RE: Nordschleife Pile-Up: The Aftermath

[Rude-boy]

wackojacko said:

So the strict rule of no Video recording on tourist days is no longer applicable ?

Thought it was no exception rule.


Nasty accident, st happens though.....

It is banned, but not Policed very much by the looks of Youtube etal.

It is interesting though that the basis for a ban on these is to try to stop people from playing to the camera, yet it would appear, such as in this case, that it could also highlight other issues which the 'ring might not want broadcast.

There will be some who would think nothing of posting corpse's in leathers which is a very good reason to prevent it - The ban it all lobby would have a field day.

On the other hand let us say that there was a significant incident and there were serious questions raised as to who was to blame with differing stories then the footage could be very helpful. Especially in situations where the relative competence of the drivers could, on the face of it, lead to undue weighting being given to one side of the story over the other.

Look at the Ring Taxi videos. On the face of it an incident where a taxi and a MOP car were involved you would understandably be expecting to see that it was the MOP who caused the issue. Yet with a video it would be easy to see if the Taxi was taking a bigger risk than they appreciated or if the MOP wondered into their path.

When £1mil+ PI claims could rest on the outcome I know that I would rather have a camera in my car than not.

[Mr Whippy]

Driving faster than the space you can see to be clear or reasonably expect to be clear.

Bit bad that people are blaming people for this. It's a toll-road with a speed limit based on appropriate speed, not a race course with marshals and flagging etc?!

Dave

[C8PPO]

Helluva thread-echo going on here.

Carry on guys, you've got about another 25 pages of duplicating Monday's thread to go.....but so far your plagiarisms are spot on.

[Greg_D]

C8PPO said:

Helluva thread-echo going on here.

Carry on guys, you've got about another 25 pages of duplicating Monday's thread to go.....but so far your plagiarisms are spot on.

fair enough, but some of us have a life and don't keep on top of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the thousands of threads that are posted weekly on PH, there's no need to be so stty about us missing one. Get a grip and read something else you do agree with, there's plenty out there

[WorAl]

acer12 said:

marcosgt said:

That's 15 minutes of my life I won't get back!

M

dont forget to add the 5 minutes that it took to write the above

EFA

[y2blade]

Greg_D said:

C8PPO said:

Helluva thread-echo going on here.

Carry on guys, you've got about another 25 pages of duplicating Monday's thread to go.....but so far your plagiarisms are spot on.

fair enough, but some of us have a life and don't keep on top of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the thousands of threads that are posted weekly on PH, there's no need to be so stty about us missing one. Get a grip and read something else you do agree with, there's plenty out there

well said Greg

[C8PPO]

Greg_D said:

C8PPO said:

Helluva thread-echo going on here.

Carry on guys, you've got about another 25 pages of duplicating Monday's thread to go.....but so far your plagiarisms are spot on.

fair enough, but some of us have a life and don't keep on top of EVERY SINGLE ONE of the thousands of threads that are posted weekly on PH, there's no need to be so stty about us missing one. Get a grip and read something else you do agree with, there's plenty out there

Easy tiger - someone nicked your stapler?

I was just pointing out that you can add your opinion to an existing thread rather than simply repeating the whole, lengthy episode.

[SmoothCriminal]

That black megane was asking to be rear-ended one lucky person.

[groomi]

C8PPO said:

Easy tiger - someone nicked your stapler?

I was just pointing out that you can add your opinion to an existing thread rather than simply repeating the whole, lengthy episode.

Perhaps tell that to PH themselves who chose to start a new thread, rather than link the news item to the existing thread (assuming that's even possible).

Calm down dear, people are simple responding to the news item.

[WorAl]

That could have been a hell of a lot worse. At 10.30 the ring taxi (Or whatever car it was) seems to have stepped onto the grass and lost the back end before slamming into the vette.

[WorAl]

SmoothCriminal said:

That black megane was asking to be rear-ended one lucky person.

I'm not sure that would have been the time nor the place to get up to such antics.

[acer12]

Mr Whippy said:

Driving faster than the space you can see to be clear or reasonably expect to be clear.

Ever been to the ring? Its full of blind crests 140mph+ corners, its half the buzz.

If people followed what you are saying and assumed that there may be a flock of geese around every corner then I dont think that there would be many people attending the track or in fact any track

[Greg_D]

acer12 said:

Mr Whippy said:

Driving faster than the space you can see to be clear or reasonably expect to be clear.

Ever been to the ring? Its full of blind crests 140mph+ corners, its half the buzz.

If people followed what you are saying and assumed that there may be a flock of geese around every corner then I dont think that there would be many people attending the track or in fact any track

indeed, the likelihood of a child running out from behind an ice cream van is mercifully slim at the NS, so the usual rules of the actual road don't really count.

Let's be honest, although it technically is a toll road, it is perceived as, used as and promoted as a race track where it is not at all frowned upon to wring your cars neck.

[Sir_Dave]

RicksAlfas said:

If you watch round about 10:30 you can see the Ring Taxi hit the Corvette...

And spookily, at 6 mins, the e92 M3 that goes flying past, is the same one at the front of the accident queue (next to the VX220's) thats missing a wheel ...

Ridiculous set of roadworks though. Although, to be fair, when i've been there, they've been just as bad!!

[y2blade]

has this all been hushed-up on the Nurburgring forums?

[Johnboy Mac]

Out of interest does anybody know how far the warning sign was away from the actual road works rather than initial crash?

[mat205125]

[JonnyFive]

y2blade said:

has this all been hushed-up on the Nurburgring forums?

Apparently other videos of the crash site were taken down from Youtube yesterday..

[one-point-nine]

As the camera car goes through the barrier and onto the 'Ring itself you can see the white M3 pull in behind him from completing a previous lap.

Little did the driver know he had only a few minutes left with that car intact :-(

[y2blade]

one-point-nine said:

As the camera car goes through the barrier and onto the 'Ring itself you can see the white M3 pull in behind him from completing a previous lap.

Little did the driver know he had only a few minutes left with that car intact :-(