What the...............?
Is someone trying to set a record?
From the look of the van, it's a miracle one survived. So Far.
Immature and proud of it.
What the...............?
Is someone trying to set a record?
From the look of the van, it's a miracle one survived. So Far.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Forum whore
Yes Cars are very Dangerous.
Its a tragedy, apparently he lost attention and went right into the truck.
The Truck driver will have nightmares for life after witnessing that sought of event, I couldnt imagine the truama to the victims.
Horrible stuff !!
Ive run out of fucks to give
frequent infrequenter
those scenes looked horrific.
One thing I do like about this country, as sad and as tragic as that accident was, it's the 'worst for a decade', and that was 8 people. Other countries deal with this every other day. Still kinda feel that NZ is small enough to care..
Still a horrific nightmare that shouldn't have happened.
unless you can prove it.
Sad - so very sad.
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
It's OK...I've got a spare!
It's incidents like this that raise my respect for emergency workers (ambos, cops, fire service).
Good on ya guys.
...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)
Look Ma, no hands hehehe
very tragic accident.
It must be very hard on all emergnancy workers who had to go to the scene...
as the van was sliced in half....Its amazing that one survived after seeing it on tv news.
The truck driver now has to live with that for the rest of his life.... I hope he is offered very good counscelling.
Retired
I'm with the posts above - poor truckie and emergency workers. I read that one of the women in the first on scene ambo crew had never been to a serious MVA before. My thoughts go out to all involved, and their families/friends.
"You, Madboy, are the Uncooked Pork Sausage of Sausage Beasts. With extra herbs."
- Jim2 c2006
Forum whore
The news item video clearly showed that the road surface exhibited severe surface flushing.
The LTNZ and Transit bring in a special survey truck from Aussie,periodically, to measure the traction offered by the road surface.We can tell the dick heads it's slippery for free.They don't do much to fix these hazards.
If this was Europe or USA the authorities would be sued into bankruptcyfor letting the roads get like this.
Immature and proud of it.
Too bloody true, I had a shincter tightening moment hitting some of this 'summer ice' while overtaking. I hit a patch of tar, the wheel spun and stepped out while alongside the overtakee. But then it was my fault for not driving to the conditions or being able to tell tar from smooth wet road in the rain at 50 metres. :unsure:Originally Posted by Pixie
BTW. although 8 died in that accident, China has 360 road deaths every day!
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Forum whore
LUCKY ME I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN TATUA AND WAITOA AND IT HAPPENED NOT FAR BEHIND BUT I DIDNT HEAR IT
Loud and Uncouth
Golden rule: treat the centre-line like an elctrified razor-wired concrete barrier.
Bugger all crashes are NOT linked to somebody crossing the centre of the road - speed/sleep/drunk/inattention it doesn't matter the reason.
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
on the up
I've wondered about this accident since I heard of it.
We're very quick to blame the road for the problem.
The driver was 66. It's a possibility that he could have had a heart attack. It's happened before.
It seems to me a bit unlikely that someone who drove that road that many times in all sorts of conditions would have made an error like that. 66 is an age where most people have decent driving experience and haven't started to lose their marbles.
Anyway just my $0.02. Still a nasty thing to happen. RIP.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Immature and proud of it.
I don't believe it! A real cop has let slip the real reason people die on our roads.
Thank you Scumdog.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Immature and proud of it.
It's possible, but very strange that an uncontrolled vehicle turns to the inside of a curve.I've wondered about this accident since I heard of it.
We're very quick to blame the road for the problem.
The driver was 66. It's a possibility that he could have had a heart attack. It's happened before.
It seems to me a bit unlikely that someone who drove that road that many times in all sorts of conditions would have made an error like that. 66 is an age where most people have decent driving experience and haven't started to lose their marbles.
Anyway just my $0.02. Still a nasty thing to happen. RIP.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
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