santa pod crash

[Mike-tec]

Did any one see that e36 on its roof at the roundabout after ultimate bmw? it looked so bad. Does anyone know if the driver was ok?

[Simon13]

i missed that but i saw a e46 which had gone off road into the bushes and hit a pole. Driver no where to be seen either only police there

[a_kara]

from what i have heard from a friend who was there, is that driver has passed away passenger is intensive care

[Ollie_bwoii]

from what i have heard from a friend who was there, is that driver has passed away passenger is intensive care

WOH! Bloody hell thats bad!!!!!

[SPADGE]

Sad but true i'm afraid

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Newp ... 4514560.jp

[tha_lick]

it shouldnt happen. people should understand that there is a 1/4 strip available if they want to tear their cars around, plus its legal and SAFE. its a shame that a life has been lost (if this is true) but i really hope more people take advantage of the drag strip available on show days and be able to keep their cars and lives for the next show.

[a_kara]

but it does

people come away from events like this, and its a comon occurance that they then end up having a "race" with some mone else

as for the 1/4 mile being safe, its not 100% safe, nothing is

[Wilson325i]

oh dear

[tha_lick]

but it does

people come away from events like this, and its a comon occurance that they then end up having a "race" with some mone else

as for the 1/4 mile being safe, its not 100% safe nothing

could you stack it going in a straight line??? im sure its much MUCH safer than weaving in and out of traffic

[dips346]

it was a friend of a friend of mine ,the guy died but his son is in hospiltal

His car is on the CA website here.
http://www.ca-automotive.co.uk/demo-bW9 ... kPTEz.html

[SPADGE]

it shouldnt happen. people should understand that there is a 1/4 strip available if they want to tear their cars around, plus its legal and SAFE. its a shame that a life has been lost (if this is true) but i really hope more people take advantage of the drag strip available on show days and be able to keep their cars and lives for the next show.

Jumping the gun a bit fella as there is no evidence to say anyone was speeding yet.
Having said that i know exactly where the accident happened and there is a 3 mile very straight downhill dual carriagway just before it and so at a guess i would say you are right

[Asserti]

there was e black E90, think 335, standing on the roundabout, close to the wreck. Have some pics of it, does look very bad.

[tha_lick]

it shouldnt happen. people should understand that there is a 1/4 strip available if they want to tear their cars around, plus its legal and SAFE. its a shame that a life has been lost (if this is true) but i really hope more people take advantage of the drag strip available on show days and be able to keep their cars and lives for the next show.

Jumping the gun a bit fella as there is no evidence to say anyone was speeding yet.
Having said that i know exactly where the accident happened and there is a 3 mile very straight downhill dual carriagway just before it and so at a guess i would say you are right

your right Spadge, i assumed that because the news paper said there was another car involved.

[a_kara]

but it does

people come away from events like this, and its a comon occurance that they then end up having a "race" with some mone else

as for the 1/4 mile being safe, its not 100% safe nothing

could you stack it going in a straight line??? im sure its much MUCH safer than weaving in and out of traffic

tyre blow out, cars loose traction mid way during a gear change then there's the other lane car and driver to worry about

ever experience a tyre blow out or loss of traction at 80mph or faster, its not nice.

as for he accident , no one knows what happened BUT, what i do know is that on that road, high speeds are possible then there's mild bend and then infront of you a round about.

as for weaving inout of traffic, are you going to sit there and tell me right now and type that you have never raced some one on a public road or driven at speed when you shouldn't be ?

[Cotty]

Sad but true i'm afraid

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Newp ... 4514560.jp

Same story I read. Driver fatality, passenger seriously injured.

[hennared323i]

ever experience a tyre blow out.

Yes, and you are right it is not nice - bad stuff happens every day, it just takes a momentary loss of concentration by you or someone else and Bingo - the wrong door opens.

I hope the passenger recovers

[tha_lick]

but it does

people come away from events like this, and its a comon occurance that they then end up having a "race" with some mone else

as for the 1/4 mile being safe, its not 100% safe nothing

could you stack it going in a straight line??? im sure its much MUCH safer than weaving in and out of traffic

tyre blow out, cars loose traction mid way during a gear change then there's the other lane car and driver to worry about

ever experience a tyre blow out or loss of traction at 80mph or faster, its not nice.

as for he accident , no one knows what happened BUT, what i do know is that on that road, high speeds are possible then there's mild bend and then infront of you a round about.

as for weaving inout of traffic, are you going to sit there and tell me right now and type that you have never raced some one on a public road or driven at speed when you shouldn't be ?

if id bother to race an automatic touring, id say iv raced. the odd boot here and there yeah, usually my cars are too low to even do that on a public road.

now looking throught the eyes of an Indicident Investigations Officer, what does the evidence suggest.

[harry_p]

i'm not going to say i never drive like a cock, but i do choose my moment. it's a very sad fact that people feel the need to show off and act like cocks on the way to and from motoring events. hardly a suprise that police presense is often higher than usual.

i saw more pratting about on the way to trax this year than i'd seen all year up to that point, allong with a couple of cars ovbiously on their way there burried in the armco on the way.

maybe i'm just getting too old and boring, but it's a lot of the typical behaviour surrounding them that puts me off attending some fantastic events.

i'm not going to comment or make assumptions about this particular incident, and send my condolances to the friends and family of those involved.

[a_kara]

it just takes a momentary loss of concentration

or a moment when you dont think and push it a touch too far

but , we are all guilty off it not just in driving too fast but in all of lifes actions, and do these actions affect us ? no they affect us and the people around us

its sad to hear what happened

in my thoughts of how life is, the day you die is written the day you are born, so no matter what you do when your number is up, its up. BUT every now and then, its worth taking a moment and reflect on what you have done, or think about what you are doing or about to do

there are time when i am driving too fast, and think why ? yes i want to do it but should i , and what if some one pulls infront of me etc and i slow down to a speed where i give myself a chance if some thing was to happen, but even then will it make a difference ?

i dont know, but no one does really do they

to much thought there hey, but right now in this moment in time my thougths are with the family of people involved

[a_kara]

if id bother to race an automatic touring, id say iv raced. the odd boot here and there yeah, usually my cars are too low to even do that on a public road.

now looking throught the eyes of an Indicident Investigations Officer, what does the evidence suggest.

so you are guilty of it like the rest of us

as for looking through some one elses eyes, i see where you are coming from, but assumption is the mother of all f-kups

but what evidence do you have ? an accident, an other car involved, one dead, and 3 in hospital. one of the cars being fast one does not look good though

but it could have been a dozy sunday driver in the other car who pulled into the side of the e46 ( which could have been doing a legal 60mph) and cause them to loose control

you dont know, i dont know.

i'm not arguing about this, just explaining that there is more than one way to skin a cat

[Jon_Bmw]

Without trying to sound condesending, this sort of thing is what gets trackdays/events/car meets/shows/racing days shut down. A particularly sad end to the day, not lest to all of the family involved in this. No one will ever know 100% what happened I expect. I'm suprised the papers/police didn't get wind of the car having some reference to the Santa Pod meet mind. That will all come out in the wash though.


I generally drive slowly and saftely to big meets like this as I know that there is likely to be more fuzz about. Perhaps a tad selfish as I am doing it to save my licence, but it will also keep me safe...I hope.

Poor people that had to clear that up as well. I couldn't be dealing with that.

[fuzzy]

driving away from meets is the only time i go slowly as theres usually always a traffic car laying in wait to catch all the wanabe lewis hamiltons.

[Asserti]

Some of you may know that there was a crash at newport pagnell near santa pod on sunday, and im sorry to say that it was rui who was on our stand.
Rui had the black BMW M3 vert with loads of carbon bits and black radenergie rims.
On the way home rui crashed his car and did'nt survive but his son did but is in intensive care.
I cant believe it as i was speaking to him for quite a while and he was a realy nice guy.
R.I.P to true modder and lets hope his pulls through.

[tha_lick]

if id bother to race an automatic touring, id say iv raced. the odd boot here and there yeah, usually my cars are too low to even do that on a public road.

now looking throught the eyes of an Indicident Investigations Officer, what does the evidence suggest.

so you are guilty of it like the rest of us

as for looking through some one elses eyes, i see where you are coming from, but assumption is the mother of all f-kups

but what evidence do you have ? an accident, an other car involved, one dead, and 3 in hospital. one of the cars being fast one does not look good though

but it could have been a dozy sunday driver in the other car who pulled into the side of the e46 ( which could have been doing a legal 60mph) and cause them to loose control

you dont know, i dont know.

i'm not arguing about this, just explaining that there is more than one way to skin a cat

you seem a very insecure person. so your whole point in this thread is to establish that i drive 'fast'. pretty selfish too. 'just like the rest of us'??? please speak for yourself. the point of my initial post is to state that theres a service available at a cost which is FAR less than the cost of your life, anyones life at that, because i do see a lot of pratting around in general. your pretty sensitive too, taking it to personal.

[B7]

it was a friend of a friend of mine ,the guy died but his son is in hospiltal

Dips really sorry to hear that mate. To think Oz was only calling across the road to you asking if you knew whether the M1 was shut just before we left.

[d6dph]

Very sad news, How it happened is not really of importance now.

My thoughts are with the family.

[Cotty]

could you stack it going in a straight line???

Its possible, lots of 1/4 mile accidents on youtube should you wish to view them.

now looking throught the eyes of an Indicident Investigations Officer, what does the evidence suggest.

Nothing until they have finished their investigations.

Suggest you knock it back a notch, this is not a random crash but somone known to the members of the Zone and does not need to be disected and picked over on a public forum.

[oze30]

Condolences to the family and friends.

[a_kara]

you seem a very insecure person. so your whole point in this thread is to establish that i drive 'fast'. pretty selfish too. 'just like the rest of us'??? please speak for yourself. the point of my initial post is to state that theres a service available at a cost which is FAR less than the cost of your life, anyones life at that, because i do see a lot of pratting around in general. your pretty sensitive too, taking it to personal.

i'm not insecure, but i can be selfish. you have admited you selft that you do at time drive fast. i for one admit i drive fast and too fast from time to time
yes i can be sensitive, but this is sensitive subject and as for taking it to personaly , you basically said that the driver should have driven at speed on the 1/4 mile blah blah blah, now thats personal because you have made it quite clear that your thougths are he was driving with out a care in the world etc weaving in and out of traffic and too fast, now thats a personal attack on the driver, now where's the compassion and thougths for the people involved ?? as what cotty said, the driver is known to member on this forum, and what get said here can be read by any one

i have nothing more to contribute to this thread apart form

RIP to the driver, i hope his son pulls through and my thoughts are with the family and friends.

[bmwowner]

rest in peace, got a picture of the car at pod,saw the car on the way home on its roof, and just looked at dips link, i now feel sick, whatever he was doing we all do it from time to time, just wrong place and wrong time, again R.I.P

[aj_mckay]

Very sad news, How it happened is not really of importance now.

My thoughts are with the family.

+1

[shane325i]

Some of you may know that there was a crash at newport pagnell near santa pod on sunday, and im sorry to say that it was rui who was on our stand.
Rui had the black BMW M3 vert with loads of carbon bits and black radenergie rims.
On the way home rui crashed his car and did'nt survive but his son did but is in intensive care.
I cant believe it as i was speaking to him for quite a while and he was a realy nice guy.
R.I.P to true modder and lets hope his pulls through.

Which site was he from mate?Tis a shame,thoughts go out to his family and friends

[Ollie_bwoii]

I'm lost which car is it on the link?????? Confused on the Convertible and E36 side of things?????

[reggiesbabe]

you pair give it a rest there is a time and a place and this aint it .R-I-P

[dips346]

I'm lost which car is it on the link?????? Confused on the Convertible and E36 side of things?????

the black cab with red interior and carbon