someone mentioned the thing about the 7.5T truck...
not quite the same thing - this is aimed at stopping suicide bombers, I think, judging by the commentary. The truck is going pretty fast at impact.
OUCH!!!! Bloomin' truck crumpled to nothing like it was made from paper mache! Badger.
Ouch on this too:
I think they are a terrific idea and offer are a real step forward in road safety.
Not sure why we have never discussed them on here before.
David
Whistling?? WHISTLING?? Have you any idea how many deaths are cause every year by people who whistle?? Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, he was a whistler, Fred West, another whistler!
You bastard!
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:34:59 GMT, "Richard" scribbled the following nonsense:
on a more light hearted note, this one reminds me of shenanigans we used to get up to at uni though
On or around Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:34:59 GMT, "Richard" enlightened us thusly:
that's the one we started with.
There's another one here - this bloke is a complete tosser, the bollard is more or less fully up by the time he hits it.
Now this chap I feel sorry for, OK, he's arsing around but how many of us have done similar silly stunts?
It would be much the same if it hit a tree at that angle, besides trucks are not build to crash into bollards. will we see a spate of bombers hijacking monster trucks now ?
Careful, careful - Bliar's men will have you for aiding terrorists in contravention of one of his newly invented offences.
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:08:14 +0000, Austin Shackles scribbled the following nonsense:
pole vaulter at 1:30 must have hurt...
This one is classic though....
I guess we have all done daft things, I once rode my lambretta scooter up the ramp into the first floor bar in the students union at Warwick uni, parked it up in front of the bar and then got off to order a drink leaving the engine running. The only complaints I had were about the exhaust which I have to admit, with it being a two stroke was somewhat noxious :)
I am of course a totally reformed character these days.
What bothered me was after that huge impact where was the engine? still in the workshop? I would have expected to see it in bits on the floor Derek
If it was the clip I'm thinking of, the thing was winched in at speed so the engine was probably removed to stop the block flattening the bollard!
On or around Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:35:30 +0000, Ian Rawlings enlightened us thusly:
I think the engine ends up under the wreckage of the cab.
On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:53:59 +0000, Austin Shackles scribbled the following nonsense:
there's certainly enough oil around to suggest that engine and the gearbox were still in place
Simon Isaacs uttered summat worrerz funny about:
Yeah...lucky they packed some sand to soak up the oil :-)
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