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Title: How do people do it?
Post by: Lazydocker on 24 March 2013, 16:30:33
I know he's driving an Audi (which might answer my question :-X) but how do you manage to do this when it's obvious the roads are slippery and it's snowing? ::) ::)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21916129

Should add, I hope the driver makes a full recovery... He's in the best place for head injuries :y
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Varche on 24 March 2013, 16:35:03
I know he's driving an Audi (which might answer my question :-X) but how do you manage to do this when it's obvious the roads are slippery and it's snowing? ::) ::)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21916129

Should add, I hope the driver makes a full recovery... He's in the best place for head injuries :y

Gosh :o :o
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Andy B on 24 March 2013, 16:39:59
judging by some of the halfwits on the road on Friday night when it took me over 2 hours to do 20-odd miles just because of a bit of snow (OK ..... it'd drifted to 5 or 6 feet in places  ::)) it doesn't surprise me. Probably too much right foot.
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Steve B on 24 March 2013, 16:45:11
house took a good slap too
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: henryd on 24 March 2013, 16:50:56
He had to be moving fairly quickly to clear the pavement,go through the hedge and hit two cars and still stick it into the house, I hope he recovers well but a drivers awareness course beckons ???
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: the alarming man on 24 March 2013, 18:20:01
to get air like that and end up where he has,he must have been driving like a complete tool...hopefully he will make it but if he does think he needs more than a driver awareness course :-\
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: STMO123 on 24 March 2013, 18:23:06
He'll have a right fickin headache he will.
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: r1 on 24 March 2013, 18:32:56
20 year old
with a car like that
bet the insurance was  high before and now its going to be even higher
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 24 March 2013, 18:34:15
I'd like to see his insurance claim.....

'I was driving along minding my own business, when a kerb. a hedge, two parked cars and a house all lept in front of me'  ;D

Seriously tho, i hope he recovers from that  :)

Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 24 March 2013, 18:36:02
20 year old
with a car like that
bet the insurance was  high before and now its going to be even higher
That does rather assume it is insured :-\
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 24 March 2013, 18:40:50
20 year old
with a car like that
bet the insurance was  high before and now its going to be even higher
That does rather assume it is insured :-\

It doesnt actually say a 20yo, it says believed to be in his 20's, so if early 20's, maybe a rich dad that can afford a car like that for his son or if late 20's, doing well for himself.......either way i would have thought insured.......but you can never tell these days  :-\
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: dbdb on 24 March 2013, 18:43:27
and rather assumes it was his car ;)
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 24 March 2013, 18:47:53
and rather assumes it was his car ;)

True......assuming it wasnt stolen.....it could have been Dad's car or a mates i guess....hence giving it large if he's not used to driving it, a bit of a novelty.
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: henryd on 24 March 2013, 18:51:20
Probably the 4wd version so he thought he was safe,come to think about it that must have been 4wd,2wd would never have got over the cars :D
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: dbdb on 24 March 2013, 19:22:34
very popular car to steal, probably now, definitely 10 years back.  I know someone who was likely followed home, coathanger though letter box early hours of morning, keys and tt gone, eventually written off with a dead driver.
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Rog on 24 March 2013, 22:36:26
 . . . . . . the age of the car not mentioned. The early TTs were notoriously unstable. Made the news quite a few times.

However, driver in 20s, early morning (or late at night whatever), no other car involved, wintry conditions. Nuff said, and yes it is judgemental. I live near the A10 in North London, happens all the time. Well, not quite in such a spectacular manner.
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: Elite Pete on 25 March 2013, 09:50:49
I'm just glad the tool didn't take innocent bystanders with him which is normally the case :(
Title: Re: How do people do it?
Post by: sassanach on 25 March 2013, 11:28:24
i bet a pound to a penny he gets away with it ie n.f.a.(other than the repairs of course)rozzers are only interested in speeding, and i'm presuming no copper saw it happen ::)