Ever wondered if an LPG tank is as strong as they say?

[lost in espace]

Daily Fail article here!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220654/Te...

[The Game]

He needs to buy a lottery ticket

[GuitarTech]

Doesn't look too bad. It'll buff out..

[BFG TERRANO]

Jig and t cut, you'd never know.

[BFG TERRANO]

Jig and t cut, you'd never know.

[quiraing]

Watch out there mate, broken number plate, the rozzers will stop you for it.

[MJK 24]

Typical Daily Mail nonsense - "It weighs over three tons...". Er, no, the classic Range Rover was barely over two tons.

[BFG TERRANO]

MJK 24 said:

Typical Daily Mail nonsense - "It weighs over three tons...". Er, no, the classic Range Rover was barely over two tons.

I thought that. Most importantly the lad is ok.
The mothers comment I also found odd about being lucky it was a range rover. Does it make a difference then as to what type of vehicle your stood by when its struck as to your chances of survival?

Edited by BFG TERRANO on Sunday 21st October 19:33

[wavydave13]

I like the reflective strip across the tailgate, lucky the lorry driver spotted that eh ?

[GoodDoc]

Good to see the speed kills messages has been absorbed by the average daily mail reader.

- Gordon , Khon Kaen, United Kingdom, 21/10/2012 04:41

said:

Of course the lorry driver was to blame. To cause such damage to a tank like a Range Rover he must have been travelling too fast for the driving conditions. You should be able to stop within the distance you can see

The lorry driver may be to blame for wandering onto the hard shoulder, but physics suggests that had the 42 tonne object being traveling at 20mph when it hit the stationary object (made of aluminium and weighing 20 times less) there would have been an equally unfavourable outcome.

But I suppose "Speed Kills" is more catchy than "A wide array of factors can be responsible for accidents"

Edited by GoodDoc on Sunday 21st October 19:54

[callmedave]

Is it just me that's missing the bit about an LPG tank?

was the landy fitted with one?


Callmedave

[sparkyhx]

callmedave said:

Is it just me that's missing the bit about an LPG tank?

Callmedave

er....me too

[CoolC]

You can see the tank in the picture.

[RJP001]

You can see a photo that there's a LPG tank in the boot. Looks like the wagon ripped the bodyshell off the chassis as the back wheel looks to still be where it belongs, and probably why the Range Rover wasn't shunted a mile down the road.

[sparkyhx]

didn't spot that - goes to show the statement of LPG safety being no worse and possibly better than petrol in an accident.

Thats quite re-assuring to see that

[diddles]

sparkyhx said:

callmedave said:

Is it just me that's missing the bit about an LPG tank?

Callmedave

er....me too

Indeed

The article mentions nothing regarding the LPG system. The LPG system, if indeed it is one, could have have been empty and ripped in half during the impact.

[lost in espace]

diddles said:

Indeed

The article mentions nothing regarding the LPG system. The LPG system, if indeed it is one, could have have been empty and ripped in half during the impact.

diddles it looks intact to me, and I doubt a daily mail journo would even know what lpg is.

[thinfourth2]

lost in espace said:

diddles it looks intact to me, and I doubt a daily mail journo would even know what lpg is.

No but is causes cancer

[Alfanatic]

GoodDoc said:

Good to see the speed kills messages has been absorbed by the average daily mail reader.

- Gordon , Khon Kaen, United Kingdom, 21/10/2012 04:41

said:

Of course the lorry driver was to blame. To cause such damage to a tank like a Range Rover he must have been travelling too fast for the driving conditions. You should be able to stop within the distance you can see

The lorry driver may be to blame for wandering onto the hard shoulder, but physics suggests that had the 42 tonne object being traveling at 20mph when it hit the stationary object (made of aluminium and weighing 20 times less) there would have been an equally unfavourable outcome.

But I suppose "Speed Kills" is more catchy than "A wide array of factors can be responsible for accidents"

Edited by GoodDoc on Sunday 21st October 19:54

Stop in the distance you can see = speed kills and is a daily fail? Sorry, but the stop in the distance you can see and don't drive too fast for the conditions is a standard PH response to any thread about a crash. Indeed it is sensible advice, and it's all over the fireworks display thread, for instance.

[wildcat45]

He needs to get the rust on the lower tailgate fixed. And that headlining's sagging. They always rust and sag there and IMO ruin the look of a classic RR.