing my paddocks i'd better watch out!My tractor really would squash it flat!

Captain Muppet

8,540 posts

288 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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VictorMeldrew said: Fences kill!

Don't hear too much support for a fence removal program in the interest of road safety. If you boys are aware of the lethal implications of this type of fence why is there no pressure to have them removed?

Oops, I forgot, if we didn't speed we wouldn't crash so it wouldn't matter. Silly me.


Quick - set up cameras to take pictures of fences so we ccan fine the owners...

gsxrblue

232 posts

289 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Lucky chap

what happens with the insurance, do they just pay out or try and argue excess speed to avoid paying ???

Dan

1,068 posts

307 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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I don't envy him next years insurance

Guess he'll be buying a nova then....

marki

15,763 posts

293 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Curious what sort of speed he had at the start of this little adventure.

that is some distance from the road he achived

lucky guy

dennisthemenace

15,605 posts

291 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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very lucky chap, must have been driving like a tw@t though

CarZee

13,382 posts

290 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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I'm sure Smifffy will be along shortly to welcome him to the Dead Scooby Society

craigalsop

1,991 posts

291 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Hmmm - in the 12th picture in the foreground, I see a baseball cap - by it's shape, it looks like it has been worn backwards . I hope this is taken into account by the accident investigator.
Still - more proof of how strong the passenger cells of Subarus are, despite the flimsy outer panels....

smifffy

2,000 posts

289 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Good work that man!

An excellent attempt which might just wrestle my crown of most fcuked scooby away from me.

Glad he's in 1 piece, Scoobies seem to be bloody good at protecting drivers whilst the rest of the car disintegrates. (I prefer it that way round).

Just in case any missed it, here's my car from earlier this year



>> Edited by smifffy on Wednesday 23 October 09:47

moleamol

15,887 posts

286 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Just found this on www.scoobynet.co.uk guy was OK but the car www.craiglumley.com/pathy/
Give it a wash and get a bit of T-cut on it and it'll be fine. Don't know what all the fuss is about

madcop

6,649 posts

286 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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dennisthemenace said: very lucky chap, must have been driving like a tw@t though


You don't need to have been driving like a tw@t for this sort ofthing to happen. All you need is a big head of speed and something unfortunate to cause you deviation.

marki

15,763 posts

293 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Hey Smiffy , they look like twins

Its got to be said that these pics are a testament to the cars strength

CarZee

13,382 posts

290 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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MadCop - come on, mate - that was Den posting...

Like most of us, when he say's "driving like a twat" - he means it as a good thing - a compliment even

tuffer

Original Poster:

8,964 posts

290 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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Im just off to pick up my spanking new Black WRX....I shall be on the look-out for fences on my way home!!!

mondeoman

11,430 posts

289 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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marki said: Curious what sort of speed he had at the start of this little adventure.

that is some distance from the road he achived

lucky guy


Doesn't have to be that quick - once you go airbourne and start rolling, you gonna travel a loooooooong way

Woodster

122 posts

286 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2002
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The strange thing about those pictures are that the only part of the car remaining intact appear to be the airbags!!