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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Grant Darwin NT |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
A close call. A very, very close call. Grant Darwin NT |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
There is stupid and then there is a special kind of stupid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnX7_VQp2c |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3347 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
BREAKING NEWS United Airlines Boeing 777 Suffers Uncontained Engine Failure A United Airlines Boeing 777-200, registered N772UA, suffered an uncontained engine failure during its departure from Denver International Airport. Flight UA328 bound for Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport was forced to return to Denver just a few minutes into the flight after the right-hand engine malfunctioned. The incident led to scattered debris falling throughout residential neighborhoods west of the airport. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well Tiger Woods has done it again. Tiger Woods hospitalized after rollover crash. Maybe it's time to take his drivers license away, but it maybe too late for this truck driver who took on a train. Smoke plumes fill air after 18-wheeler collides with train. Carrying a load of carrying coal and petrol isn't a good idea when taking on a train though. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31014 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
it maybe too late for this truck driver who took on a train. That's what happens when you build transport systems that have to cross. If you won't build the pipeline separate the grade crossings. No Darwin award on this one. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Oh dear. Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I wonder if that trailer has ever been expected for road worthiness or if anyone bothered to check its load rating and weight/load positioning specs. Cheers. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13855 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
I wonder if that trailer has ever been expected for road worthiness or if anyone bothered to check its load rating and weight/load positioning specs.It wouldn't surprise me if the load was within the rating of the trailer. Of course the trailer load rating would be for a load spread out along it's entire length, not having the total rated load placed on one small section... Grant Darwin NT |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Maybe so, but what about common sense? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19404 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Maybe so, but what about common sense? It's not all that common. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It may have been within the rated weight load of the trailer, but there are specific load positions for concentrated heavy loads most of which usually need the load to be centered over the 1st or 2nd axle of that type of trailer depending on the concentration of that weight, and then again it may have also been a S.A. registered trailer that has never had a safety inspection in its life so could've been suffering severe metal fatigue and/or corrosion of the frame rails. About 15-20 years ago S.A. registered trailers were banned from N.S.W. roads because they were deemed a safety hazard here due to them never being safety inspected. ;-)I wonder if that trailer has ever been expected for road worthiness or if anyone bothered to check its load rating and weight/load positioning specs.It wouldn't surprise me if the load was within the rating of the trailer. Cheers. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24913 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
9/10 their insurance is also invalidated. What's on the Left? |
Graham Middleton Send message Joined: 1 Sep 00 Posts: 1520 Credit: 86,815,638 RAC: 0 |
9/10 their insurance is also invalidated. Looks like there is another empty seat there. Car wasn't full, he could have got 2 or 3 boxes in there! :D Happy Crunching, Graham |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Three people, including a young boy, have died after a small aircraft crashed and collided with an SUV just outside an airport in Florida. Three people, including a young boy, have died after a small aircraft plunged from the sky and collided with an SUV just outside an airport in Florida. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36840 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Some can be lucky. US couple rescued from car dangling over a bridge 30m over a gorge. An elderly couple had a lucky escape after their ute crashed through a bridge barrier, leaving them dangling precariously above a 30m canyon. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3347 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
After crash, driver stabs, chokes other motorists on North Texas highway, police say [suspect] faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the attack. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3347 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Watch: Video shows car go airborne, crash into Fort Worth middle school building When emergency responders arrived, the driver was outside of the car, Perez said. Police did not know if he crawled out or was ejected from the car. He had serious injuries and was taken to the hospital. |
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