13yr old killed in F50
Discussion
Digga said:
Soov535 said:
And how we all have a responsibility to wind it in when there's a child involved, in particular someone else's.
TBF, it's not just children; what if your passenger is a parent? It's one of the reasons why I've never been keen on having passengers at track days. Unless they're expendable crash-test dummies like me.
A safe and reasonable speed for proceeding down a private drive/farm track in someone else's F50 is probably what - 15mph at best?
Speeds needed to launch a car through seriously strong roadside obstacles like seen in the pictures must be far in excess of what is reasonable and safe I would guess.
Tragic incident. Will be interesting to see what the police charge the driver with, if he survives.
Speeds needed to launch a car through seriously strong roadside obstacles like seen in the pictures must be far in excess of what is reasonable and safe I would guess.
Tragic incident. Will be interesting to see what the police charge the driver with, if he survives.
MOTK said:
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). Tragic and horrific.
Edited by marshalla on Wednesday 24th August 20:03
My condolences out to both families. When I was a nipper in the early 80's we had a bloke down the road who was an amateur rally driver with a Mk2 RS2000, lived next to my mate. We used to watch him spannering on it, then he'd take us for the odd spin on a Saturday, fully giving it the berries - we were a bunch of 10yo's in the back, no seatbelts, egging him on. There but for the grace of God and all that.
PurpleTurtle said:
My condolences out to both families. When I was a nipper in the early 80's we had a bloke down the road who was an amateur rally driver with a Mk2 RS2000, lived next to my mate. We used to watch him spannering on it, then he'd take us for the odd spin on a Saturday, fully giving it the berries - we were a bunch of 10yo's in the back, no seatbelts, egging him on. There but for the grace of God and all that.
Very much so. I recall being a ton up in Dad's Capri 3000GXL in 1975 ish, him with a fag on on the way back from the pub, me sat between the front seats egging him on.Happy happy memories, and yet...... as you say there but for the grace of God go I..........
I have no doubt that the driver was well intentioned and good bloke doing a good turn and that he simply wanted to give the lad a thrill and a memory to last forever. I am not a crash investigtor but even common sense says that this car was travelling at high speed when it left the road, one minute after setting off (cold tyres etc?).
I take no pleasure at all, but this does seem to me to be a McRae all over again, leaving aside the possibility of mechanical failure. Too much desire for excitement and to do good meaning a momentary lapse meaning catastrophe. "Watch this".
Awful.
Edited by Soov535 on Wednesday 24th August 13:15
Soov535 said:
Very much so. I recall being a ton up in Dad's Capri 3000GXL, him with a fag on, me sat between the front seats egging him on.
As kids, we'd holiday on the East Yorks coast with family. Dad would, on quieter b-roads, allow me and my sister perch on the top fof the front seat backs, head, shoulders and arms out of the sunroof of the Mk1 Granada, like tank commanders. He'd be doing at least 40mph at the time.SilverSpur said:
A safe and reasonable speed for proceeding down a private drive/farm track in someone else's F50 is probably what - 15mph at best?
Speeds needed to launch a car through seriously strong roadside obstacles like seen in the pictures must be far in excess of what is reasonable and safe I would guess.
Tragic incident. Will be interesting to see what the police charge the driver with, if he survives.
Not really a farm track, concrete roadSpeeds needed to launch a car through seriously strong roadside obstacles like seen in the pictures must be far in excess of what is reasonable and safe I would guess.
Tragic incident. Will be interesting to see what the police charge the driver with, if he survives.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2653914,-0.94900...
If you zoom in past the white van you can see the wooden bollards. It's a fair distance to get a pace on in an F50. I'd say most drive along there at 20-30mph. I cycle along there quite a bit
IanA2 said:
Quote from their website."Car maintenance specialists who care as much for your car as you do"
Bloody sad all round.
Edited by Eric Mc on Wednesday 24th August 16:00
IanA2 said:
It's been a fairly rubbish week for people looking for prestige car storage solutions in the SE.Hope the driver makes a full recovery.
Silver940 said:
Not really a farm track, concrete road
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2653914,-0.94900...
If you zoom in past the white van you can see the wooden bollards. It's a fair distance to get a pace on in an F50. I'd say most drive along there at 20-30mph. I cycle along there quite a bit
Hmmm, concrete all the way? Concrete can be a bhttps://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2653914,-0.94900...
If you zoom in past the white van you can see the wooden bollards. It's a fair distance to get a pace on in an F50. I'd say most drive along there at 20-30mph. I cycle along there quite a bit
h when is dry and dusty. Very slippery and unforgiving.Zooming out on the map, I notice the road forms a loop around a large field. Where were they going I wonder - a quick hot lap around the loop? The Paul Walker crash in the US occurred on a road that went around in a 'ring'.
yes if you were in someone else's Ferrari and you didn't have permission to give passenger laps I'd guess you'd carefully go around at 20mph. Unless you are trying to impress someone.
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