[TW]Fox;17005825 said:
To be fair you don't need PC Bob to say you must have been a bit quick to jump a central reservation barrier on a dual carriageway and plough into an oncoming car in a Toyota Supra on a residential road
Just seen this and sorry, but what??
Have you just pulled jumping a central reservation barrier from a box containing "Fox's Random Roadside Objects to Make A Situation Sound Unnecessarily Dramatic" ?!
You should have added that it rolled on the roof twice, hit a couple of lamp posts, a bollard, slid across a mini roundabout and took out an orphanage in a ball of flames.
I've been happy to accept things you've said as they always seem to be providing a welcome, realistic point of view based on facts and good reasoning, but seriously... what?
What is the point in posting something that is clearly not only factually innacurate, but serves no purpose other than to portray the situation in a further bad light?
[TW]Fox said:
We all saw the photos and Google Streetview
And you will have also seen the picture I posted. And in that case, in both instances, you will have seen that there is no barrier, and a height difference between the road surfaces. No jumping involved. Clipping a kerb and dropping, yes.
I wish there had been a barrier, it would have stopped the car!
There are two
kerbs and an overall ~1.5-2.0ft vertical difference between the levels of the carriageways. Futile attempt at an ascii representation:
Code:
up carriageway
______________¦
\______________________¦ down carriageway
\________________
Apologies, but its a touchy subject for obvious reasons and I dislike people spouting misinformation about me.
I'm not trying by any means to justify anything about the incident (as I'm sure will be assumed).
It didn't seem worth starting a thread just to pick on a single post but I'm done ...
... end rant and end of my contribution to this epic derailment!
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