Bad crash at my local boy racer meet

Bad crash at my local boy racer meet

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matjk

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1,101 posts

139 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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So tonight it finally happened , a car pulled out In front of a Nisan racing at about 70, he was forced into the central reservation where about 20 people were standing ! It’s looks really bad , I’d be amazed if no deaths frown ! This is a local meet in Stevenage.
Lots of videos circulating , it was a crazy dangerous situation and I’m surprised it’s taken this long


Edited by matjk on Tuesday 23 July 00:37

matjk

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1,101 posts

139 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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This was the car that pulled hit the crowd

Edited by matjk on Thursday 18th July 23:54

HorneyMX5

5,308 posts

149 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Two dead apparently. There’s a lot of chatter about it on the Reading Jap Meet group as the same problem with crowds on the exit happens. They group right on the exits and anyone leaving can’t see to their right for traffic approaching.

It a terrible thing to happen but really people should know better than to stand 2 feet from a road with people doing 70mph+.

matjk

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1,101 posts

139 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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I cant believe people stood there every week ! It’s madness , also all the onlookers block the view of cars pulling out, Ive seen about 30 near misses in the last 4 weeks , really close near misses ! It’s by my house so I’ve seen the carnage ! So many people hurt

sheepman

437 posts

159 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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people are saying 2 dead on Instagram. Terrible.

matjk

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139 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Only 2 would be a miracle, ive seen the video , and if you know the road and where people stand you would understand why

Phil Dicky

7,162 posts

262 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Shocking news that two are dead, but why on earth are people stood in the middle of the road.

roadsmash

2,622 posts

69 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Horror photo from the Daily Mail.


Boydie88

3,283 posts

148 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8886565,-0.1953166...

40 mph bit of road.

The 350z definitely wasn't doing that.

I've nothing against car meets but anyone driving like that Nissan around them deserves maximum sentence.

ChocolateFrog

24,852 posts

172 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Just what the hand wringers need.

Whoever was driving that car just effectively ruined a few lives, aswell as his own.

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Just round the corner from me, that's a 40mph stretch uphill off a roundabout, just opposite Stevenage FC stadium.

Seen the video, looks bad. Used to have a Cruise-Herts sticker on my car years ago, back then all we could afford were Fiestas and small hatchbacks - maybe an old Scoobie! Crazy what cars these young 20-somethings are driving to these meets now.

Hope the fatality rumours are just that.

matjk

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1,101 posts

139 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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I have just been sent the video, the Nissan was tanking it , but they all do

matjk

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139 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Our young sales guy used to go weekly , some of the cars have over 700bhp driven by 20 year olds , just undeclared mods . There was a Ferrari and a V10 R8 last week , down to old MK3 Escorts ! Oddly they put a barrier in the car park today to keep them out , but it’s not operational till tomorrow. They where moaning on the Cruise Herts website about it

matjk

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1,101 posts

139 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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They don’t race as such , it’s more of a hill climb I guess , go as fast up the hill as they can , but the junction is tricky and you can’t see cars pulling out due to crowd . I would say the Nisan driver is going down for this if someone dies

designforlife

3,734 posts

162 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Just hearing about this, am only down the road and used to post on the cruise herts forums back in the day.

I watched the vid though, and I'm amazed at the stupidity of both drivers and crowd... in a situation like that its only going to be a matter of time before something goes badly wrong.

I don't go to these night time static meets/cruises for very good reason, and they give a bad name to modified car owners on a wider scale.

DeltaTango

381 posts

122 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Awful. Drove past the meet just before 8pm.

You've got to be going some to get that speed up on that short section from the roundabout.

Agree with posters mentioning the lack of sense of those standing there. Tiny, pavement height central divide.

Fingers crossed it's only 2 fatalities, there will be life changing injuries to others I'm sure.

I didn't think I'd yearn for the days of max power's 1 litre st boxes, evidently they were halcyon days if this is the consequence of massive performance accessible to all.

ericmcn

1,999 posts

96 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Phil Dicky said:
Shocking news that two are dead, but why on earth are people stood in the middle of the road.
because instagram yo and because of selfies and people falling off cliffs dying whilst taking them..

sadly, its the way things are with people who wont know better - more people will line up in the same spot at the next 'meet'

Aphex

2,160 posts

199 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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that was brutal. Surprised if the driver gets out of there in one piece

meatballs

1,140 posts

59 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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HorneyMX5 said:
Two dead apparently. There’s a lot of chatter about it on the Reading Jap Meet group as the same problem with crowds on the exit happens. They group right on the exits and anyone leaving can’t see to their right for traffic approaching.

It a terrible thing to happen but really people should know better than to stand 2 feet from a road with people doing 70mph+.
You don't do 70mph on a road lined with pedestrians ffs

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Friday 19th July 2019
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Is there a full video out there? The one I've seen cuts out just before the cars collide.

The Nissan speeding way over the limit, the BMW trying to spin his wheels and trying to get a bit "sideways" coming out of the junction, people standing in harms way in the middle of a road, a recipe for disaster.

I've always found the idea of these car meets a bit cringey, but these guys don't do themselves any favours.