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Silly old duffer
« on: 17 January 2019, 19:59:04 »

What the hell is Phil the Greek, aka Duke of Edinburgh, doing driving at 97. Seems he pulled out in front of a car in his tank of a Range Rover and it got pushed onto it,s side. Must have been some hit to do that. Sorry, can,t do linkys.
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2019, 20:02:04 »

What the hell is Phil the Greek, aka Duke of Edinburgh, doing driving at 97. Seems he pulled out in front of a car in his tank of a Range Rover and it got pushed onto it,s side. Must have been some hit to do that. Sorry, can,t do linkys.

Glad to know you were there, have all the information, and are able to declare him guilty without any investigation.

Never let the truth get in the way of a good rant ??

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46912691

"And there will now be an investigation into the circumstances of the accident."

[BTW I have no idea what happened .. but to knock a RR onto its side the car striking it must be doing a fair amount of speed to have sufficient energy to achieve it !!  Just my opinion of course  :)]

(Edited for smelling pistakes)
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2019, 20:14:47 »

Who,s ranting?  ???
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2019, 20:19:27 »

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.... and are able to declare him guilty without any investigation.

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Who declared him guilty?  ???
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2019, 20:23:26 »

As above we don't have the facts, but a bloke in Phil's position has no need to drive on the public roads ..... he's miles of his own private land he could drive on & use (probably) one of many possible chauffeurs if he wanted to go anywhere proper.
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2019, 20:26:33 »

Was he on his way to a McDonalds car park to do donuts ? we should be told  ;D
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2019, 20:40:38 »

He probably jumped out, told everyone to eff off and was on his way.  ;D
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2019, 20:43:19 »

The physics are pretty straightforward...

Hit square in the side by the low, pointy end of an MPV (an early Sharamblaxy by the look of it), the high centre of gravity effectively rolled into the space suddenly vacated by the chassis as it was punted out from under it. momentum then simply slid away from the point of impact.

I suspect it would look quite graceful in slow motion. On the tinternet. Not sure that I would personally wish to experience at a mere 42, let alone 97 :o

The shock might just do Prince Philip in, although he doesn't come across as being easily offended spooked...  :-\
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2019, 20:48:59 »

Range Rovers certainly feel like you only have to go round a corner at above walking pace to put them on their side. Are we sure there was a second vehicle involved? ;D
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #9 on: 17 January 2019, 21:15:55 »

..... Are we sure there was a second vehicle involved? ;D

another royal conspiracy?  :o :o :o  ;D
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #10 on: 17 January 2019, 21:53:43 »

..... Are we sure there was a second vehicle involved? ;D

another royal conspiracy?  :o :o :o  ;D
Was it behind the grassy knoll ?
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #11 on: 17 January 2019, 22:04:15 »

Know that stretch of road very well & is a very dodgy junction at the best of times.
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #12 on: 17 January 2019, 22:30:01 »

And no surprise that he passed the breath test. ::) ::) ::)
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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #13 on: 17 January 2019, 22:32:03 »

Range Rover? I thought it looked more like a Disco 4 in the photo.  :-\

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Re: Silly old duffer
« Reply #14 on: 18 January 2019, 00:14:52 »

He’s a great old geezer, hope he’s ok 👍
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