Yeh! it's Friday every one in a hurry to get to work and planning what there going to do at the weekend as they go along.
Mike
Mike
Going to be a long day
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I suppose the golden rule got to be the same on any convertible.
The 4 wheels are better on the ground than pointing in the air .wouldn't fancy ending up upside down even with roll bars
The 4 wheels are better on the ground than pointing in the air .wouldn't fancy ending up upside down even with roll bars
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Hope the Zeds screens are stronger than the MX5s 
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5 th gear done a pile of crash test a while back one was peugeot 306 cabrio that didn't end well either
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Found it
View: https://youtu.be/Btv0XqE9za8
My wife flipped a Pug 306 with both our boys in the back about 18yrs ago now. She'd only had the car for 6 weeks and only 6 weeks since she wrote off the previous one. Previous incident she was stationary in a queue and bus ran into her car from behind. The Pug bent in the middle and looked like it had a humped back.
This time she was travelling on B3275 a very twisty road, it was wet and the car had brand new tyres on. She never ever exceeds the speed limits and says she was only doing around 30 mph. She skidded on a bend, panicked and the car went up a bank and she flipped over. Our boys got out the rear window which had popped out. Our eldest rang me on Jill's mobile to say our car was upside down and that Jill was trapped in the drivers seat. He then rang 999 and asked for help.
By the grace of God, the first vehicle to stop was an off duty fireman who took control of the situation.
The Fire Brigade attended to Jill, they braced her neck somehow then flipped the car over back onto it's wheels, they cut the top off and released her.
Insurance company assessor said he thought that the greasy road surface and hard compound tyres were the main contributors to the accident, but it wasn't helped by Jill panicking and not correcting the skid, but he said it happens so quickly that even an experienced driver could very likely have done the same.
Since that day, a lot of cars / drivers have left the road there. There are now plenty of warning signs for the twisties.
It's a great Zedding road though.
This time she was travelling on B3275 a very twisty road, it was wet and the car had brand new tyres on. She never ever exceeds the speed limits and says she was only doing around 30 mph. She skidded on a bend, panicked and the car went up a bank and she flipped over. Our boys got out the rear window which had popped out. Our eldest rang me on Jill's mobile to say our car was upside down and that Jill was trapped in the drivers seat. He then rang 999 and asked for help.
By the grace of God, the first vehicle to stop was an off duty fireman who took control of the situation.
The Fire Brigade attended to Jill, they braced her neck somehow then flipped the car over back onto it's wheels, they cut the top off and released her.
Insurance company assessor said he thought that the greasy road surface and hard compound tyres were the main contributors to the accident, but it wasn't helped by Jill panicking and not correcting the skid, but he said it happens so quickly that even an experienced driver could very likely have done the same.
Since that day, a lot of cars / drivers have left the road there. There are now plenty of warning signs for the twisties.
It's a great Zedding road though.
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Its amazing how the cavalry appears on occasions.
A few years ago I was driving down the Fosse way to work following a Toyota pickup that belonged to a farrier (so it had anvils and lots of other heavy stuff in it). A car pulled out from the right and turned right about 10m in front of the Toyota that was doing about 50mph. The guy in front didn't stand a chance and hit the car at speed - all I saw from behind was an explosion and bits flying everywhere.
After everything had come to a stop I pulled round in front and across the road to stop oncoming traffic, jumped out already calling for the emergency services (expecting the very worst), and, by the time I had to got to the woman in the car there was a paramedic there already!
He had just come off shift and was in the car behind me. Thats what I call service!
We both spent 30 minutes in the complete wreck of the car keeping the woman completely still until the Fire Brigade cut the roof off to lift her out. Thankfully she was discharged a day or so later with just cuts and whiplash. I now know what to do in those circumstances.
Looking at that photo again, I would not be surprised if the windscreen frame collapsed, after doing its job, when the car got pumped up at the rear with those bags.
Speed has to be main main factor in this accident. I was queing in traffic on the M1 near Luton this afternoon and watched the car in front of me go straight into the van infront. I then watched the driver of the car throw his mobile phone onto the passenger seat! T***! 
Well Bozzy and Jonco are now protected by OEM hoops - wise move guys.
Hopefully will never put them to the test Adrian, but they are re-assuring.
Helps if you're a short-a**e like me. @Bozzy will still need to duck sharpishly if it's put to the test.
Let's hope they remain in-needed!
..........will still need to duck sharpishly if it's put to the test.
At 6' 1" I must admit I have set the seat as low as I can
Yep went to all the trouble of installing roll hoops,sat and in the car.......head sticks out above hoops.....Helps if you're a short-a**e like me. @Bozzy will still need to duck sharpishly if it's put to the test.
Let's hope they remain in-needed!
.someone ought to invent impact auto extending hoops for us giraffe like folk
.Steve
There is a car that has that type of roll over protection which "shoots" out when the car turns over. But I can't for the life of me remember what it is.Yep went to all the trouble of installing roll hoops,sat and in the car.......head sticks out above hoops.....
someone ought to invent impact auto extending hoops for us giraffe like folk
Steve
Tony.
Our 1 series convertible had hoops that extended from behind the rear seats if the car rolled over. Not sure I'd want to test themThere is a car that has that type of roll over protection which "shoots" out when the car turns over. But I can't for the life of me remember what it is.
Tony.
My sis has pug folding tin top which has tiny hoops,often wondered if they would extend in the event of rolling it.....here's hoping she never gets to test itThere is a car that has that type of roll over protection which "shoots" out when the car turns over. But I can't for the life of me remember what it is.
Tony.
.Steve
And Mercs..
True-ish Mike, the driver might have been a dwarf ...................................... , he /she certainly wasn't as tall as Bozzy.You bunch of scaredy cats, as Gaz posted above....
Tony.
ps. And anyway why has he got Minor injuries when he was driving a Mazda? Eh?, Eh?
