Ariel Atom Crash --- Bad One
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Looks like he was cut out. I would not want to crash one of those.
Yikes!
I guess you have to look at driving one of these as a similar experience to riding a motorcycle- obviously there isn't a lot of driver protection.
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I guess you have to look at driving one of these as a similar experience to riding a motorcycle- obviously there isn't a lot of driver protection.
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I'm wondering why anyone would drive that thing, obviously pretty damn fast, on the street? 
Wow technical malfunction, seems like straight into the wall. 
Maybe our belgian members got some more infos on this.
Maybe our belgian members got some more infos on this.lol which airbags?
LOL, it did'nt even nick bricks in the wall.
You all talk shit about SUV's....well, they are safe.
Forums report a stuck accelarator, car has been in garage for same problem before. Press reports just street racing and all the bs about fast cars which comes with it.
Anyway, all info commes from forums, which we all know is highy relaible.
As funny as that is, I still believe more from what I read on forums than from watching the news on TV. Those guys blow and usually don't have even half of their facts straight.
Wow technical malfunction, seems like straight into the wall.
lol which airbags?
The kind that will eject you clear of the accident....
Interesting that the wall looks unscathed.
Here's a link to his story: Pascal's Orange Atom's Sad Demise
Throttle got stuck wide open it appears. I have had that happen to me in another car and it is just plain scary.
I had it happen in a dodge truck. After a few seconds of panic, I popped it into neutral and killed the engine.
Wow, I would have thought the cage/chassis structure would be stronger than that and not fold right up...
I'm wondering why anyone would drive that thing, obviously pretty damn fast, on the street?
Maybe because its Honda powered like the rest of us. Got a few magazine articles over here in Europe from Honda singing the praises of the Atom designer but Iam sure he had no intention of that ever happening.
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I never understood why it's such a big deal, I've had it happen before and all I did was shut the car off and pull to the side of the road, occasionally turning it back on if I needed to pick up some speed to get to a safer place to pull off
Um…just press the clutch pedal in?
OK, a Belgian joke I heard in neighbouring Germany:
Q: Why do the Belgians have red and white for the colour of their license plates?
A: To warn other drivers, because red and white are the international colours for danger.
:biggrin:
Aaaah. I love it here!
OK, a Belgian joke I heard in neighbouring Germany:
Q: Why do the Belgians have red and white for the colour of their license plates?
A: To warn other drivers, because red and white are the international colours for danger.
:biggrin:
Aaaah. I love it here!
On a bike you're vision is about level with those in SUVs, so you can see ahead of traffic as if you were in an SUV. This makes all the difference in the world as far as safety goes.
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