http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20110406/twl-driver-films-near-miss-with-flying-s-41f21e0.html
One lucky person?
This bit is more scary -
"The film was intended to reveal the dangerous driving habits of two other drivers" - so, she was using a handheld video camera / mobile
because someone else was driving badly? Oh, and if she hadn't been following the van so close, the plank couldn't have reached her car....
She's extra lucky she didn't lose control after it went through the windscreen, seeing as she was driving one-handed....
Was about to say the same, how the hell was she filming that?
why are they doubting that happened?? like that was a fake video...
very narrow escape and so fast
and that is exactly why i wear my helmet in the kitcar.
Can't see the video, says it's no longer available
Seems fake to me, saw it on a Lotus forum and that was also the general consensus.
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Seems fake to me, saw it on a Lotus forum and that was also the general consensus.
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Seems fake to me, saw it on a Lotus forum and that was also the general consensus.
I have had similar scary situation. Quite a few years ago doing at least 75 mph in the fast lane of a divided highway(no median , just the cement
barrier) and a hub cap comes flying over the cement barrier and takes out my grill, bonnet and windshield. If it had hit the windshield first I would
not likely be here now.
Dale
"Fake!" is pretty much just a standard youtube video comments response these days 
. I've learnt to ignore it. How and why the idiots
think this was faked is beyond me.
Obviously it's not fake as you all said so 
It's only an opinion and the reason is that the pole seems to just come out of nowhere, in as much as there's nothing to indicate why it
would fly up like that from the side of the road. Yes the wheel goes over one end of it but that might spin it, but why would it be thrown upwards
when the surface it's on is flat.
and why is it a standard response for youtube clips, cause most of them are fake, lol
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Obviously it's not fake as you all said so
It's only an opinion and the reason is that the pole seems to just come out of nowhere, in as much as there's nothing to indicate why it would fly up like that from the side of the road. Yes the wheel goes over one end of it but that might spin it, but why would it be thrown upwards when the surface it's on is flat.
and why is it a standard response for youtube clips, cause most of them are fake, lol
Yes, you can see it on the side of the road but it's laying flat so for a wheel going in one direction to spin it both sideways and also upwards
seems a bit strange to me, as there doesn't appear to be a pivot point lower than where it is already sitting to elevate it.
It's only my opinion and happy for it to be wrong, unlike some who are obvioulsy correct even though they don't actually have any more proof
of their thought than me
[Edited on 7/4/11 by Tiger Super Six]
only way this could happen is if the stake was pointing into the road with its sharpened end
catching it just right with the trailer tyre would indeed cause it to fly in the air and cause the accident
looks 100% genuine to me
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Yes, you can see it on the side of the road but it's laying flat so for a wheel going in one direction to spin it both sideways and also upwards seems a bit strange to me, as there doesn't appear to be a pivot point lower than where it is already sitting to elevate it.
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
Yes, you can see it on the side of the road but it's laying flat so for a wheel going in one direction to spin it both sideways and also upwards seems a bit strange to me, as there doesn't appear to be a pivot point lower than where it is already sitting to elevate it.
It's only my opinion and happy for it to be wrong, unlike some who are obvioulsy correct even though they don't actually have any more proof of their thought than me
[Edited on 7/4/11 by Tiger Super Six]
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Originally posted by Liam
Occam's Razor?
Please do not question the validity of the clip, stand well back 
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
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Originally posted by Liam
Occam's Razor?
I've use a Mach 3
Isn't there a requirement for laminated windscreens in the states or is their entire set of safety measures "no pop up headlights and side markers"
Surely an impact like that would have also shattered the screen rather than broken it like a kitchen window...
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
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Originally posted by Liam
Occam's Razor?
I've use a Mach 3
Isn't there a requirement for laminated windscreens in the states or is their entire set of safety measures "no pop up headlights and side markers"
Surely an impact like that would have also shattered the screen rather than broken it like a kitchen window...
^ thats a very good point!
if it shattered all over into round pieces (like side windows do)
then the driver would either not be able to see out the glass, to pull over somewhere safe, or the windscreen would come in and hit the driver round
the face, causing them to close their eyes, and not be able to see where they were going.
a few years ago when i was in london working, someones car outside ended up with a wooden stake through the windscreen. gang vandalism, or angry ex i
think, but yeah, similar sort of damage to the screen
It looks real but it doesn't make any sense, why would you drive whilst trying to operate a camera?