Car transporter crash brands hatch

[MrAverage]

Any on here know anything about this?

www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/amp/luxury-spor...

Looks like a costly insurance claim....

What/ where the cars were heading? My guess would be too brands hatch.

[Yex RS4]

Track day organiser at Brands apparently.

Driver claims he "dabbed" on the brakes and it snaked on him.

[gmaz]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/MintyGts/status/16947289966202...

[Mr Tidy]

That looks like quite a mess.

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

[rallycross]

Mr Tidy said:

That looks like quite a mess.

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

Nightmare for all involved

[Sebring440]

Mr Tidy said:

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

Ah, you know all about it. What happened then?

[Mr Tidy]

Sebring440 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

Ah, you know all about it. What happened then?

I've only seen the result.

But if you/your insurer would be getting the bill for that would you retain that driver?

[Maxdecel]

Mr Tidy said:

Sebring440 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

Ah, you know all about it. What happened then

I've only seen the result.
But if you/your insurer would be getting the bill for that would you retain that driver?

Would appear Everyman Racing have a different opinion - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Its Just Adz]

Mr Tidy said:

I've only seen the result.

But if you/your insurer would be getting the bill for that would you retain that driver?

Speaking as a transporter driver, I'd say he wont lose his job. As long as he wasn't texting or something daft.
The company have put out a press release praising his quick reactions, so guessing he has tried to avoid a car / cow / cyclist and got it well out of shape.

[limmy01]

Plenty of projects there for Matt Armstrong

[Its Just Adz]

Sounds like driver not at fault.

[dxg]

So, were these fleet cars rather than customer cars?

Would at least make things simpler...

[PlywoodPascal]

Yeah I think Everyman racing are a ‘super car driving experience’ type company.

Response from poster here about firing the driver a bit odd.

Employees are people (even the good ones), people make mistakes (even the careful ones), and when driving you are not in control of your environment. Yes, you’d fire someone if they were reckless. But thats unlikely in this situation. It’s very very easy to imagine something happening on the road that requires some evasive action, leading to an incident like this. In fact, depending on circumstances, what happened might even be a GOOD outcome, not a bad one. So to go straight to ‘fire the driver’ is just… odd.

[normalbloke]

Its Just Adz said:

Sounds like driver not at fault.

This is a refreshing response.

[Bemmer]

" Boss what are we going to do with the various cars that are now accumulating major problems. Four need full engine rebuilds,six have major gearbox problems and others with various expensive electrical and ECU issues not to mention bodywork? "


" Well I have an idea "


Just saying.....!

[Smint]

Speaking as another (moved to easier pastures new) transporter driver, as said above so long as the driver wasn't doing something daft there's no reason to suppose he will lose his job.

Even if he has made a driving mistake and from the link the company don't think he has, if everyone who works for a living was sacked when they made an error there'd be no one (except politicians who blame everyone else for their erros) still in a job.

The modern design of transporter takes some handling, unlike almost any other truck design the way its configured, maybe a timely reminder that umpteen ncap stars mean sod all if that lot lands on your car.

[Missy Charm]

Maxdecel said:

Mr Tidy said:

Sebring440 said:

Mr Tidy said:

Driver might well be unemployed right now!

Ah, you know all about it. What happened then

I've only seen the result.
But if you/your insurer would be getting the bill for that would you retain that driver?

Would appear Everyman Racing have a different opinion - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Oh, let Mr Tidy have his fun. Some blokes seem to get unreasonably excited at the opportunity to play manager in these circumstances and have fun opining that they would sack this or that employee. God knows why, possibly makes them feel powerful. I've been on the receiving end with a customer who, for spurious reasons, claimed he would have sacked me if he was my boss.

'But you aren't, sir,' was the reply. He had nothing to say after that!

Anyway, glad the driver is all right and sounds - from the statement - as if he prevented something more serious happening.

[MBVitoria]

normalbloke said:

Its Just Adz said:

Sounds like driver not at fault.

This is a refreshing response.

Fair play that certainly is refreshing. I assume they will have had dashcam etc so have a fair idea what happened. Good that they're standing by the driver.

[WPA]

limmy01 said:

Plenty of projects there for Matt Armstrong

I was just thinking but was it not this company he got the Lamborghini and Ferrari projects from.

[Blown2CV]

Everyman are great. I've used them twice. Second time was only a few months ago. Some of their cars were looking a bit worse for wear. I wonder how many cars needing expensive maintenance were on that particular transporter!