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huge crash at ring
iceman26 - 27/11/09 at 04:50 PM

bmw m3

http://www.gtspirit.com/2009/11/13/car-crashes-bmw-e36-m3-at-nordschleife/


speedyxjs - 27/11/09 at 04:51 PM

WOW!!!



Look at where the engine is!!!!


Danozeman - 27/11/09 at 04:54 PM

That must have hurt. Its mayhem on that vid!!


55ant - 27/11/09 at 04:54 PM

geeeeze, its only a matter of time before they close the ring surely?


blakep82 - 27/11/09 at 04:58 PM

eek just goes to show how important a proper cage is


t.j. - 27/11/09 at 05:08 PM

good donor

BTW; no yellow flag due it's a normal road! in Real live there are also no flags....

Hmmm, ...but it would help


Benzine - 27/11/09 at 05:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 55ant
geeeeze, its only a matter of time before they close the ring surely?


I had an idea to keep it going... at the moment it's technically a toll road and gets to carry on via that loophole...

If it got closed down then change it to a drive-through. You have to place your order at the barrier and drive 20km to pick it up


will121 - 27/11/09 at 05:32 PM

looking at that video when he came round the bend and saw stationary cars made his arse nip!!


t.j. - 27/11/09 at 05:32 PM



I personal don't think it will be closed very soon. On the highway you can also still drive as fast as you like.

But I would consider a warningsystem to prefent more accidents.


blakep82 - 27/11/09 at 05:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by t.j.


I personal don't think it will be closed very soon. On the highway you can also still drive as fast as you like.

But I would consider a warningsystem to prefent more accidents.


yep, some sort of lights and camera type apperatus would be useful


speedyxjs - 27/11/09 at 05:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Benzine
quote:
Originally posted by 55ant
geeeeze, its only a matter of time before they close the ring surely?


I had an idea to keep it going... at the moment it's technically a toll road and gets to carry on via that loophole...

If it got closed down then change it to a drive-through. You have to place your order at the barrier and drive 20km to pick it up


I like that idea. It would make it the worlds most expensive McDonalds though!


55ant - 27/11/09 at 06:29 PM

well i hope it stays open for petrol heads, if it was in the uk it would have average speed cameras on it by now! $$$$.


iscmatt - 27/11/09 at 07:59 PM

my god! not good


jimmyd - 27/11/09 at 09:06 PM

Emmmm glad it wasn't a Seven. Lets be honest he probably would not have made it.


MakeEverything - 27/11/09 at 10:35 PM

Makes me realise even more that i need a six point cage, minimum. My fibreglass rocketship would have killed me!


A1 - 28/11/09 at 03:06 AM

you cannot close the ring cause of one bad crash. These things are ALWAYS going to happen, though maybe some sorta flag system would be good...


RK - 28/11/09 at 03:48 AM

Make everyone rent a 2 way radio system.

BTW, you can't drive at whatever speed you want on every road - only on certain highways. I thing the Ring is great, because everyone knows the risks, but the unlimited Autobahn speed thing is completely and utterly stupid. When they crash, they take out 100 cars at a time sometimes. Dying young in a car crash used to be a normal thing in Germany. That isn't normal at all. It's wrong and immoral.


bmseven - 28/11/09 at 08:40 AM

He's going to end up with a nice clean up & repair bill for the ring also looking at that mess

[Edited on 28/11/09 by bmseven]


02GF74 - 28/11/09 at 11:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by A1
you cannot close the ring cause of one bad crash. These things are ALWAYS going to happen, though maybe some sorta flag system would be good...


indeed, like closing the M25 becasue a lorry flipped over, every day occurcence.

but it wold hurt to put a few info, signs - coming round that corner to find slow moving traffic must have made the old ticker flutter!!


jeffw - 28/11/09 at 12:29 PM

What is interesting from the video is that it was not a normal TF day as you cannot go straight though past the entrance like that on a TF day (your not allowed to use video equipment on a Tourist day either). Which means it was an organised trackday....total chaos on the straight though, they should have and could have flagged people down on the straight and pulled then off the track.



[Edited on 28/11/09 by jeffw]


Richard Quinn - 28/11/09 at 01:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bmseven
He's going to end up with a nice clean up & repair bill for the ring also looking at that mess

[Edited on 28/11/09 by bmseven]
If it was a German car/National it will be covered on his/her insurance as the ring is considered a public highway for Nationals


jeffw - 28/11/09 at 03:21 PM

Only on Tourist Days....which this doesn't appear to be.