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by jamie » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:05 pm
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by Dominic » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:08 pm
Ouch indeed!
Interesting to see how the crash structure has folded at the front.
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by tenkfeet » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:14 pm
I wonder if teh drivers feet were ok ? No engine to get forced back .
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by duggiesmith » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:42 pm
Looks nasty, but how the **** do you crash head first into a wall at what looked to be considerable speed

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by Victor Meldrew » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:36 pm
Only comment... that hard an impact where there is a zebra crossing and a footpath.... man's a knob...
Not wanting to jump to conclusions but, footpath = pedestrians... crossing = pedestrians..... pedestrians = town or village
High speed impact in town = wanker...
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by kenny » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:08 pm
duggiesmith wrote:Looks nasty, but how the **** do you crash head first into a wall at what looked to be considerable speed

That's what happens when you let a woman park your car
/ ducking for cover faction

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by Victor Meldrew » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:12 pm
kenny wrote:duggiesmith wrote:Looks nasty, but how the **** do you crash head first into a wall at what looked to be considerable speed

That's what happens when you let a woman park your car
/ ducking for cover faction

Never thought of that as an option but completely plausible....
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by Andy G » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:49 am
The chap was actually coming off a motorway sliproad and something failed. Unable to control it, he hit the brick wall. He had just come of the M-way, and i thought the pedestrian crossing sign was actually to the left of the car? Think he arrived at a T junction and went straight in to the wall
Very bad damage to his legs & back.
Victor - you know what they say about assumptions

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by robin » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:57 am
Clearly a pedestrian crossing and his smashed car in this picture, but that's not to say that the motorway slip road wasn't 100 yards behind us - urban motorway sections go straight from motorway to slip road to town.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about his injuries and hope he has or will make a complete recovery - lucky that no one else was involved - I wouldn't fancy being hit by an atom!
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by jamie » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:25 am
scary hope he ok now
Saw the factorydemonstrator ended up in a ditch recently. I am sure they are used to ham fisted jurnos binning there cars by now

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by Andy G » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:39 am
oh, by the way he got out of hospital on June 16th and is recovering well
Pax is fine also.
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by jason » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:53 am
Andy G wrote:oh, by the way he got out of hospital on June 16th and is recovering well
Pax is fine also.
Pleased to hear that
I can't help thinking the wall (and concrete plinth beneath) looks remarkably pristine... suggests the car impacted something else first?
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by Victor Meldrew » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:07 pm
Andy G wrote:The chap was actually coming off a motorway sliproad and something failed. Unable to control it, he hit the brick wall. He had just come of the M-way, and i thought the pedestrian crossing sign was actually to the left of the car? Think he arrived at a T junction and went straight in to the wall
Very bad damage to his legs & back.
Victor - you know what they say about assumptions

Bit worrying that things are failing on relativly new cars... but it obviously can happen... take care with your one mate..
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by elise82 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:56 pm
The wall looks completely undamaged

Glad to hear driver now okay.
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