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Matt2107
02-10-06, 05:04 PM
In slippery conditions my brother approached a round about at a fraction over 40 and lost the back end.

Luckily he hit a lamp post on the B pillar and not further forward.

The tame picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/andycar3-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/andycar1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/andycar.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/andycar2.jpg

I haven't got an interior shot but the front seats were pushed together so much there was no space between the two.

As he hit the lampost his glasses flew out the window... which was nice. lol
He has a bruised hip and cut hand and nothing else except a little dented pride.
Philsutton
02-10-06, 05:07 PM
lovely, if it had hit in the middle of one of the doors it would have pushed in a hell of a lot more.
Matt2107
02-10-06, 05:08 PM
I cant believe exactly how precise he hit it.
Best case scenario I think.... he even drove it home. lol
Philsutton
02-10-06, 05:09 PM
pmsl was it crabbing down the road like an old mini
Mazz
02-10-06, 05:36 PM
ouch, he was very lucky it hit where it did...
draper
02-10-06, 05:38 PM
thats a nasty one, lucky guy tho (apart from being related to you lol)

a 'fraction' over 40
Lee
02-10-06, 05:39 PM
oo bugger. Not nice. At least hes ok though, thats the main thing.

Hope he picked his glasses up before he drove home lol
Novadex
02-10-06, 05:44 PM
your gonna need a HUGE tub of filler for that dent! lol
db_1.2
02-10-06, 05:54 PM
your gonna need a HUGE tub of filler for that dent! lol

It'll T-cut out

Yeh lucky one there, mind you bet he had whip lash? I'd write a letter to the council saying there was some grit on the road and that he has to take time off work. My mate done that on a moped, although it did actually happen, broke his arm, got 9 grand in compensation!:eek:
draper
02-10-06, 06:12 PM
I'd write a letter to the council saying there was some grit on the road and that he has to take time off work. My mate done that on a moped, although it did actually happen, broke his arm, got 9 grand in compensation!:eek:

and up goes insurances/costs etc etc again !!
Lee
02-10-06, 06:22 PM
and up goes insurances/costs etc etc again !!

not to mention the council paying more compo jobs and having even less money to sort out the $hitty roads which created the compo jobs in the first place!
Jack
02-10-06, 06:28 PM
That wouldn't be insurance, that'd be council tax going up... again
draper
02-10-06, 06:33 PM
i mean stuff like public liability insurance
Nova_Houch7
02-10-06, 08:53 PM
Nice!

L
Matt2107
03-10-06, 09:25 AM
thats a nasty one, lucky guy tho (apart from being related to you lol)

a 'fraction' over 40

Two fella's in a van that were following stopped and said he didnt look like he was going very fast so I reckon he might have been doing 45. A police car also stopped while he was waiting for my dad to come have a look. They pulled up next to him and asked him if he was alright and whether he had been drinking then when he said no they drove off :O couldnt believe that.

I've been round the same round about doing considerably more speed in the dry and started to skid.

It did crab a bit on the way home and he said he got some funny looks.

I'm just glad he didnt hit any other cars lol.
Jack
03-10-06, 09:48 AM
A police car also stopped while he was waiting for my dad to come have a look. They pulled up next to him and asked him if he was alright and whether he had been drinking then when he said no they drove off :O couldnt believe that.

Heh, thats happened to me before. Dropping off a mate at his house one evening, I'm there on the side of the road as said mate is getting out of the car; copper pulls up next to me, asks if this was my own car, and if I'd been drinking... then drove off! Damn, you know if I'd had a few and nicked the car, I'd have been caught out there...! lol
Matt2107
03-10-06, 09:57 AM
I thought they would have taken his details.. driving license, insurance, mot, checked tax etc
matt1chelski
03-10-06, 12:19 PM
I thought they would have taken his details.. driving license, insurance, mot, checked tax etc

No need now, its all on the screen infront of them. They can tell you what you have before they pull you. lol
Matt2107
03-10-06, 12:37 PM
Ah but it was on a round about and they wouldnt have time to run checks as they just pulled straight up and didnt even get out the car.
matt1chelski
03-10-06, 01:28 PM
Would have been in the process when stoped then. By the time they were off, they would know i recon.
BigStan
10-10-06, 04:25 PM
Blimey ! What roundabout was that ?
Matt2107
10-10-06, 04:27 PM
The one directly opposite the cinema. The lampost isnt even bent. lol