3v0 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 That's probably because the ones used for rally have a roll bar. cage They probably all have an anti roll bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minxie Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I see there is a Facebook page for the girl killed in the accident, and although I didn't know her there are plenty of people on the forums did. As we don't know what happened in the accident, could we not speculate about it please. There is a new topic about performance cars here so maybe use that thread if you want to discuss cars and driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 and rightly so.. below freezing temperatures should automatically trigger a nightshift with the gritters its hardly a rare occasion.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 below freezing temperatures should automatically trigger a nightshift with the gritters its hardly a rare occasion.. and should also trigger a suitably sensible response from motorists. Lets not legislate against common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsbot Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 A 28-year-old woman who died when her car crashed into a wall on the Isle of Man is identified. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7850711.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 it was very icy yesterday morning in Onchan. I managed to slide my car on the coast road which runs alongside the MER tracks just past Howstrake (holiday camp) near the Groudle turning. I was only doing about 20 mph so it wasn't a big issue. Slightly faster and I might very well have ended up sliding across the road into the path of a vehicle coming the other way. The road did not seem to have been gritted. I went that way into Douglas that morning. It is a "minor" road, and therefore very rarely gets gritted. There are some parts that always get slippy if there's a bit of frost - from the Groudle bridge to Howstrake is the worst section. I detected a tiny bit of movement by the hotel, and further along, on the open part just below Howstrake it was lethal for anyone who hasn't driven on ice before. Just a bit of care required. Some tyre marks showed that there had been a bit of skidding in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Doesn't seem sensible not to grit bits of road like that, given how nasty the consequences could be of leaving the road along there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Had a similar problem in Glen Helen early on Saturday morning about 4:45am. No sign of ice at all, temperature gauge on the car showing 3.5 degrees then the car went into a skid. Fortunately I was only doing about 30mph and got it under control without any problems, kept the speed down to under 20mph after that, much to the annoyance of the asshole in the silver focus sat on my back bumper. Just shows that the in-car thermometer which shows outside air temp isn't a reliable indicator of the road surface condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneak Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 That's probably because the ones used for rally have a roll bar. cage They probably all have an anti roll bar. Bit slow off the mark there, Keyboarder I was corrected within a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneak Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 That's probably because the ones used for rally have a roll bar. cage That's what I said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KERED Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 The temperature gauge on your vehicle indicates AIR temperature. The GROUND temp is invariably several degrees lower. So, if the gauge on your dash shows less than say 4degrees, the ground could well be below freezing, with the possibility of frost and/or black ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Bit slow off the mark there, Keyboarder I was corrected within a few minutes. Slow indeed. However, I am indicating the probable presence of an integral suspension component, not, as I understand it, the ironmongery inside the cabin, the purpose of which is to increase the structural integrity of the roof, to which When Skies Are Grey was referring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Seems from the news yet another life lost due to sensless acts, over the limit and not wearing a seat belt, when will people ever learn that either one of these is stupidity but both, well what can be said. http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Car-crash-v...over.4936440.jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 sad that she was looking forward to new horizons but attended her own wake instead r.i.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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