damdy-cash
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 08:29 AM |
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Seven Fatality
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
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 08:34 AM |
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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...
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 08:48 AM |
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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.
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pewe
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 09:27 AM |
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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 
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SeaBass
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 09:27 AM |
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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
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welderman
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 09:34 AM |
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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.
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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jossey
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 09:42 AM |
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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
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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rallyingden
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 09:50 AM |
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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
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scootz
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 10:10 AM |
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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
You can't analyse them from those pictures... but if I was to hazard a guess, then I'd say the thick tyre-marks were another vehicles that
was braking hard to avoid the Seven.
It's Evolution Baby!
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Triton
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 10:25 AM |
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Makes you stop and think.
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 10:29 AM |
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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]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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loggyboy
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 12:23 PM |
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If you hit a tree - you need to hbe lucky - like this chap:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3105304
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T66
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 03:03 PM |
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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
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pif
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| posted on 5/4/11 at 03:10 PM |
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all ways remember a comment by colin mcrae (RIP) that once you are committed to crashing try to avoid the big trees. Nothing worse.
been a bit of a rush job really, bodged it all together in just 5 1/2 years.
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damdy-cash
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| posted on 6/4/11 at 05:14 PM |
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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
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