I was struggling whether to post it or not, quiet shocked after reading it and seeing the pictures this morning and thought it reminds everyone how
vulnerable we are.
Seven Fatality
The 51 years old German chap died jammed in the car after severall contacts to the trees, any help was to late… They had to cut him out of the car.
Police is chasing for a second car that might has been involved
Cheers Volker
That's awful...
Reminds me of a 5th Gear programme a while ago - their verdict was that the worst thing you can hit in ANY car is a tree...
My mate wrapped an Mr2 around a tree and sadly passed away a week after passing his driving test.
Mr2 probably not the best thing for an new driver on a cold wet morning.
Gruesome and very sobering.
I think you are right to post it as we all have a tendency to feel we're invulnerable.
Fact is that no matter what you are driving/riding hitting trees is not recommended.
Looking at the damage there must have been high speed involved.
Can't get my head around the skid-marks as they don't seem to match his accident - maybe that's
why police think there's another car involved
Cheers, Pewe 
Truly awful - and on a test drive??
The Germans don't have the namby pamby attitude to showing a crash site do they.
Worth remembering about trees that jump out in front of the car.
JC
Feel sorry for his family and people who knew the man, i live in quite a rural area and theres always a few deaths on the roads each year due to trees
not giving an inch, blooming hard things.
Sad very sad.
best wishes i guess to the family.
Those chassis's are strong so i guess he was going fast.
hopefully he didnt feel any pain.
david
Poor guy.
I notice that the tyre marks are quite long, but can't understand one picture that seems to show tyre marks stright ahead but a fainter line
curving off to the resing position of the seven. ??
RD
quote:
Originally posted by rallyingden
I notice that the tyre marks are quite long, but can't understand one picture that seems to show tyre marks stright ahead but a fainter line curving off to the resing position of the seven. ??
RD
Makes you stop and think.
although tree's are solid as rock side protection on a 7 has always been an issue
had he a full cage and side bars he just may have walked away from that one
[Edited on 5/4/11 by Mr Whippy]
If you hit a tree - you need to hbe lucky - like this chap:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3105304
Been to one or two - car tree scenarios in my time.
It really does not need a big lump of a tree to cause fatalities, some of Ive seen have been little more than 12" in diameter.
Slight grazing of the bark, and thats about it. Even modern cars with good safety ratings struggle to deal with trees, sevens will have no chance.
Sobering pictures from Germany.
God Bless
all ways remember a comment by colin mcrae (RIP) that once you are committed to crashing try to avoid the big trees. Nothing worse.
Update on this:
A friend of him posted on a German seven forum.
The guy, Leo, was on a short blat to the next town to get some fuel, on the way back he had get a hard attack and lost control of his Birkin Seven,
what causes his move into the trees.
The funereal will be held next Friday near the blackforest area and his girlfriend ask as much as possible seven drivers with cars to come along to
pass the last wishes.
Cheers Volker