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cheets64 said:
But the crash from the car wreckage was not like that it, had front and back damage meaning it spun so the force was not sudden like in the vid and that it was a lesser impact.
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And kinetic energy = 0.5mv², so a car travelling at 60mph will have 2¼ times as much kinetic energy as a car travelling at 40mph - that's plenty of scope to have the equivalent of a 40mph crash at one end, a 40mph crash at the other end, and some left over for the sides.
 
MikeHiow said:
Well, that is part of driving to the conditions, being aware of such hazards and adjusting your driving accordingly where that is a possibility.
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Nobody, even you, is perfect. You can be an absolute (though self-appointed) master of judging weather conditions and traction for years. Then one day, you have a particularly crappy day at work and with your mind elsewhere other than 100% on driving and monitoring the conditions... go round a bend that you've driven from both directions 1000's of times and totally stack your car into a hedge. As that's exactly what happened to me.
 
NathanE said:
Nobody, even you, is perfect. You can be an absolute (though self-appointed) master of judging weather conditions and traction for years. Then one day, you have a particularly crappy day at work and with your mind elsewhere other than 100% on driving and monitoring the conditions... go round a bend that you've driven from both directions 1000's of times and totally stack your car into a hedge. As that's exactly what happened to me.
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I disagree.

Even when I am thrashing the daylights out of my cars, on a public road I always leave that 2% "just in case". You never know what may happen, so I always keep it fractionally under the absolute limit, mitigating any chances of stacking it into any hedges.

Fortunately though, my 98% still seems to be faster than anyone elses 100% so far which is good !!

I routinely 4wd powerslide and get the back end out, especially in the wet, but still leave it that 2% short of the "in the hedge" ragged edge.
 
TangoSixteen said:
I disagree.

Even when I am thrashing the daylights out of my cars, on a public road I always leave that 2% "just in case". You never know what may happen, so I always keep it fractionally under the absolute limit, mitigating any chances of stacking it into any hedges.

Fortunately though, my 98% still seems to be faster than anyone elses 100% so far which is good !!

I routinely 4wd powerslide and get the back end out, especially in the wet, but still leave it that 2% short of the "in the hedge" ragged edge.
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I recommend another 10%. Ideally when no one else is about, then we don't have to listen to your something to prove small dick posts.
 
TangoSixteen said:
I disagree.

Even when I am thrashing the daylights out of my cars, on a public road I always leave that 2% "just in case". You never know what may happen, so I always keep it fractionally under the absolute limit, mitigating any chances of stacking it into any hedges.

Fortunately though, my 98% still seems to be faster than anyone elses 100% so far which is good !!

I routinely 4wd powerslide and get the back end out, especially in the wet, but still leave it that 2% short of the "in the hedge" ragged edge.
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Your margin of 2% is not a good nor wise enough for a public road imo.
 
NathanE said:
Nobody, even you, is perfect. You can be an absolute (though self-appointed) master of judging weather conditions and traction for years. Then one day, you have a particularly crappy day at work and with your mind elsewhere other than 100% on driving and monitoring the conditions... go round a bend that you've driven from both directions 1000's of times and totally stack your car into a hedge. As that's exactly what happened to me.
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I'm not suggesting it doesn't happen, in fact, quite the opposite; my point is that it can happen to even the most competent of drivers - my other comments were defending having a spirited drive on the road.
 
tbh if i thrashing a car, i never push myself more than six or seven tenths, i dont try particularly hard at all, i dont want it to get out of hand.... i wouldnt be able to handle the OCUK shame if i binned it!
 
I go balls out 2000%, my cars too gay to crash as the other cars don't want gay germs.

Regardless of circumstance, anyone can pick up a puncture at 100mph or 10mph and it can casue untold havoc and life loss. Whether either was avoidable is up the experts and witnesses. We go out on the roads knowing full well we could be in an accident, our fault or not, or at least we should. Someone losing their life regardless of their actions is never a good thing. Maybe we should look at how they came to their actions, bad parenting, poor education? Who knows, but it seems a risk was taken and it ended badly. RIP that man.
 
MikeHiow said:
I'd say blasting up a straight piece of road is safer than driving on your limits around a track.
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1. It wasn't straight
2. I disagree for the reasons given by cheets64
3. Which of the following statements do you think is more accurate..."the bloke died because he was driving like a gimp" "The bloke died because he hit a NAIL and skidded into a wall"?
4. "Discussions on here are becoming tiresome" - Lol MikeHiow
 
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