JonnyJ
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quote: Originally posted by Cosmo
quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
FPMSL. Why would you even think about getting out the car at that point?
Unless that road led to a huge ravine? But I'm fairly confident it doesnt
It leads to Doyle's house, so I can see why they jumped.
Doesn't his house have padded walls though? If not, it really should do.
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biswell
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To be fair people saying he cant drive isnt fair to be honest once the car has gone in the ice or snow thats it really there no getting it back especially on that road lol .. And i dont understand why they jumped out they are crazy
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Corsa_Quadz
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Highly amusing when the 2 people were on their arses skidding after the car!!
Look at the bird...........WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
**New winter sports in south west**
BUMSKI'ing
[Edited on 24-12-2009 by Corsa_Quadz]
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JonnyJ
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This is how you do it. Stay in the car, no matter how bad it gets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWT1pY1mVlY&NR=1
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biswell
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quote: Originally posted by JonnyJ
This is how you do it. Stay in the car, no matter how bad it gets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWT1pY1mVlY&NR=1
Haha quailty !
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Paul_J
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quote: Originally posted by John
They should have had the common sense to take the foot off the brakes, into first gear and steered it down the hill.
In response to Deano!! ^^^ EXACTLY.
Basically they have locked the wheels, so the car will just slide now... but if they had it in gear, it'd regain a bit of traction on the front wheels and they'd be able to steer again! It also looks like they pulled the handbrake which is why the car is skidding round in circles.
I've found if I'm going down a slippery hill in the s2000, if I clutch down / go down without it in gear the car slides all over the place, but if i go down slowly in 1st gear with the clutch biting, it just keeps the car steadily going down in a straight line.
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ed
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quote: Originally posted by John
They should have had the common sense to take the foot off the brakes, into first gear and steered it down the hill.
If they still crashed after that then fair enough, what they done in reality was total stupidity.
I'd put money on that not helping. If the road is that iced over I don't even think you with your god like driving skills would have even been able to handle it. It looks like sheet ice, no excuse for bailing though!
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DannyB
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That's bad and extremely funny at the same time, going at that speed the last thing on my mind would be jumping out of my car.
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John
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quote: Originally posted by ed
quote: Originally posted by John
They should have had the common sense to take the foot off the brakes, into first gear and steered it down the hill.
If they still crashed after that then fair enough, what they done in reality was total stupidity.
I'd put money on that not helping. If the road is that iced over I don't even think you with your god like driving skills would have even been able to handle it. It looks like sheet ice, no excuse for bailing though!
So they wouldn't have had more steering in 1st gear than they did with the brakes locked on?
That's nothing to do with god like driving skills, it's common sense, which you seem to be lacking again recently.
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ed
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I think that the engine braking would have prevented the front wheels from moving, the back end would have overtaken the front and they'd still end up with no steering and sliding sideways down the hill.
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ed
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Or you could match engine speed to wheel speed to prevent engine braking. That would mean acceleration which would almost certainly lead to the vehicle under-steering into one of the parked vehicles on the corner.
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Nath
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I bet other people navigated that road fine.
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MarkSport
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Thats mad.
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MarkSport
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taken off another forum
this is the letter the people in the car sent to the residents filming it....
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Wrighty
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Nath
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muppet
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Rich H
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Made it on to the Sun site too: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2784411/Drivers-preform-Ice-Car-pades.html
Apparently in a Vauxhaul Corsa too
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MarkSport
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haha now lets see if they want it taking off youtube
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Mike
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To all those complaining about the person videoing it, it says in the write up that neighbours had warned the couple not to drive due to the conditions, they obviously chose to ignore it
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Jordan C
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Reports say the driver had been warned of the icy road - he must have though they were s-kidding
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sand-eel
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So they are idiots but I don't think they could have avoided it or got the car back in control again, even in gear, its clearly too icey.
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John
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it's not clearly too icy. Does the 1 video not say something. If you approached that in first or second (even in an old beemer) you would have almost surely got down the hill. Even if you didn't, as i've already said, cv least you'd have tried. Bailing out because you ran out of sense after stamping on the brakes isn't as cool.
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Ian
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Look at it this way. If they stay in the car, they *might* regain control. If they leave the car, they definitely won't.
And an impact while in a car at 5mph is less painful than sliding along the road on your ass.
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DannyB
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I read on another forum that the guy got crushed between his car and a citroen picasso, broken ribs and some other injuries and the car hit a hedge and a Mercedes behind the hedge then hit that wall.
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Anty
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quote: Originally posted by Ian
Look at it this way. If they stay in the car, they *might* regain control. If they leave the car, they definitely won't.
And an impact while in a car at 5mph is less painful than sliding along the road on your ass.
how would you tell your insurance what happend..
oh we decided to get out while it was sliding away
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