How the hell....

Her car left the road at the Beehive roundabout, crossed two lanes of traffic and a cycle lane, mounted the kerb and smashed into a tree.
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Shouldn't be on the road tbh.
 
:eek: must have hurt

Edit: agree with Gilly. New thread coming tomorrow regarding that...
 
Gilly said:
Shouldn't be on the road tbh.
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What?

Fair enough shes old and old drivers do suck but the article clearly says "The woman told police that her brakes had failed just before she lost control".

Unless she was telling porkies :p
 
Paulj said:
What?

Fair enough shes old and old drivers do suck but the article clearly says "The woman told police that her brakes had failed just before she lost control".

Unless she was telling porkies :p
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I don't know if its whether they don't believe her or know that she wasn't telling the truth bit this:

"The lady was travelling from Middlebrook and turned left on to Chorley New Road and lost control.

"If she had not hit the tree, she would have ended up in the front garden of a sheltered homes complex."
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is a quote from the watch commander. Lost control and had her brakes fail are different things. Sounds to me like she was simply unable to control the vehicle.
 
Judging by the title you are confused how it became wedged. It would have hit the tree, the back end would have lifted and unless she hit the tree dead centre the car would have rotated about whichever side had more momentum, then the car would have fallen back down, clearly this time the back caught the other tree.
 
laissez-faire said:
Judging by the title you are confused how it became wedged. It would have hit the tree, the back end would have lifted and unless she hit the tree dead centre the car would have rotated about whichever side had more momentum, then the car would have fallen back down, clearly this time the back caught the other tree.
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:rolleyes: really, you dont say?! :)

It was more of a comment regarding the sheer stupidity and chance of it happening than the actual physics behind the matter, also, if you read through the article it does say how it happened!
 
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