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How easily it can all go wrong
Spotted this link on another forum, very scary to see how easily it can all go belly up
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24th Aug 2010 9:52 am
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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easypeasy
I witnessed a hi-lux do almost the same thing, slipped back down a gully and the off side rear caught the edge and over she went. Driver ok but badly shacken and covered in oil. Happened in a flash.A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
24th Aug 2010 10:02 am
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Good find Andy Always best to have a spotter or if unsure get out and give it a good coat of looking at.Club Exped trailer
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Ouch! That track is probably a lot steeper than it looks as cameras always lie! All was lost the moment the left rear wheel slid of the hump.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
24th Aug 2010 10:12 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Old un but a good un!
24th Aug 2010 10:14 am
NJF
Member Since: 05 Oct 2007
Location: Gone
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I can't watch the video on the iPhone in Turkiye (how do they spell it in the adverts?) but I can imagine what it's like. I hate having to back down a steep hill.
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24th Aug 2010 12:29 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Wondered where you'd been hiding!! Thought you were off somewhereplotting the downfall of western civilisation!! Soooooooo hope Tunisia is not as toastie as that.
Had seen it already. Real scary how it goes all wrong so easily and so quickly. Was the driver put in prison? (see thread on the Wales driver)The older I get, the better I was.
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24th Aug 2010 3:54 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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Would the D3/4's electronic wizardy have helped in such circumstances? I'd have thought not.
26th Aug 2010 3:04 pm
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
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Borrowed from BarryG
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A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
26th Aug 2010 3:11 pm
Mark Y
Member Since: 14 Sep 2008
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1249
It doesn't take much for this to happen, this was following me along a track and then reversed and hit a bank, no one injured and back up and running in 20-30 mins
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26th Aug 2010 9:05 pm
NeilD
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Always best to have a spotter or if unsure get out and give it a good coat of looking at.
