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wow. condolences to his family..
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09-24-2012, 01:46 PM | #51 |
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RIP, I never liked hybrids
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09-24-2012, 01:58 PM | #53 | |
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Anyway. My prayers are with his family and friends. At least he went quickly. |
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09-24-2012, 02:01 PM | #54 |
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Bingo!
These under-ride accidents are nothing but the worse. RIP, and condolences to his family and friends. |
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How sad.
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Truly sad. RIP.
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09-24-2012, 02:31 PM | #63 |
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Thats horrible, my condolences to his family.
Its stupid to have them do high speed tests on public roads, even though theres no speed limit, doesnt mean you need to speed excessively, Im sure he was doing as he was told by bmw so this isnt his fault. |
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The clear reason the driver was killed is due to the lack of lower bumper on the trailer to stop a car from continuing to the last axle of the trailer of the truck.
Maybe BMW can use this to influence a change in safety requirements, and make it illegal to have unsafe trailers on the roads without proper bumpers to prevent this kind of tragedy in the first place. This was not a high speed test, this is what happens without proper lower bumpers in place. Very very sad. |
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09-24-2012, 02:38 PM | #65 |
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Truly sad! That us also the stretch I used for my fastest run in my 1M. Ironically I didn't hit top 155 mph because I got nervous about passing truck on right at high speed! I backed off at 150 and coasted to pass truck. Puts new meaning to BMW putting blood, sweat and tears into building and developing our cars.
The other observation is that this was an offset crash like is tested nowadays and current 3 series didn't do as well. However, this would not gave mattered here because of speed and because he went under the truck partially. My sincere condolences to his family and friends. |
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I agree with what you are saying, but sometimes I think it serves a better purpose to show these pictures. Accidents like these happen every single day around the world, you just don't hear about them because they don't involve your favorite car or a BMW test drive, etc. Showing that accidents can even happen with very skilled drivers might cause some people to think twice before driving recklessly (or not as defensive as they should) which could save someone's life (especially when innocent bystanders are involved). I guarantee at least a couple of people will think of these pictures the next time they are driving.
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