2006 Houx Annex crash

[bernhund]

Ok fellas, time to bring the debate to an end. I am grateful for your concern and well wishes. Thankyou for your views and opinions, for and against. They all help me relate to what happened. I accept my responsibility in this ugly incident. Unfortunately for me I've got the worst deal. My mate is guilty certainly for ignoring the priority to the right rule, as for the speeding, we don't know. There is no mention of it in the police report, just what I was told by a nurse in the hospital. Having considered the situation even more closely than ever, I honestly cannot imagine that ANYONE in the crash would have survived an impact at that speed. That is not to say he was driving within the limit. As for the French driver, I believe it was the woman and I would guess she'd had a drink. I think she is also partly responsible but we will never know as I will not pursue the case. Please don't judge me by this incident. Nobody on pistonheads has ever stuck entirely within the law all the time or you'd be travelling around on the bus. Hopefully we can all learn a lesson or two from this. As the french say 'C'est la vie'.

[gary11]

What a story.Good attitude,youve taken it well ,Im sure it will all work out OK,you are right, hands up the drivers who havent had a near one on the way down! I know I have but we all think it will never happen to us,I hope you dont have any problems with your health in the future,in a way I suppose financially they couldve wiped you out so you can knowing the financial liabilites if you lost un uninsured court case in France as you say move on,at least you have the werewithall to get on and put it behind you good luck may see u at le mans
Gary

[bernhund]

gary11 said:

What a story.Good attitude,youve taken it well ,Im sure it will all work out OK,you are right, hands up the drivers who havent had a near one on the way down! I know I have but we all think it will never happen to us,I hope you dont have any problems with your health in the future,in a way I suppose financially they couldve wiped you out so you can knowing the financial liabilites if you lost un uninsured court case in France as you say move on,at least you have the werewithall to get on and put it behind you good luck may see u at le mans
Gary

Thanks for your support Gary. I'm not here looking for sympathy or trying to show off in some bizarre way. I hoped to confirm things regarding the French driver and deal with my own conscience, as well as let you guys know what can happen when it all goes pear shaped. It is getting out of control at LeMans and we all need to take a step back and see it.
p.s I've had a bit of a chat on the Lotus elise forum too if anyone is interested in other comments. Some of which were more aggressive than on this forum.

[Polarbert]

Just had to post on here to say I remember that happening and I'm glad you've recovered. Never saw what had happened and after hearing at what damage you had done to you its amazing you're okay now.

It gets me so fking annoyed that the French bds are lying, but theres nowt you can do as you said.

[heebeegeetee]

Polarbert said:

It gets me so fking annoyed that the French bds are lying, but theres nowt you can do as you said.

But should it though? Apart from there being no evidence, i reckon whatever they did pales into total insignificance compared to what us Brits get up to each year. Don't forget, they must have had their wedding ruined, and if she was over the d&d limit (bearing in mind its lower than here) it still doesn't look as though there was much wrong with her/their driving compared to the other party, if i can be forgiven for saying.

I've thought a lot about this thread and your horrendous experience, Bernhund.
I'm not gonna do what i've done before again. I've played up too much in the past. I'd like to do le Mans again, but if and when, i'm gonna behave myself.

[burriana]

heebeegeetee said:

I'd like to do le Mans again, but if and when, i'm gonna behave myself.

And I always thought you were such a responsible chap Be good to catch up if you are down this year.

[A10ARF]

lazyitus said:

Good to hear you're OK.

I remember reading about this on Pistonheads, it sticks in my mind because we were camping at Houx when it happened although I never saw anything.

My word, glad you're getting through such a truma!

I was also in Houx but near the entrance side so , didn't see it but certainly heard the impact.

We clambered up the wall to see the shocking aftermath, and thought the worst. Glad we were proved wrong.

It's good there are some sober witnesess around in case you need it in future.


Also sobering info about fully comp insurance abroad, a painful way to find out indeed !

[bernhund]

A10ARF said:

lazyitus said:

Good to hear you're OK.

I remember reading about this on Pistonheads, it sticks in my mind because we were camping at Houx when it happened although I never saw anything.

My word, glad you're getting through such a truma!

I was also in Houx but near the entrance side so , didn't see it but certainly heard the impact.

We clambered up the wall to see the shocking aftermath, and thought the worst. Glad we were proved wrong.

It's good there are some sober witnesess around in case you need it in future.


Also sobering info about fully comp insurance abroad, a painful way to find out indeed !

Thanks for your comments Arthur.