Had a head on crash and rolled the car!! - Page 3

englebert · 25-04-2009, 10:00 PM

Wow! Glad you are ok, thats incredibly unlucky.

I'm sure the kid is very 'sorry' especially as he harmed himself, but frankly he had no respect for your life, so hope he does time!

26-04-2009, 12:21 AM

OK so I spoke to the Police tonight. The good news is he is insured, the bad news for him is he only had the car 2 weeks. Worse for him is that he has a broken pelvis

They're charging him with Dangerous driving. Whilst I feel sorry for his injuries and thankful to my well built car for saving my life, the police were agreeing with me tonight that my car could have been a young family with kids in the back, in a lesser car they might not have survived. He endangered lives in a way I've never, ever, EVER witnessed driving as reckless as that before.

sailorbaz · 26-04-2009, 12:43 AM

That's a bit of good news at least. He's insured. He obviously wasn't use to the POWER of the Ford'y after only having it 2 weeks!

While there is a wee part of me that feels sorry for the guy, he is human and I can only imagine a broken pelvis is kinda sore but as the police said, it could have been a family car, or an older couple or something.

**Andyk** · 26-04-2009, 06:52 AM

Sometimes we all forget the dangers of the road when pushing on...When you hear of things like this its a bit sobering....If it was my family in the car he would have had more then a broken pelvis to worry about.

2bar boost · 27-04-2009, 07:27 PM

As a recovery technician we deal with scenes like this on a daily basis, I have seen cars with less damage that have been involved in fatals.. As echoed very lucky outcome and that includes the other driver with a broken pelvis.

s.mac · 27-04-2009, 07:57 PM

as others have said, not good but a least your OK and the other guys not too bad. It does make you think twice when you see something like this as I'm sure we've all pushed on harder than we should at times.

**AlexGTT** · 28-04-2009, 12:18 PM

Steve, that is a big one! Very glad to hear you came through that OK and the other guy was insured. I here some frightening stats on the percentage of uninsured drivers these days. Important thing is no-one lost their life. Have to admit, when I saw the title of the thread my heart sank thinking your CSL was involved.

Hope everything is sorted for you soon.

25-04-2009, 10:00 PM	#21
englebert S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kent Posts: 397 Casino cash: $705	Wow! Glad you are ok, thats incredibly unlucky. I'm sure the kid is very 'sorry' especially as he harmed himself, but frankly he had no respect for your life, so hope he does time! __________________ '03 SG CSL - SOLD Making do with a CSL replica, 1M and E90 M3.

26-04-2009, 06:52 AM	#24
Andyk Driving it like I nicked it Space Invaders Champion! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chepstow Posts: 2,506 Casino cash: $3997	Sometimes we all forget the dangers of the road when pushing on...When you hear of things like this its a bit sobering....If it was my family in the car he would have had more then a broken pelvis to worry about. __________________

28-04-2009, 12:18 PM	#27
AlexGTT CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 4,374 Casino cash: $8572	Steve, that is a big one! Very glad to hear you came through that OK and the other guy was insured. I here some frightening stats on the percentage of uninsured drivers these days. Important thing is no-one lost their life. Have to admit, when I saw the title of the thread my heart sank thinking your CSL was involved. Hope everything is sorted for you soon. __________________ CSL Register Alcoholics Anonymous Group Leader & Businessman of the Year '93! www.earleyengineering.com

26-04-2009, 12:21 AM	#22
Steve Gill Guest Posts: n/a Casino cash: $	OK so I spoke to the Police tonight. The good news is he is insured, the bad news for him is he only had the car 2 weeks. Worse for him is that he has a broken pelvis They're charging him with Dangerous driving. Whilst I feel sorry for his injuries and thankful to my well built car for saving my life, the police were agreeing with me tonight that my car could have been a young family with kids in the back, in a lesser car they might not have survived. He endangered lives in a way I've never, ever, EVER witnessed driving as reckless as that before.

27-04-2009, 07:27 PM	#25
2bar boost S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South East Posts: 229 Casino cash: $793	As a recovery technician we deal with scenes like this on a daily basis, I have seen cars with less damage that have been involved in fatals.. As echoed very lucky outcome and that includes the other driver with a broken pelvis.

27-04-2009, 07:57 PM	#26
s.mac CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,247 Casino cash: $15600	as others have said, not good but a least your OK and the other guys not too bad. It does make you think twice when you see something like this as I'm sure we've all pushed on harder than we should at times.