---- Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone drove into > his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped > inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped him to a > stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination, then let > him out a few hours later, more or less intact. > > Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off - it doesn't > look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The car has > more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he asked > about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a > write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it probably > saved his life. > http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
Glad he's OK. Buying a Punto next? > > Here's a very uninformative press report about it: > http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-Leeds-smas > h.5115560.jp > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
