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Post by Eric R on Jun 29, 2019 15:48:47 GMT
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Post by enigmas on Jun 29, 2019 16:50:11 GMT
Wow! Where was this guy's focus before ramming the SUV? Didn't look like he even attempted any braking.
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Post by Sam Bee on Jun 29, 2019 21:27:27 GMT
Disagree, there was smoke coming off the tyres well before it hit, brakes hard on.
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Post by enigmas on Jun 29, 2019 22:10:27 GMT
Yeah...you're right about the braking. Still...no attempt to swerve left into the emergency/breakdown lane. I'd say just pure panic...locking up the brakes...then the steering is compromised.
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Post by Eric R on Jun 30, 2019 7:23:17 GMT
The green sign showing routes indicates it was not a motorway so had no emergency lane - the narrow white line just shows the edge of the road. Many motorways in UK are being changed to so-called "Smart" motorways with the hard shoulder becoming running lanes.
Furthermore there would be three advance notices of the roundabout starting at 500m and subject to others with better information there might also have been run-down signs showing /// - // - /. Maximum speed would have been 70mph.
Good that the Morgan dived to the nearside - imagine the carnage had it been thrown towards the central reservation.
Cars you can repair - lives you cant.
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Post by johnwp5bcoupe on Jun 30, 2019 8:54:30 GMT
At least the car braked in a straight like with all 4 wheels locked, it will certainly need more than a bonnet repair  |
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Post by eightofthem (Andy) on Jun 30, 2019 12:31:46 GMT
At least the car braked in a straight like with all 4 wheels locked, it will certainly need more than a bonnet repair That should buff out. |
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Post by Sam Bee on Jun 30, 2019 13:39:52 GMT
Problem is that people are too used to modern car systems. We used to use, and I still instinctively do, cadence braking, pumping the pedal hard so as to ensure the brakes do not stay locked up - they have electronics to do it now of course. Gone the same way as double declutching!
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Post by Brendan69 on Jul 1, 2019 17:10:45 GMT
If you look closely you can see that the driver of that Morgan was looking DOWN at the time and probably last min dot com looked up before it was toooooooooooooo late. Just goes to show the poor standards of todays drivers on the roads. I see it every day and its shocking.
I hope the poor sods in the car he hit sue him.
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Post by enigmas on Jul 1, 2019 17:38:12 GMT
Odds on he was checking his mobile phone (cell phone...or whatever it's called in the UK)
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Post by Brendan69 on Jul 1, 2019 18:32:58 GMT
He was deffo fiddling with something down there!!!!!
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Post by Eric R on Jul 2, 2019 19:45:39 GMT
the count-down exit signs I gave were in error - they should be back slashes this \\\ - \\ - \ not forward. Shows how much notice of signs I have taken over the years! I wondered who would be the first to spot that ................
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