75 replies to this topic

[mk3 Cooper S]

Looks like it was already on it's side when it hit the tree.

Trees do not move, any side impact with any car airbags or not often ends in tragedy.

Glad he walked away - lucky lad

[Ethel]

Well he won't have any more problems grounding on speed bumps - prolly a bit of an extreme solution though

Self evidently going too fast, but even the most skilled & cautious drivers can be caught out by conditions and you don't have to be going all that fast if you hit something as solid as a tree.

[GTIAlex06]

Trees dont move...fact

[littlemissmagic]

omg very lucky guy
and VERY lucky he didnt have a passenger!

[WRLondon]

lucky bloke!
keep that in mind, if your going for a smash make sure its as far away from you as poss!

looked like a lovely mini

can the owner say whether he'll be driving a mini again?

[Burnard]

If he had a passenger, the extra weight might have been enough to stop it spinning out.
Still wouldnt want to test that theory.


Has he bought a lottery ticket yet? these things useually come as three's

[DOOGLE]

WOW lucky, id buy myself some lottery tickts after that, atleast it was right hand drive and there wasnt a passenger.

guess who would of been the passenger 5 minutes later yer you guessed it,..

[WRLondon]

lol
another lucky one!
does he drive like a maniac?

[DOOGLE]

lol
another lucky one!
does he drive like a maniac?

believe it or not hes quite a slow driver and his car was not that fast anyway lol,

[miniallsort]

wow very lucky mate

[BenCoul]

Thats one accident that would have been made worse by a roll cage, the shell absorbed the impact nicely. Its done exactly what it was designed to do. I reckon a roll cage would have actually hurt the driver more.

Rather that a nice energy absorbing stop it would have been a sudden and abrupt halt, along with the resulting internal injuries.

however, if there was a passenger in the car, a roll cage would have saved them !!!

[mini93]

not necceasily, iv seen some crashes even with rollcages which have then bent the tubing, and thats high spec weld in cages not the poxy 6 points minis seem to use mostly

[samsfern]

not forgetting, he wouldnt of been wearing a helmet, so chances are he would have smacked his head on one of the tubes/bars, not good.

[Bungle]

Trees dont move...fact

look again on a windy day

[danrock101]

Trees dont move...fact

look again on a windy day