Hot Tub Forum
General => General info Somewhat hot tub related => Topic started by: Nosher on November 05, 2007, 01:27:42 pm
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Had a very busy day at work last Wednesday - reason?
Some idiot did this just south of Rugby.......
....and for those with a keen eye, yes the troughing the car was resting on DID say 25000 volts!!
What an idiot!!
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In before the move.
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It looks like someone ran into the back of him (see the crunched tail) and possible ran him off the road. Poor guy might not have had a chance. LIke "What the...Oh Nooooooo!"
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If it wasn't for idiots half of the world would be unemployed.
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Stupid moves are mother natures way of eliminating idiots.
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man, it would've been all over if he had nicked that wire... someone should be thanking the Gods....
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It looks like someone ran into the back of him (see the crunched tail) and possible ran him off the road. Poor guy might not have had a chance. LIke "What the...Oh Nooooooo!"
Nope - I am afraid he lost the back end all on his own and hit a bollard at speed! If you look at the top of the bank, there seems to be a gap in the metal fence (pic 4?) - this wasn't there before he ploughed the fence backwards.....
....the car lost momentum as it spun round as it went down the embankment, hence the absence of damage to the front of the car. The car also narrowly missed the return conductor wire (suspended in the air) which also carries 25KV!!
It was lucky as a train traveling on the adjacent line noticed the car and managed to contact the signaler in time - the train you see in the picture was traveling in the OPPOSITE direction (at 110 mph), and TOWARDS the obstruction, but managed to stop in time.....
Cost?
Well if you add up the cost to the emergency services attending, damage to the railway infrastructure, delay to trains on the day etc, it comes to over a £500,000....... (or a million $ of anybodies money!!!)
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Looks like a Porsche 911. Easy to lose the back end on those. The engine is way in the rear, and they have a reputation for "swapping ends".
I was going to lunch one day (here in San Diego) and a 911 jumped the median, backwards, and I stopped just in time. The people in front of me were not so lucky. I called 911, made sure everyone was OK, and went on to meet my lunch group. My heart was racing so fast I had trouble eating.
-geekd