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11-05-2006, 12:03 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Photos of the crash near Benalla yesterday. How to destroy a Police car, apparently it had only 26k's on the clock. It was driven from the Police Station to the crash scene, then this.....
I have just heard that fuel tank didn't erupt and the air bags didn't go off. |
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11-05-2006, 12:06 PM
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Heres the story:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...5E2862,00.html |
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11-05-2006, 12:07 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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It was actually punted 500m up the road
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11-05-2006, 12:21 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Thank goodness there was nobody in the car.The airbags wouldn,t have gone of due to it being a rear end collision.Surprises me how the driver never saw the car stopped there.Then again after travelling that road as often as I have, and seeing some absolutely crazy things done, it shouldn't really surprise me.
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11-05-2006, 01:40 PM
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Has to be said...
It'll buff out! |
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11-05-2006, 09:17 PM
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As for that Cop car, Wow. Imagine had there been someone in the back. See ya later Alligator! T'would have been a very embarassed truckie! |
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12-05-2006, 05:24 PM
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12-05-2006, 06:06 PM
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11-05-2006, 01:48 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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The story goes the Police car was parked at the scene of another truck crash where a truck carrying a boat had gone off an embankement into a creek.
The Police car was supposed to be on point protecting the scene when another truck whose driver obviously wan't paying attention plowed into the back of it. There was no-one in it. |
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11-05-2006, 01:51 PM
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Adapt or perish...
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God damn....
Luckily no-one was hurt.
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11-05-2006, 02:10 PM
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Shesh, and we say that the Holwoo Barina isn't safe.
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11-05-2006, 02:18 PM
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Back to Le Frenchy
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Crumbledore, literally.
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11-05-2006, 02:21 PM
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Fossil fuel consumer
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And yes, being a rear ender the bags didn't go off.. maybe that's some food for thought for car manufacturers... especially on Europe's motorways. I'm guessing the accident had something to do with the snow on the road ?!! Or is that fire fighting foam ? (sorry haven't read the article yet). |
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11-05-2006, 02:24 PM
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a minties moment.
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11-05-2006, 02:24 PM
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all i can say is ouch!!
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11-05-2006, 02:44 PM
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And I know someone is going to ask. Did he have his Safety Triangles out?
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11-05-2006, 03:46 PM
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 : Pretty scary stuff... wonder if head/tail/roof lights were on? Admittedly it would be fairly difficult to spot a car on a highway if there was no illumination - of course that's no excuse for inattentive driving...
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11-05-2006, 03:48 PM
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OOOOOOWWWWCCCCHHHH!!!!
That would of been a massive massive bang...
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12-05-2006, 01:17 AM
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There were the lights on the car on PLUS additional lights and traffic direction devices set up on the road. The thing would have been visible (given it was dark) from miles away.
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12-05-2006, 03:25 PM
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BA_Turbs wrote (in bold):- Yes.
There were the lights on the car on PLUS additional lights and traffic direction devices set up on the road. The thing would have been visible (given it was dark) from miles away. Police had their usual flashers and had set up 'flares' nearby, these are actually rotating light items made by EFLARE. http://www.eflarecorp.com/Images/Technical%20PDF's/Police%20Letter.pdf Other trucks had managed to pass the incident without drama, until this bloke. I should add, I do NOT support electrical devices such as these or Big W's $43 LED flashing thing. Australian Standard Compliance is some things is nothing to boast about. Police on scene were still waiting for VIC Roads to come along to place proper traffic warning and diversion notifications when impacted. The official view of investigating police in relation to this crash, today, remains that; " device used to signal warning warning, particularly an advanced warning of a situation is certainly worthwhile in our view". In this road situation, the Hume @ 110kmk/h, we educate the triangle be carefully placed 150 steps before the scene, to the side of the road. People often ask/state, "gee mate, can't the 55watt roof flashers be seen well enough"? Failing then to appreciate the meaning of 'advanced warning' meant also as 'advanced of scene', not just the reflex return given on the item at night or the daytime inner triangle sight distance. Btw - NSW alone now records well over one hundred and fifty thousand crashes per year, some of these are rear-enders into existing 'scenes'.
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ORDER FORD AUSTRALIA PART NO: AM6U7J19G329AA. This is a European-UN/AS3790B Spec safety-warning triangle used to give advanced warning to approaching traffic of a vehicle breakdown, or crash scene (to prevent secondary). Stow in the boot area. See your Ford dealer for this $35.95 safety item & when you buy a new Ford, please insist on it! See Page 83, part 4.4.1 http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/media...eSafePart4.pdf Last edited by Keepleft; 12-05-2006 at 03:54 PM. |
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13-05-2006, 04:42 PM
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ford gawd's sake, PLEASE give us a break from "secondary advanced warning dinner cooking devices" or whatever the hell they are. please?
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11-05-2006, 03:37 PM
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Looks like the SSX concept
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11-05-2006, 09:45 PM
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11-05-2006, 05:27 PM
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That is foam on the ground, the crash happened near Benalla on the Hume Highway, no mountains there.
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11-05-2006, 07:32 PM
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11-05-2006, 05:59 PM
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How to deal with mobile speed cameras
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11-05-2006, 06:26 PM
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That's bloody crazy......
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11-05-2006, 06:25 PM
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Would make a nice front cut now...
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11-05-2006, 07:04 PM
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Damn.. that's a close call.. imagine if the coppers were inside the car!!
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11-05-2006, 07:06 PM
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Gives me new respect for trucks!!!
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Pics from crash near Benalla yesterday
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