eatV8 Artificially Aspirated Member 951 Member For: 21y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/10/04 09:04 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 09:04 AM Blaming roads or lack of shoulders is not an excuse. I feel sorry for his family, but speed limits are for these reasons. Sure his car can be curving up those roads at 120-140km or whatever he was doing as long as no unforseen things happen ie: A roo, an on coming car drifting abit to wide, some sand or dirt on road etc etc. which will need a reaction, and in this case at a higher speed the reaction can not be made efficiently.Once again I feel sorry for his loved ones he has left behind, may he be resting in peace because no one deserves to die like that.Just remember guys why sometimes speed limits are good in some areas... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown BA In Your Face Member 6,195 Member For: 22y 2m 16d Gender: Male Location: Peninsula Posted 04/10/04 09:04 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 09:04 AM geea said: Not a pretty sight. We can only speculate as to what might have happened. It could have been a normal guy out enjoying his car, when sh*t happened. I feel sad for him and his family and hope there was little pain or suffering. Geea. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 22y 29d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 04/10/04 10:11 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 10:11 AM It seems the first cause of an accident in a high powered car is always speed even before its actually investigated. They could at least wait until its properly investigated before they come to that assumption. Jounalists love to jump on the speed bandwagon for the headlines. Not saying that it didn't happen that way but there can also be other factors. He could have fallen asleep at the wheel if the car failed to take a bend. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 10m 2d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 04/10/04 10:13 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 10:13 AM Surely high speed would have to be a factor if the thing snapped in half though Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Member 504 Member For: 21y 6m 23d Location: sun, beach and plenty of T T's Posted 04/10/04 10:20 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 10:20 AM Look at the car, no way he was doing the limit. Think physics boys and girls Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 22y 29d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 04/10/04 10:34 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 10:34 AM What if the speed limit on that road was 100. Surely hitting a pole sideways at that speed would probably get the same result. Does anyone know what the actual speed limit was. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 04/10/04 10:59 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 10:59 AM COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE>>>> It could have been me..............Wonder how many of us this will slow down... If only for a while....Fast cars / Immovable objects.... Do the maths.....Momentum = Mass x Acceleration squared or something like that... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/10/04 11:09 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 11:09 AM he may have wanted to kill himself. Aparently there are may "speed" related fatalities that were discovered to be suicide. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumpen Poison Fish. Poison Fish. TASTY FISH!!! Donating Members 5,181 Member For: 22y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: The Bogan Shire Posted 04/10/04 11:15 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 11:15 AM Ahhhh, Teven Road I *think* I know it well. This is the shortcut behind Ballina there Simmo?If so it''s very Bumpy, quite narrow, sweeping blind corners and high speed straights...It's great fun, but a thing like this really jolts you reality a little bit, I use it every time I go to Brisbane!Shocking Accident...Law's of Physics and Motion Bad Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 04/10/04 11:29 AM Share Posted 04/10/04 11:29 AM Lumpen.. You have it.. Runs parallel to the Pacific Highway inland a bit and is a good climb uphill through the camphor laurels... Bending, bumpy and condensation in unexplanable places.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/13234-xr8-hits-tree-at-high-speed/page/2/#findComment-172475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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