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This is sooo wrong..
SteveGoodz:
--- Quote from: mike142sl on March 11, 2009, 13:51:32 ---I can understand cars loosing control on ice and consequently accelerating as a result.
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How can a vehicle accelerate if it's skidding on ice (unless it's going down hill)?
If there's no traction (friction) to maintain control then there's no traction to make it go faster either.
Skibum346:
--- Quote from: mike142sl on March 11, 2009, 13:51:32 ---I can understand cars loosing control on ice...
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Oh... it's the cars that lose control...? :doh:
Here was me thinking it was the drivers...! 8-[
Rich_P:
--- Quote from: SteveGoodz on March 11, 2009, 20:44:48 ---
--- Quote from: mike142sl on March 11, 2009, 13:51:32 ---I can understand cars loosing control on ice and consequently accelerating as a result.
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How can a vehicle accelerate if it's skidding on ice (unless it's going down hill)?
If there's no traction (friction) to maintain control then there's no traction to make it go faster either.
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If there's absolute no traction maybe. But you can still have enough traction to accelerate but accelerate out of control, in other words something along the lines of an uncontrolled powerslide that ends in a big spin.
Chris Putt:
[Edited] You shouldnt need the barriers to stop you. PERIOD. If you need that then YOU have lost control, not the car, not anyone else.
As LSP points out its not driving in accordance with the conditions.
I hate this culture that we as a nation seem to be adopting. Bunch of leaches, like the Americans. Where possible find blame in something else, therefore advocating yourself and squeezing money out of others. Great. Well done Britain.
CaptainColourful:
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That's wrecked the fishing !
Surely the only real factor here is that it's down to pilot error ?
There must be 1000's of similar bridges all over the country, yet it's rare to fall off one unless you are not paying attention to the road conditions.
Why was she only doing 10mph anyway ?
I would suggest she was going a little faster and had already lost control before she even reached the bridge.
If 10mph was her true speed she should get done for loitering :evil:
The council can't be held responsible for her not being able to keep on the black stuff. Others manage it.
It's idiots like her that put the price of insurance up for the rest of us.
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