Dangers of Winter Driving

[dhamah]

i just copied this post from an alfa romeo forum, a lesson in winter driving to all of us chimaera owners.

I just recieved some very sad news, an old friend of mine died in a car crash at the weekend. He was driving his TVR Chimera, they think he hit some black ice, but whatever happened he ended up clipping a hedgerow and flipping the car. He didn't stand any chance.

This is a guy whith both carting and club racing experience under his belt, so the lesson is, even experienced and capable drivers can get it very wrong in a TVR.

[tantivy]

Good point dhamah - thanks for posting this across - I'm assuming the driver/chimaera isn't known on this forum? Wonder if we should all fit rollbars from TowerView or elsewhere... might not have helped by sound of things, tho... again - good post - we need to take real care. Anybody know any more about this crash?

[rude girl]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=26218&f=23&h=0

[Graham]

I too was wondering if it was a rollover accident and if a roll bar would be a good idea for mine


mmm maybe a call to towerview is in order....

[tantivy]

Thanks rudegirl & dhamah - let's close this thread

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[ABBTVR]

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[sxo]

Picture of the Chimera involved in the A3 accident last weekend near Send/Guildford posted in this week's local rag. The driver was from Walton-on-Thames (not appropriate to post his name). Very sad.

[sxo]

Apologies - just noticed this thread has been closed before I posted my short comment.