This driver should buy a lotto ticket!

[Laava]

Guys,

This is the sort of stuff you never see in the papers........


> Subject: Fwd: Logging Accident -Kaingaroa
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> Ford Telstar ran up rear of stems unit.Location of accident.Goudies
> Road, approx 2 Km south from Burn Rd intersection.What happened. An
> idiot driving a Telstar TX5 was travelling at what appears to be
> excessive speed ran up the rear. Two overhanging stems passed through
> the windscreen and out the rear window, missing the three occupants of
> the car. The car travelled 7 meters up the logs before hitting the
> rear bumper of the truck with such force that the car was jammed under
> the bumper and suspended off the ground by the two logs. The occupants
> of the car jumped out onto the road. The driver was unaware of the
> incident and continued on his journey along Goudies for 2.8 kms and
> down Pukapuka Road for a further 3.4Kms. Another unit was travelling
> up Pukapuka empty. slowed to pass. In doing so the dust reduced to the
> stage where He saw a part of the car's front bumper in his rear vision
> mirror. He asked other truckie (on R/T) what was behind him. He advise
> a car was hanging off the stems unit. On inspection the found no
> passengers in the car. He left the truck and went with other driver to
> locate the car driver etc. They found them on the side of the road
> near to the scene of the collision on Goudies Rd. (The ambulance and
> police arrived)
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> Mack tractor with stems dolly. Loaded 32 stems ex Harley 15 for the
> K.P.P. Gross weight 86 tonne Markings: Well marked with pink fluoro
> paint (5 extremely well marked with 2 others) Stem overhang: max log
> 8m Stems hit 7m Cause: Excessive speed after leaving the seal and not
> slowing to dusty conditions. Driver of car stated he was familiar with
> the Road and stems trucks. Also stated he was travelling in light dust
> but did not think a truck was ahead of him even when he drove into
> thick dust. States he applied the brakes and when he saw the truck he
> looked at his speedo and was travelling at 80 kph. THIS TIME THE
> TRUCKIE WAS NOT AT FAULT. (as they usually are !!)
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Paul Newman
Corporate Account Manager
John Andrew Ford and Mazda
2 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021

[Okey Dokey]

Amazing to think the 3 car occupants were uninjured when you look at the pictures.

[Mully]

Probably no point in buying a Lotto ticket now - the cars been off the road for years:

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=le7984

I only carjammed it cos I recall seeing these pics before.

[Laava]

I only carjammed it cos I recall seeing these pics before.

Which seat were you in?

[ManDownUnder]

Probably no point in buying a Lotto ticket now - the cars been off the road for years:

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=le7984

I only carjammed it cos I recall seeing these pics before.

I wonder if the smell of shit left on the 3 seats has started to fade yet.

[Mully]

Which seat were you in?

The one with the wheel in front of it. Dunno what the wheel was for though.

[Mully]

I wonder if the smell of shit left on the 3 seats has started to fade yet.

"you must spread some etc......"

[MisterD]

Gotta love the understatement of an industry that describes f-ing great logs as "stems"...

[Ixion]

What is the legally permitted rear overhang?

[shafty]

Blooooooooooooooody hell!

[Laxi]

cant believe 3 people could be in that and not 1 got hit, never mind the lotto, think they used their lifetime of luck on that 1