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Jol Alexander
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 11:59 am, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Re this:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/09/3088621.htm?site=melbourne

I live on Burwood hwy and am pretty sure I saw this car last night (was driving my soarer home) ... I travelled a few K's with the other car along spingvale road.

If was just too wet to try anything although the other car wanted a go.

Do we know if the driver was a member?
Ryan Rankovic
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 12:11 pm, by:  Ryan Rankovic (Ryan1j) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8179121/man-dies-in-high-speed-crash
Jol Alexander
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 12:17 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I feel sick
Richard West
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 02:43 pm, by:  Richard West (Omen666) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It was Chinese Students wasn't it?
I saw it on the news about twenty minutes ago and was pretty shocked he must of been driving ridiculously fast to do the damage he did to that soarer. The Pole almost tore the car in half and it looks like the gear box is next to the drivers seat.
David Grima
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 03:40 pm, by:  David Grima (Maltezr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

that's a pretty sad state of events right there!.....he must of been moving fast for sure to rip that car in half.
Jol Alexander
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 04:25 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They say 100K's ... cops are usually pretty good with figures.

If you see the vid you can see he's hit the pole at the worst possible spot.

They don't know who was driving as the liscene was not the drivers...
Damian Ware
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 05:17 pm, by:  Damian Ware (Frozenpod) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any car hitting a pole from that direction would be nearly split in half, due to wet grass it would be unlikely you could wash off much speed and was probably travelling at close to impact speed before things went wrong.

100km/hr on a 80km/hr road which in many locations is as good as if not better than a FWY rated for 110km/hr speeds. Still illegal but not so bad that this speed is the only cause of this accident.

Whilst this was probably made worse by speeding and the wet conditions I think there is more too this than meets the eye. The other car also had some form of damage.

Probably a crash between the two cars, perhaps a slight touch when the soarer was changing lanes in front of the civic?
Joshua Baldwin
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 05:17 pm, by:  Joshua Baldwin (Celsior101) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

well i just had a good mate of mine drive drunk crashed his twin turbo manual soarer last week. its completely written off. he'll be getting a slap accross the head next time i see him
Mike Beck
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 08:02 pm, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

God damn...
Jol Alexander
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 08:07 pm, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I know this area like the back of my hand and the weather was really really bad at the time ... short of it is these people decided drag (or drive dangerously) in a storm. They would have had TRC off as well and boy are the roads slippery.
Ali Saeed
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 02:30 am, by:  Ali Saeed (Ali) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

TRC wont save you if you are aquaplaning into a pole at 100kph
Matthew Sharpe
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 06:11 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hate to say it, but street racing - in the rain no less = Darwin award candidate. At least they didn't kill anyone else. Can't really feel that sorry for the guy. Feel bad for his family though, especially as they might not even know yet! (and of course feel bad for the car)
Jol Alexander
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 09:46 am, by:  Jol Alexander (Courage) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ali, I am saying there is no way they are getting to 100K's with TRC on, in the wet and crashing after 100Ms
Damian Ware
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:14 am, by:  Damian Ware (Frozenpod) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Jol Alexander wrote on Friday, December 10, 2010 - 09:46 am:

Ali, I am saying there is no way they are getting to 100K's with TRC on, in the wet and crashing after 100Ms




??? What do you mean.

Did this soarer have TRC, unknown at this point in time but soarer's with TRC are not common so it is unlikely....

But again I don't see how TRC would have had any effect on the result of this accident.
Allan Langford
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:16 am, by:  Allan Langford (Allan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

He must of had 4 pot brakes, if he had 2 pot's he could of stopped in time!

Also the police should of had a speed camera there to save his life!
George Lu
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Friday, December 10, 2010 - 02:25 pm, by:  George Lu (Lux) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have seen that car around that area before!
Ouch..

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