gaz_gaz
posted on 1/9/14 at 09:07 AM
Megabusa Close call. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpTkJcM5yL4&feature=youtu.be
wylliezx9r
posted on 1/9/14 at 09:23 AM
VIDEO
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woodstock
posted on 1/9/14 at 09:40 AM
Wow, that was a close call. Guessing the porsche must have lost the rear end as he went over the crest
Things like this always remind me how vulnerable we all are in our cars
[Edited on 1/9/14 by woodstock]
hkp57
posted on 1/9/14 at 09:53 AM
Love the way the passenger grabs his wrist when he is just gathering it all back up
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HowardB
posted on 1/9/14 at 10:00 AM
to be fair,... good effort on part of the megabusa driver,... and the passenger didn't let go of her phone for the entire time,...!
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Jenko
posted on 1/9/14 at 10:07 AM
WOW...that was a seriously close call. Good to see everyone was ok after that one.
[Edited on 1/9/14 by Jenko]
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bi22le
posted on 1/9/14 at 10:53 AM
That looked expensive.
I bet the porsche driver was happy he did not hot the busa.
conversations get a little awkward and heated when vehicles hot each other at the ring.
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r1_pete
posted on 1/9/14 at 12:23 PM
Lucky escape for the kit driver, and the Porsche cockpit looked intact too...
One observation though, is it wise to be clad in shorts for a track day? I would have thought additional protection would be a good idea if not a
requirement??
nick205
posted on 1/9/14 at 12:27 PM
Close shave for both cars
Is there a track protocol on stopping/not stopping after an incident like that?
I can imagine you might be briefed to not stop under any circumstance, just to keep going until you reach the end and then report the incident.
Is the track fully CCTV'd?
mark chandler
posted on 1/9/14 at 12:54 PM
Amazing the Porsche stayed upright, very lucky for all concerned, it looked like his engine blew up on the overtake locking the rears, heavily smoking
on the grass.
[Edited on 1/9/14 by mark chandler]
Ben_Copeland
posted on 1/9/14 at 12:54 PM
She looks like she's possible an instructor as she seems to gesture to him to carry on. Grabs his arm incase she has to make him pull round or
just controlling the situation.
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jeffw
posted on 1/9/14 at 01:13 PM
I doubt an instructor is going to be holding a phone in one hand like that....
Also you are meant to stop (safely) in the event of an accident. Remember on public days this is a public road and subject to German Road Traffic
Law.
Ben_Copeland
posted on 1/9/14 at 01:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by jeffw
I doubt an instructor is going to be holding a phone in one hand like that....
Also you are meant to stop (safely) in the event of an accident. Remember on public days this is a public road and subject to German Road Traffic
Law.
Strange how the passenger is tell him to carry on lol
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ReMan
posted on 1/9/14 at 01:31 PM
Yea I saw it and thoughjt it more a instruction than a GRAB at his arm like a panicing pasengetr!
As said expensive day for trye Porsche
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Quinten
posted on 1/9/14 at 01:50 PM
If you watch the video on youtube, the driver (Italian) posted some explanation as to why he didn't stop (track protocol is to NOT stop on the
track, you could be causing a bigger accident), and why his girlfriend grabbed his hands (she was scared). Bet he uttered a few "Mamma
Mia's" though!
loggyboy
posted on 1/9/14 at 02:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by r1_pete
Lucky escape for the kit driver, and the Porsche cockpit looked intact too...
One observation though, is it wise to be clad in shorts for a track day? I would have thought additional protection would be a good idea if not a
requirement??
Its not a trackday, you don't even have to wear a helmet.
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Slimy38
posted on 1/9/14 at 02:32 PM
Have a look here on whether you should stop on the 'ring;
http://www.carthrottle.com/neardeath-footage-proves-why-you-must-never-park-on-the-nurburgring/
Personally I would treat it like a motorway, and only stop for a really really good reason...
(Interestingly, the link to the spinning Porsche is linked from that page as well!!)
[Edited on 1/9/14 by Slimy38]
whitestu
posted on 1/9/14 at 03:18 PM
That's a good advert for the ABS on the Mini!
jeffw
posted on 1/9/14 at 03:35 PM
http://www.nurburgringexplorer.com/Nurburgring_Nordschleife_Circuit_information/nurburgring_nordschleife_safety
jossey
posted on 1/9/14 at 05:38 PM
That was close....
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