Clown drives 400km in unsafe vehicle

[oneofsix]

Why wasn't he stopped? Fairfax want us to believe these self centred moron was a hero. He didn't have visibility, thank the stars or whatever he didn't hit a motorbike. His precious Lexus was unsafe and he was blind. He did even go straight home but detoured via Nelson!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4715068/Roadtrip-from-Christchurch-in-a-lump-of-earthquake-wreckage
Where were the cops when they could have done something for road safety.
Yes I understand the quake terrified him as it did thousands of others but the others didn't believe they had the right to drive blind on NZ roads, he didn't even kick out the front windscreen so he could see where he was going.


As night fell, it began to rain, making it difficult to see cars braking on the winding roads in front of them. "When it started raining I could not put the wipers on and lights coming towards us went in all directions," Mr Vendt said
Just glad he didn't hit anything. Cry me a river, he shouldn't have been driving it. :crybaby:


In Wellington, a police officer was waiting to follow up a complaint the vehicle should not be on the road. Also sympathetic, she let the Vendts drive on to Waikanae. "She inspected the car, understood the situation." :violin:
He could have got a rental from Nelson before he got to her, could have gone direct to Picton and picked up a rental on the way. I do pity the cop though as she was on a hiding to nothing, if she had of booked him some bleeding heart would have said "how mean" but what if he had of hit someone with his lack of vision?

[Swatty]

Good thing he didn't park it in the Wellington CBD, the parking wardens would have plastered it in tickets. Can you imagine the look on the parking wardens face on seeing it.
Take a look at it
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4714752/Christchurch-to-Waikanae-in-a-wreck

[Str8 Jacket]

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.

[Paul in NZ]

I saw it as he came off the boat and thought 'what an egg'.... cool though.... god bless em...

[oneofsix]

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.

Inaghahua. I don't blame them for being scared, their actions were wrong and not driven just by fear as they chose the long way home. Why didn't they at least kick out the windscreen.
BTW how safe would you feel with him driving towards you over the hope or spooners saddle?

[Elysium]

I'd just lay a acomplaint with the police since they let a wreck go on its way when clearly it was a major safety issue to other road users. Especialy when the drive said he couldn't see when it was a raining.

An earthqauke is no excuss to put other peoples lives as risk.

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.

Other road users lives should not be put on the line for the sake of some peoples "fear"

[oneofsix]

Str8 Jacket did make me think a bit more about this action.
1/ A hero is shit scared but still does the right thing.
2/A coward is shit scared and runs like a rabbit no matter what or who is in the way.
Fairfax want us to believe this guy and his wife are some sort of heros. Which of the above two actions best describe them?
BTW Many SUV drivers put their vehicles to use transporting the injured to hospital when St Johns ran out of ambulances.

[sinfull]

Where you read that fairfax want us to think they are some sort of heros beats me !

[scumdog]

What an unthinking woose.

He could have driven a few km out of the city and reassessed things - including options of kicking out the screen, renting a car etc etc..

WHY the necessity to drive all the way home in that wreck?:weird:

[oneofsix]

Where you read that fairfax want us to think they are some sort of heros beats me !

They own Stuff.co.nz and they are the ones that wrote it up that way.

[Katman]

They look like they could afford a good lawyer.

[onearmedbandit]

They look like they could afford a good lawyer.

Nah they wouldn't be driving a 7yr old Lexus if they had decent money.

[Steelhorse]

Complete twat

[ellipsis]

Complete twat

...just north islanders...

[Str8 Jacket]

Other road users lives should not be put on the line for the sake of some peoples "fear"

Hey, I am not saying that it was right or wrong. It's not everyday that you experience such a traumatic event and see dead people lying there without being able to do anything. I am just saying that none of us really know how we'd react in the same situation is all.....

[scumdog]

And if a 'big one' hit Waikenae what will they do???:blink:


(Just lucky for other road users they don't live in Whangarei huh?)

[SMOKEU]

Where's the pink sticker?

[oneofsix]

Where's the pink sticker?

They are only for boy racers, as he was the shirt and tie type from the photo they wouldn't dare!
It would be so funny if his insurance turned around and told him he had increased the damage to the Lexus by driving it and they were therefore only liable for half pay out

[White trash]

Big smiles and showing off bricks. Couple of "Look at me"s having their fifteen seconds of glory.

Retards.

[Smifffy]

Where's the pink sticker?

Yeah, I wonder how much longer he could get away with driving it before the cops realised he was taking the piss.

If one were to purchase this vehicle from the insurance company, would it be ok to drive on the road as is (providing rego was up to date)?

:bleh:

[davebullet]

He should be disqualified from driving. What they went through gives them no excuse to add to the danger of other road users.

The article said as it began to rain, it reduced visibility through the already dismal windscreen where the wiper blades weren't working either.

If they were that traumatised - I don't think even jumping in a perfectly good vehicle and driving 400kms is a wise idea.

He should have had the book thrown at him.

[pzkpfw]

If he'd had a head-on and killed someone, what would the headlines have been?

[Bren]

I understand he wanted to get out...Fuck I do too....

But to drive that distance with no visibility...as scummy said, he should have at least kicked out the windscreen....and the cops on the way should have told him to do that too!!!

[bogan]

I read the title and was expecting and actual clown car, with funny paper mache and comical horn etc. Seems to be a typical attitude among too many these days, as long as I get where I want to go, I don't care who else I put at risk. Also, I've driven paddock hacks with munted windscreens, it's not too bad, so he may be overstating how bad it was to drive. either way he seems like a bit of an ass. And I would have expected better from the cops that pulled them over, it clearly isn't up to snuff, so telling them to pull in at the nearest motel is the least they could have done I reckon.

[Banditbandit]

Where you read that fairfax want us to think they are some sort of heros beats me !


They own Stuff.co.nz and they are the ones that wrote it up that way.

As oneofsix says, it was written as if they were heros .. without actually using those words


Hey, I am not saying that it was right or wrong. It's not everyday that you experience such a traumatic event and see dead people lying there without being able to do anything. I am just saying that none of us really know how we'd react in the same situation is all.....

That's true .. but driving that wreck to Nelson and then Waikanae was even more dangerous than being in the earthquake ... I sincerely hope that none of us would react like that and put so many other people at risk.

[neels]

What a couple of fuckwits.

Probably fair enough driving the thing to somewhere safe, although it would have been nice to stop and check if there was anyone that needed help rather than just getting in and fucking off. But carrying on to nelson for a couple of days holiday with friends and then home to the north island is just retarded.

I sincerely hope someone somewhere can find something in the law books that they can send them a summons for, seeing has they have already confessed to whatever crime is applicable.

[merv]

Its a Lexus and that's a Toyota so he was only doing what Top Gear would have done, like they did with their Hi Lux. Now maybe he just needs to drop the Lexus off a tall building or something and drive it into the ocean.

[oneofsix]

Its a Lexus and that's a Toyota so he was only doing what Top Gear would have done, like they did with their Hi Lux. Now maybe he just needs to drop the Lexus off a tall building or something and drive it into the ocean.

Are you suggesting they shouldn't have bothered with the ferry? :shifty:

[sinfull]

As oneofsix says, it was written as if they were heros .. without actually using those words
Depends on who's reading it i guess aye, some ppl are easily led





That's true .. but driving that wreck to Nelson and then Waikanae was even more dangerous than being in the earthquake ... I sincerely hope that none of us would react like that and put so many other people at risk.

You should be writing storys for the media !

Only thing he didn't do that i may have, apart from stay for a shift, would be kick the screen out ! All that car had was dents on top, were the bags deployed ?

Fuckin drama queens

[AllanB]

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.

I have experienced it. As have many KBers.

I understand the initial fleeing as does anyone in Christchurch. What I don't understand is many hours later after the initial panic is over, and the buggers were way out of town, why he/she did not stop and consider the possibility of them causing more deaths. FFS driving it in the rain!

Nope - after the point where they were 100's of KM's clear of Christchurch they turned into a pair of irresponsible fools. They had many options available to them that most of Christchurch City did not - they could have dumped their car in Nelson (or earlier) and got a rental, or flown out of the South Island.

I can't believe the police in Wellington letting them drive on - surely they should have escorted them to a rental car company or airport.

Pop a mono on your bike and you're in the shit.

Maybe I have a good excuse now in Christchurch to ride my bike like a dork - I'll just claim I'm still in shock.

[Banditbandit]

You should be writing storys for the media !

Used to be a journo ... till I got sick of the bullshit.



Only thing he didn't do that i may have, apart from stay for a shift, would be kick the screen out ! All that car had was dents on top, were the bags deployed ?

Fuckin drama queens

Kicking the screen out would have ben an excellent idea!!! The risk wasn't because the vehicle doesn't appear inherently dangerous, but because the fuckwit driver couldn't see - he even admits that at night he was blinded by the staring of lights across the screen ...

[lone_slayer]

And you look at the pictures of the roof it would have taken 5 minutes to push that out push out the windscreen and put up a temparary windscreen(those plastic sheet things).

[sidecar bob]

Im just glad it was'nt a BMW. Imagine all the BMW driver bullshit that wudda come up.
Yet nobody says , "Fuckwit Lexus Driver"

[sinfull]

Used to be a journo ... till I got sick of the bullshit.



he even admits that at night he was blinded by the staring of lights across the screen ...

Then as you well know, the story has probably been dramatised by the person writing it, wanting to sell themselves as a journo maybe and have a few easily led fools start some threads in the burn him colums of their favourite web site ... just maybe ?

Does that sort of shit have hit talleys ?

Now let me think back to when i used to ride motorcycles.... ummmm oh haha yep now i remember them times, when my visor gets all stary from old age and wiping the grime off don't seem to help no more, what do ya do ? Rip the visor off and take the chance of a bug or stone taking out an eye ? Put up with it if it ain't that bad really and it's only the last 10/15 minutes after sunset that are gonna be an issue (with being within a knats cock of my destination at sunset) with light reflection on the munted visor ?

Fucking drama queens !

[oneofsix]

Then as you well know, the story has probably been dramatised by the person writing it, wanting to sell themselves as a journo maybe and have a few easily led fools start some threads in the burn him colums of their favourite web site ... just maybe ?
Wannabys don't get the front page of the DomPost mainly to themselves.


Does that sort of shit have hit talleys ?
Yes


Now let me think back to when i used to ride motorcycles.... ummmm oh haha yep now i remember them times, when my visor gets all stary from old age and wiping the grime off don't seem to help no more, what do ya do ? Rip the visor off and take the chance of a bug or stone taking out an eye ? Put up with it if it ain't that bad really and it's only the last 10/15 minutes after sunset that are gonna be an issue (with being within a knats cock of my destination at sunset) with light reflection on the munted visor ?
Big difference and more mug you if you do put up with a scratched visor but at least its easy lifted if you need to check something. Also a car or SUV without a front windscreen is still rather weather tight and the rain, stones, bugs etc don't hit the driver in the face.

Oh and don't forget the 2 day stop in Nelson.


Fucking drama queens !
Fail, Try again

[sinfull]

Fail, Try again

Hahahaha ahuh ! He's in your neck of the woods, why don't you go burn him for real (it's fun)

[oneofsix]

Hahahaha ahuh ! He's in your neck of the woods, why don't you go burn him for real (it's fun)

Tempting but he only annoyed and saddened me, and is he worth the effort? Might be good for a to point and laugh at. The Media beat up is what angered me. The police I feel sorry for as they were suckered by this guy.

[sinfull]

suckered .

Aint that obvious ?

[MD]

Big smiles and showing off bricks. Couple of "Look at me"s having their fifteen seconds of glory.

Retards.

+1
Posing with big smiles like 'hey look, life is wonderful to us' was totally insensitive and in bad taste.

So they found themselves with a working vehicle surrounded by injured and dying people and thought. Wow! These poor people. Hope someone else stops to help them. Lets go for a long drive so we can ignore the suffering.

Model citizens.

[JimO]

they will be on 3 news

[onearmedbandit]

Im just glad it was'nt a BMW. Imagine all the BMW driver bullshit that wudda come up.
Yet nobody says , "Fuckwit Lexus Driver"

Compared to BMW and their ilk, Lexus haven't been around long enough to have gathered such branding. Maybe because they are Japanese they never will achieve that true 'snob' branding, or maybe it's just a matter of time.

[jellywrestler]

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.
sorry Helen, have to disagree on this, they didn't go straight home, they wen't on holiday too.
a simple plastic replacement windscreen would've made it better.
what if he'd run over a child or a motorcyclist?????
and now they're heroes!

[Str8 Jacket]

sorry Helen, have to disagree on this, they didn't go straight home, they wen't on holiday too.
a simple plastic replacement windscreen would've made it better.
what if he'd run over a child or a motorcyclist?????
and now they're heroes!

I certainly don't think that they are heroes! I am simply saying that if I were in that situation I really don't know how I would've reacted and will not judge anyone.......

[jellywrestler]

And if a 'big one' hit Waikenae what will they do???:blink:

claim insurance twice!

[Usarka]

A speeding biker on the same journey would have his arse reamed.


+1 for kick out the screen pineapple express style.

http://www.teleglass.com/auto-glass-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pineapple-express.jpg

[Hawkeye]

This idiot is about to be made a hero in 3 news. They are completely going to dramatising it

[steve_t]

Where's the pink sticker?

The Lexus got green stickered in Welly but the cop allowed them to drive home to Waikanae :weird:

[JMemonic]

I think the vehicle would/should have been ordered off due to it being unwarrantable, the damage to the front window would be impeding the drivers vision and is over the 5 mm limit, Smith and Smith could have been called and Raji could have injected his special rasin per the telly add.

These folks did not run from bodies in the streets, they had a few bricks fall on their car, they are claiming they panicked and that lasted for the next what 3-4 days? BS.

[The Baron]

I agree that this vehicle should not be on the roads - But somehow this time is different and to judge these people I think we need to walk in their shoes.

[pzkpfw]

... need to walk in their shoes.

That's what they should have done!

[oldrider]

Hey, I am not saying that it was right or wrong. It's not everyday that you experience such a traumatic event and see dead people lying there without being able to do anything. I am just saying that none of us really know how we'd react in the same situation is all.....

True but the police and all the other observers of that vehicle and their behaviour by using it on the road could have corrected the situation.

As some have said they took the long road home so their panic claim doesn't ring true!

The news report did try to make them out as hero's in my opinion too!

Compared to the hysteria over how "dangerous" roadworthy motorcycles are ACC should be seen to publicly condemn these peoples unlawful actions and those of police observers who did nothing too! :mad:

[avgas]

My tyres are fucked, I am missing bolts from the frame of my bike.

Not only do I still ride it.....I haven't crashed.

Turns out it must be on the driver/rider to make something unsafe eh?

You must be a limp dick

[avgas]

If he'd had a head-on and killed someone, what would the headlines have been?
4wd indestructible

[Elysium]

Nice to see the police don't give a shit according to their spokesmen.

Man I'm sure the boy racers are going to be using these two idiots as an excuss to drive their shit boxes.

[avgas]

Big smiles and showing off wrecked vehicle. Couple of "Look at me"s having their fifteen seconds of glory.
Retards.
Heh....from recall you have a similar photo album........

[fuknKIWI]

Why wasn't he stopped?
Because of thise very rare creatures decent cpos who told them to take care.:bleh:

[schrodingers cat]

When you have experienced what they had then come back to us and tell us what you would've done.

Seems to me a good many people who experienced the same thing DIDN'T do what he did.

Hush now.



Man I'm sure the boy racers are going to be using these two idiots as an excuss to drive their shit boxes.

They can't get over the supermarket speed humps so they're going to struggle on the local roads

[Woodman]

Talk about a kb over reaction. What they did was no worse than riding in the rain visibility wise.
Is it more dangerous than doing a 24 hour ride?
The risk of falling off your high horse is greater.

Big non event.:sleep:

[Smifffy]

Talk about a kb over reaction. What they did was no worse than riding in the rain visibility wise.
Is it more dangerous than doing a 24 hour ride?
The risk of falling off your high horse is greater.

Big non event.:sleep:

For real - they've probably been using it to do the school run every day since without incident.....

[scumdog]

Talk about a kb over reaction. What they did was no worse than riding in the rain visibility wise.
Is it more dangerous than doing a 24 hour ride?
The risk of falling off your high horse is greater.

Big non event.:sleep:

Yeah - 'cos they didn't crash.:rolleyes:

[Big Dave]

http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens1543394module3917125photo_1256412185krus ty-clown-costume.gif

[Taz]

...just north islanders...

Yeah we're all the same up here eh? :rolleyes: