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« on: 09 October 2023, 15:09:19 »
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General Car Chat / Re: Get A Dashcam! Just do it
« on: 07 October 2023, 22:29:05 »
When considering any offence of possible due care relative to a road accident with a pedestrian v car, very basically the Police used to consider the driver as possible more at fault if a pedestrian has crossed from the offside rather than the nearside, based on the assumption that the driver ought to have had more time to react to a pedestrian crossing from the offside due to the distance / time they were in the carriageway prior to the collision.
Whether this is still the case, I cannot say, but logically...
There are obviously variables to this - ie parked vehicles, width of the road, light and weather conditions, height of the pedestrian, running / walking /actions of the pedestrian, point of impact on the vehicle, nature of the road, zones of invisibility, speeds involved etc etc. But as a rule of thumb, accidents involving pedestrian crossing from the nearside were much less likely to result in a prosecution against the driver than one crossing from the offside.
Don't ask me how I know.....
But would the Police be interested in such an in depth investigation as they often got criticised for doing the insurance companies donkeywork...
But I agree, a dash cam would be very beneficial in these circumstances determining exactly what occurred immediately prior to a collision....
Whether this is still the case, I cannot say, but logically...
There are obviously variables to this - ie parked vehicles, width of the road, light and weather conditions, height of the pedestrian, running / walking /actions of the pedestrian, point of impact on the vehicle, nature of the road, zones of invisibility, speeds involved etc etc. But as a rule of thumb, accidents involving pedestrian crossing from the nearside were much less likely to result in a prosecution against the driver than one crossing from the offside.
Don't ask me how I know.....
But would the Police be interested in such an in depth investigation as they often got criticised for doing the insurance companies donkeywork...
But I agree, a dash cam would be very beneficial in these circumstances determining exactly what occurred immediately prior to a collision....
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Omega General Help / Re: ABS-light constantly on after replacing front ABS/wheel speed sensors
« on: 02 October 2023, 19:25:52 »No according to Haynes the hub nut is tightened to 320Nm/236lb/ft no angle tightening is involved.Angle tightening is mentioned for anti roll bar bearing bracket bolts,front subframe, lower suspension arm pivot bolts and strut to steering knuckle.
Yes, you are right Baza - my mistake.... The more I think about it (it was some years ago!) I actually changed the complete knuckle as a whole unit with the hub, as the original brake shields were rotten as a pear - I didn't actually remove / change the hub / bearing. The angle tightening sequence I mentioned was actually for the front strut bolts...
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Omega General Help / Re: ABS-light constantly on after replacing front ABS/wheel speed sensors
« on: 02 October 2023, 18:53:31 »
I thought the front hub tightening is a 3 stage process (I haven't got the exact figures to hand as I'm not at home) -
1- tighten to ?? Nm (a relatively low figure capable of being attained with most torque wrenches)
2- angle tighten
3- angle tighten
That's how I did my last front hub change as per Haynes (I think)?
1- tighten to ?? Nm (a relatively low figure capable of being attained with most torque wrenches)
2- angle tighten
3- angle tighten
That's how I did my last front hub change as per Haynes (I think)?