Show us your crash pics!!

[Dr Interceptor]

Frimley111R said:

Is that Camberley?

Yes, junction on the A331 with Sainsbury's at Watchmoor Park.

It definitely happened on Saturday, and I'm not sure I get the camera phone reference above?

[Slow]

Lots of clips online of mustangs crashing into/around crowds of people with phones recording them.

Usually when leaving car shows such as this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cw1bHMGOxg

[Dr Interceptor]

Slow said:

Lots of clips online of mustangs crashing into/around crowds of people with phones recording them.

Usually when leaving car shows such as this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cw1bHMGOxg

Ahh fair do's...

In that case, no. I was on my way home from Marks and Spencer's.

[Shappers24]

Munter said:

NDA said:

Munter said:

Well whoever's decided to put up fences etc to block vision as you come onto roundabouts, clearly thinks making people come to a virtual stop is better.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6388055,-2.0882117...

Not wanting to be Mr Sensible, but there could be a good reason for that one.... that looks a fast roundabout and you'd actually want people to slow down rather than quickly glance right and plough on at 50mph. Maybe?

That's just the easiest example where I can remember that they are. They are sprouting up everywhere though.

Multiple reasons for these fences...These help to reduce rear end collisions on roundabouts where there is plenty of visibility. Drivers will be focusing on looking right at the roundabout itself rather than if the car in front is stopping, so they can help reduce these. Also as noted above it can help slow traffic on the approach - roundabouts are designed to deflect drivers onto the circulatory, and if taken too quickly can lead to loss of control if the driver doesn’t realise how tight the entry radius is. You can also have them on simple priority junctions where people are failing to stop and come flying out, again the idea is that your visibility is reduced until you get to the actual stop line.

There is government guidance (based on a number of studies) which discusses that too much visibility at junctions can be as bad as not enough.

[silentbrown]

Slow said:

Lots of clips online of mustangs crashing into/around crowds of people with phones recording them.

Cockpit voice recorder: "Hold my beer and watch this..."

[Krikkit]

Shappers24 said:

Munter said:

NDA said:

Munter said:

Well whoever's decided to put up fences etc to block vision as you come onto roundabouts, clearly thinks making people come to a virtual stop is better.

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.6388055,-2.0882117...

Not wanting to be Mr Sensible, but there could be a good reason for that one.... that looks a fast roundabout and you'd actually want people to slow down rather than quickly glance right and plough on at 50mph. Maybe?

That's just the easiest example where I can remember that they are. They are sprouting up everywhere though.

Multiple reasons for these fences...These help to reduce rear end collisions on roundabouts where there is plenty of visibility. Drivers will be focusing on looking right at the roundabout itself rather than if the car in front is stopping, so they can help reduce these. Also as noted above it can help slow traffic on the approach - roundabouts are designed to deflect drivers onto the circulatory, and if taken too quickly can lead to loss of control if the driver doesn’t realise how tight the entry radius is. You can also have them on simple priority junctions where people are failing to stop and come flying out, again the idea is that your visibility is reduced until you get to the actual stop line.

There is government guidance (based on a number of studies) which discusses that too much visibility at junctions can be as bad as not enough.

From personal experience I think they work - I used to commute up the A46 around Lincoln and the roundabouts were terrible for people going incredibly quickly round them and either losing control or someone trying to enter misjudge their speed. Since putting them in this was all reduced, and with no appreciable increase in traffic queueing at the roundabouts either.

[Munter]

Krikkit said:

From personal experience I think they work - I used to commute up the A46 around Lincoln and the roundabouts were terrible for people going incredibly quickly round them and either losing control or someone trying to enter misjudge their speed. Since putting them in this was all reduced, and with no appreciable increase in traffic queueing at the roundabouts either.

Well...that's...fine. I guess they are a good thing. I don't have to be happy about it though.

[Krikkit]

Munter said:

Krikkit said:

From personal experience I think they work - I used to commute up the A46 around Lincoln and the roundabouts were terrible for people going incredibly quickly round them and either losing control or someone trying to enter misjudge their speed. Since putting them in this was all reduced, and with no appreciable increase in traffic queueing at the roundabouts either.

Well...that's...fine. I guess they are a good thing. I don't have to be happy about it though.

I agree, at quiet hours it was a bit of a pain as you could see they were totally clear from a ways back and keep your speed up, but needs must I suppose...

[pixelmix]

I'll chip in with an old one then (plates hidden as the car is no longer mine).

Driving to a wedding on a 60mph road. Stopped behind a car turning right and waiting for oncoming traffic to pass (with another Honda CR-V in between me and turning car). Stopped, foot on brake, handbrake on. I looked in the mirror as I normally do in these situations and realised that the VW van behind us was still shifting. I had nowhere to go as the inevitable locking of brakes was heard. We were punted into the back of the CR-V (I'd left a bit of a gap, but clearly not enough). The CR-V looked mostly fine as we basically went under it, and the T4 needed a new light and bumper. Several £,000 of damage which took an age to fix on our Scirocco.

We were taken home on the back of an AA truck and spent the rest of the day waiting for a hire car to be dropped off which never materialised, so we never did make it to the wedding. On the plus side (i) at least there was no issue claiming against his insurance, (ii) my wife (who was previously not terribly bothered about cars) admitted that it is worth getting something half decent after she had to spend months in a gutless Vauxhall Meriva.

[independentLee]

Dr Interceptor said:

Frimley111R said:

Is that Camberley?

Yes, junction on the A331 with Sainsbury's at Watchmoor Park.

It definitely happened on Saturday, and I'm not sure I get the camera phone reference above?

Small world. Outside my office (Watchmoor Park).

[shayne66]

Well here is mine, happened end of 2017 and my fault.
Luckily and the main thing no one was hurt, although was gutted when my insurance wrote my Kia off. Absolutely loved that car.

Bent chassis legs been the major factor.

[Dr Interceptor]

shayne66 said:

Bent chassis legs been the major factor.

That's the problem I might have...



Where that front crash member has deformed/dented, its pulled the off side chassis leg in towards the centre of the car.

We'll see though what the insurance company reckons.

[Lemming Train]

In my experience once the front cross member has been bent like that, even after repairs they never drive the same again and always feel a bit loose through the steering.

[Hashtaggggg]

Dr Interceptor said:

shayne66 said:

Bent chassis legs been the major factor.

That's the problem I might have...



Where that front crash member has deformed/dented, its pulled the off side chassis leg in towards the centre of the car.

We'll see though what the insurance company reckons.

You need Arthur Tussik

[oobster]

Hashtaggggg said:

You need Arthur Tussik

I often wonder where he gets his repair sections from.

[MikeGoodwin]

independentLee said:

Small world. Outside my office (Watchmoor Park).

I worked at telent for a couple of years until recently, below Jager

[MikeGoodwin]

Dr Interceptor said:

That's the problem I might have...



Where that front crash member has deformed/dented, its pulled the off side chassis leg in towards the centre of the car.

We'll see though what the insurance company reckons.

What went on there then? Were you doing the traffic light GP from Screfix (said with tongue firmly in cheek)

[Dr Interceptor]

MikeGoodwin said:

What went on there then? Were you doing the traffic light GP from Screfix (said with tongue firmly in cheek)

I was having a very quiet Saturday afternoon out in the Mustang... On my way home from M&S to buy work shirts.

On approach to the Sainsburys junction I had a green light, and was in the middle lane of three to go straight on doing 50ish. At pretty much the last moment, the Clio turns right across my path, turning into Sainsburys. I braked hard, and instinctively dialled in a bit of left as she was approaching from the right. All to late though, I broadsided the Clio, and ended up pushing her past the turn and to the side of the road.

Turns out the traffic lights were malfunctioning, she had no lights at all. So no red or green light.

There was a guy there at the time trying to fix the lights, and while I was still there on the side of the road, he turned off all the traffic lights, and then hung 'traffic light out' signs on all the posts.

From what others have said, the lights had been out since Friday evening (totally), he'd obviously got half of them working, then the accident happened, he turned them off again and left.

[MikeGoodwin]

Dr Interceptor said:

I was having a very quiet Saturday afternoon out in the Mustang... On my way home from M&S to buy work shirts.

On approach to the Sainsburys junction I had a green light, and was in the middle lane of three to go straight on doing 50ish. At pretty much the last moment, the Clio turns right across my path, turning into Sainsburys. I braked hard, and instinctively dialled in a bit of left as she was approaching from the right. All to late though, I broadsided the Clio, and ended up pushing her past the turn and to the side of the road.

Turns out the traffic lights were malfunctioning, she had no lights at all. So no red or green light.

There was a guy there at the time trying to fix the lights, and while I was still there on the side of the road, he turned off all the traffic lights, and then hung 'traffic light out' signs on all the posts.

From what others have said, the lights had been out since Friday evening (totally), he'd obviously got half of them working, then the accident happened, he turned them off again and left.

what an idiot. Sorry to see the stang looking like that

[Squadrone Rosso]

This was February 2013.

Thankfully, outer panel damage (wing & nose cone) only. Originals sourced, repaired at a well respected Alfa specialist with me chipping in for a full re-spray too.