beefola

This is how you destroy a 911 in one easy step. Imagine explaining this to the insurance company: 'Well, i was just going round a sweeping bend at about 30, when she just span...'
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/feature/911/gallery.html
Beef

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

. . . . and completely split in half

Kraut rubbish

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

bu66er what do they make the lamp pos out of?? rock??

ZIPPY

Judging by the state of the car and the claret stains on the floor i dont think the driver will be telling anybody anything.

Zippy

beefola

Indeed, if you also see where it split...
LHD... he aint gonna be tap dancing anytime soon...
From the Porsche 911 brochure:
'The 911 is the pinnacle of teutonic clarity and solidity'
Er.....
Beef

chiark

I guess you rubberneck too then?

adamm

It could always have been a cut-and-shut job - I guess the masking tape holding the two halves together got wet somehow ??

ZIPPY

Beef i know its picky but the car is RHD you can see the steering wheel in picture 3 0r 4.

Zippy

[Edited by ZIPPY - 7/29/2002 11:52:51 AM]

beefola

Oops.
- 'Sound of Beef smacking himself over the head with a handy nearby trout'
Still, he aint walking away from that one.

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

What, no one asking for the wheels - come on you vultures?

F

Trout...

Oi, Beef, what's this taking my name in vain.

Having passed a fatac on the M1 yesterday - car being towed - in the fast lane - rope snaps - effing great big mess with at least ten cars involved - am now in two minds about these pics....

....not to mention sitting in a Little Chef years ago when a family - two young daughters - got in their car - I was about a quarter of a mile behind them - and their car fireballed - they did not get out

Trout

bros2

Trout

What actually happened yesterday on the M1?

I went past in the other direction at around 6pm and saw the police doing the dreaded measuring/photos, which generally means fatalities.

bros

chiark

That's where I'm coming from. I think at best it's laughing at someone else's misfortune and at worst it's laughing at someone else's death/maiming/injury/...

(Laughed at the pagani Zonda, so yes I'm a hypocrite, but...)

beefola

Indeed, i went past that too. What went on? I'd be surprised if it wasn't caused by the same to55er in a new M3 that was barrelling through the slow moving traffic at about 110, weaving in and out like a madman, occasoinally getting the back end out. In traffic!
Where the hell are the rozzers when you need them? I saw at least 8 people have to brake REALLY hard because of him. And before you comment, it wasn't knicked because i saw the tool posing by it at the next services. Would've had a word, but he was f*****g massive, and i aint a small chap myself, so he was BIIIG. Still, what an @rseh0le.
Beef

dsmith

I think looking at bad accidents should be part of the driving test. Too many people ignore what a ton of metal at speed can do when it all goes wrong. So long as people are not taking pleasure from others misfortunes, a gentle reminder of our own mortatlity doesnt hurt anyone.

Deano

Little Miss WRX

Nobody ever thinks of the emergency crews either who have to clear up the mess, often of somebody's stupidity or bravado [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

My mum was an ambulance technician and some of the stories she brought back were nasty.

It is certainly fun to drive your car fast, drive like a loony, to show off to friends, but I am sure it is no longer funny when when you are responsible for the death of others and even yourself.

Trout...

Like I say - M1 - from what I could see a car was being towed and the rope snapped - towed car out of control - lots of cars shunted.

One car had obviously been cut open by the fireboys. Lots of peeps looking stressed - about half a mile further North, on from the accident was a MY01 Scoob parked on the hard shoulder - I'm guessing but the female passenger looked very distressed.

Trout

PS Back to the original topic - if the driver walked away from this then - fair enough - I'm guessing not.

Dream Weaver

Looking at the cartoony drawings at the beginning of the 911 sequence, it suggests that both driver and passenger were thrown clear of the car.

I would think they are the ones that penned the drawings, suggesting they were in fact OK.

DW

Dream Weaver

Having said that, in this picture it looks like they are on stretchers being covered up:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/featur...070702_01.html

DW

stevencotton

My brother is taking his paramedic exams at the moment. The stuff they show him, not nice

Steve.

POC

A six yr old boy died in the crash on the M1 that Trout was talking about

It was a car being towed, the driver has serious injuries.

Makes u think dont it. 6 years old, how sad.

juan

very sad.
r u allowed to tow on the motorway?

rr_ww

The problem with this site is that there is no information about the occupants of the cars. If there was a disclaimer saying "all drivers got away with minor injuries" then the site has a real entertainment value. People like seeing crashed cars but only when its metal and plastic destroyed, not humans

BUT

It doesn't, so in my opinion at least that means that people were killed or maimed in the accidents. And if you take pleasure from seeing that sort of thing then you really need your head looking at before you go out and kill someone "to see what it looks like" (I don't mean people here generally, I hope your all more sensible than that)

If you read the forum (of we.com), someone says how sad the site is and instantly people jump on him for having a conscence (sp). I wonder if they would be different if it was their 911, Lamborghini mother father etc etc etc

Richard

edit Juan. You're no longer allowed to tow any car with a rope. on ANY public road. You can only use the metal bars like the AA/RAC have. You can tow trailers on the motorway but up to a certain speed 50 IIRC.

[Edited by rr_ww - 7/30/2002 10:08:17 PM]

Little Miss WRX

Is this correct??? If so then do the police do anything??? Or is it a case of they are not speeding so stuff it??? The amount of times I have seen this on the road you would think it was legal!!!

rr_ww

LMW

Im 95% sure they changed the law a year or so ago. I THINK because the car being towed has no brakes assistance and can end up causing accidents (Wheres Burr when you need him? )

Richard

Sprint Chief

This one surprised me, and I would like to know if it is correct - I had a quick look at the dept of transport web sites, which aren't exactly the easiest to use, but couldn't find anything about towing a car with a rope. Does anyone know if the law has changed? I guess one way is to check if Halfords still sell tow ropes, it would be a bit off to sell them if you couldn't use them legally!

It is certainly an offence to use a tow rope which is too long (I don't know what the defn of too long is though)

What I did come across on the web site, is that you can't tow over 750 kg without additional training if you passed your test after 1st Jan 97! Luckily I'm a bit older than that so don't have to worry

Incidentally, the law on towing a trailer on the motorway, max speed is 60mph, and you cannot use the third lane.

Mark Jackson

Should see some of the ***** in exotica round our way, two 360 Spiders being driven hard thryu the town centre the other night (along with the Novas and Fiestas)