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From: Adrian on 14 Apr 2010 15:38 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Christ, I wouldn't want to roll a car in those pre-seatbelt days. 1970. Three-point front belts had been compulsory on new cars here for three years, and since been backdated to any car post 1965. 'course, you didn't have to _wear_ 'em...
From: Adrian on 14 Apr 2010 15:40 Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > I would never have believed that Youtube one[1], unless I'd seen it. > > [1]The woman slow-mo flipping the 4x4 as she trys to get it through the > gates. Y'mean the Skoda Octavia? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=753Q82B55Sw
From: petrolcan on 14 Apr 2010 15:44 In article <hq543d$a61$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Hog says... > > Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: > > It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just > > wonder what on earth happened. > > > > There was one on the A40 last night coming out of London. It looked > > pretty damned squished at the front too. Lots of fire, ambulance and > > plod in attendance. Not nice. > > On the A64 in the bushes quite often too. It a fairly straight dual > carriageway FFS. I've been behind 3 modern cars on the M1 that went sideways > in a 70mph ballet dance, howls of rubber, smoke, all three collided with > each other and the central res, none of them overturned. > > I guess it's a special skill, a bit like car submarining, and you probably > have to attend a Roll School to learn You want BSM for that http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8618414.stm
From: Hog on 14 Apr 2010 15:49 petrolcan <petrolcan(a)SPAMgmail.com> wrote: > In article <hq543d$a61$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Hog says... >> >> Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just >>> wonder what on earth happened. >>> >>> There was one on the A40 last night coming out of London. It looked >>> pretty damned squished at the front too. Lots of fire, ambulance and >>> plod in attendance. Not nice. >> >> On the A64 in the bushes quite often too. It a fairly straight dual >> carriageway FFS. I've been behind 3 modern cars on the M1 that went >> sideways in a 70mph ballet dance, howls of rubber, smoke, all three >> collided with each other and the central res, none of them >> overturned. >> >> I guess it's a special skill, a bit like car submarining, and you >> probably have to attend a Roll School to learn > > You want BSM for that > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8618414.stm Bwahaha A F500 L-car FFS erk -- Hog
From: Champ on 14 Apr 2010 15:57
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:48:25 +0100, Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: >It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just >wonder what on earth happened. Yes, I remember wondering what on earth had happened too, when I was hanging upside down by the seat belt. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |