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11-13-2014, 11:17 AM
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Cable barrier is looking pretty scary....
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11-13-2014, 11:27 AM
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Don't want to ride with 2 wheels.....
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11-13-2014, 11:32 AM
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11-13-2014, 11:40 AM
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It's staggering that this passes for an article title:
2015 Chevrolet Corvette in SECOND horrific car crash during testing as car spins out in rainy weather just months before model is set to go on sale to the public
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11-13-2014, 01:28 PM
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It's not a good time to be a rocket test pilot.
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11-13-2014, 01:49 PM
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Was it supposed to be designed as an idiot-proof vehicle that was impossible to crash? Because that's the only way this "news story" makes any sense.
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11-13-2014, 03:47 PM
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Who writes this stuff?
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11-13-2014, 04:49 PM
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It's the Daily Mail. They have trained monkeys who sit down at computer screens and just start making things up. It's amazing, really, but they frequently spell words correctly.
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11-13-2014, 04:54 PM
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Geez, where's the news here? Could you imagine the 930 testing in today's media? Never would have gone into production.
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11-13-2014, 08:13 PM
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Dad hydroplaned a 733 BMW into one of those cable barriers. Cut the trunk up to the wheel wells, right through the tail lights.
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11-13-2014, 08:22 PM
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Cable barriers are not really there to protect the crashing car but to prevent them from crossing the median and crashing into oncoming traffic.
We have a stretch of highway where winter crashes crossing the median have become a rare event since the installation of the cable barrier.
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11-14-2014, 03:55 AM
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If the testers are crashing this bad...the prospectus isn't so hot for the consumer.
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11-14-2014, 04:20 AM
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I have always looked at those cable barrier feeling huge pity for motorcyclists...
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11-14-2014, 06:46 AM
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Yeah, motorcycle hits that and the body lands in two different places.
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11-14-2014, 08:46 AM
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Ultra high performance sports car on a slick highway with Z-rated summer tires, (most likely), and someone managed to spin it? This is news, or has anything to do with the capabilities of the car?
I'm lost here.
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the body-parts.... and the bike in the opposing lanes.. blasted by me in the rain @80+... he did have a helmet... strapped to the bike.. the Paras simple pushed the gurney about to pick up his parts.. Rika |
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