[David9694]

And there are points, which you can claim for your story. The person with the most points wins a table for four at The Farmer’s Dog (second prize : two tables?).  

The scoring system will probably evolve, in fact suggestions for additional points can be made, but for starters:

Score one point for each of:

Clear picture of car on its roof or side

30 mph limit /residential road 

Audi, BMW or “super-car”

Article doesn’t mention a driver 

 

 

 

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[Matthew Acton-Varian]

Most modern cars, especially

Most modern cars, especially SUV’s perform very badly on the Moose test. Essentially a stunt driver has to weave through tightly spaced cones at higher and higher speeds until the car is no longer controllable, cones are hit or the car flips. The high centre of gravity means any loss of control, over correction or any sideways shunt will easily lead to a roll over.

[David9694]

(Driverless) Essex crash sees

(Driverless) Essex crash sees person trapped as car flips on side

https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/24927107.canvey-island-car-flipping-sees-person-trapped-inside/

[essexian]

wtjs wrote:

How is it even possible to turn a car over on the road out of Ranton?

There seems to be a lack of empathy here. Don’t you realise how difficult it is to keep track of all those screens, the phone, eating and drinking and so on- and on top of all that having to look at the road?!

Phafff!

I can do all that at the same time, as well as chatting up some bit of totty I’ll just collected from the Young Farmers Meeting. Well I suppose I am a better driver than most having a BMW…. 😉

[wtjs]

How is it even possible to

How is it even possible to turn a car over on the road out of Ranton?

There seems to be a lack of empathy here. Don’t you realise how difficult it is to keep track of all those screens, the phone, eating and drinking and so on- and on top of all that having to look at the road?!

[the little onion]

“Swerving to avoid an animal

“Swerving to avoid an animal on the road” is the new catch-all excuse, for when you crash your car because you are busy texting someone.

[chrisonabike]

mdavidford wrote:

mdavidford wrote:

Bonus video, and a police driver: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yr0z9r1ro

She was dismissed so that’s something perhaps uncommon for the police… No driving ban though, it was just careless (even though she’d lied about the cause – presumably the courts just ascribed that to “trying to keep job”).

[essexian]

How is it even possible to

How is it even possible to turn a car over on the road out of Ranton? This is a road I use often and is quite straight after the “climb” out of Ranton; thus, I have no idea how they did this….. going too fast/not taking care of what they are doing/driving like a prat?

A street view showing how straight the road is… https://maps.app.goo.gl/3yyweGKwDBxBbem46

 

 

[David9694]

Police, firefighters and

Police, firefighters and paramedics at Staffordshire smash as 4×4 left in ditch

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/police-firefighters-paramedics-staffordshire-smash-9929947?int_source=nba

[mdavidford]

Bonus video, and a police

Bonus video, and a police driver: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yr0z9r1ro

[the little onion]

The biggest every car

The biggest every car insurance claim. Took over 20 years to finalise, and was worth somethign like 50 million

[stonojnr]

Of course the headlines are
Of course the headlines are all “a car crashed” barely mentions the driver at all even though they’ve been arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

There was a thing I thought came in after the Selby crash where train Co’s or Network rail could sue the driver of the car for damages and costs due to delays on the rail network from their actions, which will almost certainly be in the millions of pounds range

[Hirsute]

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[Steve K]

I wasn’t entirely sure which

I wasn’t entirely sure which of the threads to post this on, but as the car is upside down I’ve gone for this one

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k5214vn6pt

[David9694]

Three taken to hospital after
Three taken to hospital after car overturns in Tivoli Road, Margate

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/three-in-hospital-after-car-smashes-into-parked-vehicle-in-s-319764/

[stonojnr]

surprised they didnt blame

surprised they didnt blame the council for not gritting the road

[Author]

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