http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840

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ARW wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840


WTF just happened?

I'm guessing the footage was from a following police car (cam too steady to
be hand held, time stamped footage and looked like the camera was on the
dash).

Was the truck trying to escape the police?


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On 2012-09-30 15:24:51 +0000, ARW said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840

If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault
gracefully through the missing windscreen.

E.

"eastender" wrote in message
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On 2012-09-30 15:24:51 +0000, ARW said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840

If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault
gracefully through the missing windscreen.

If he had been wearing a seat belt he would have been able to unbuckle it
and use the door.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:57:24 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840
WTF just happened?

This is Russia. They have lots of crazy stuff happening on the roads,
and because of this they have lots of dashcams.

Take a look at the videos on liveleak if you want more examples of
Russian dashcam videos. This one was on liveleak about a week ago.

Talking about this incident, I think the icing on the cake was the
head scratch at the end.

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:20:58 PM UTC+1, eastender wrote:
On 2012-09-30 15:24:51 +0000, ARW said:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840



If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault

gracefully through the missing windscreen.


I knew a guy who, in his idiotic youth, had crashed a mini into a graden wall. He was chucked through the windscreen and landed in the bushes with minor srapes and bruises. The engine ended up in the driver's seat.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:30:52 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault
gracefully through the missing windscreen.

If he had been wearing a seat belt he would have been able to unbuckle
it and use the door.

And get splatted along the side of the wagon, yeah great...

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On Sep 30, 9:45*pm, Onetap wrote:
I knew a guy who, in his idiotic youth, had crashed a mini into a graden wall. He was chucked through the windscreen and landed in the bushes with minor srapes and bruises. The engine ended up in the driver's seat.

I went through a Hillman Imp screen when I was about six. Fortunately
for me, the driver had already made a sizable hole.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:30:52 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault
gracefully through the missing windscreen.

If he had been wearing a seat belt he would have been able to unbuckle
it and use the door.

And get splatted along the side of the wagon, yeah great...

The drivers side was almost undamaged.
He was very lucky that he didn't land on his head when he was thrown out.

Onetap wrote:
On Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:20:58 PM UTC+1, eastender wrote:
On 2012-09-30 15:24:51 +0000, ARW said:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19725840


If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to
vault

gracefully through the missing windscreen.


I knew a guy who, in his idiotic youth, had crashed a mini into a
graden wall. He was chucked through the windscreen and landed in the
bushes with minor srapes and bruises. The engine ended up in the
driver's seat.

I knew a guy who understeered his motorbike off a road right towards a 6
ft wall.. He thought 'sod it' and opened the throttle wide.

He woke up with a broken collarbone in a thornbush 50 feet behind it.

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Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
"dennis@home" wrote:

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:30:52 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

If he had been wearing a seatbelt he wouldn't have been able to vault
gracefully through the missing windscreen.

If he had been wearing a seat belt he would have been able to unbuckle
it and use the door.

And get splatted along the side of the wagon, yeah great...

The drivers side was almost undamaged.
He was very lucky that he didn't land on his head when he was thrown out.

And he's lucky that the remnants of his truck didn't keep going and run
him over.

since it was the truck stopping that threw him out, its hard to see how
he could have been both thrown out and subsequently run over, unless
you or someone else jumped into the cab and rammed your foot on the
throttle after restarting the stalled engine,..

Now that WOULD have been unlucky.

A man jumped off a table today. Tim streater onbserved that 'he was
lucky he ended up on the ground, he could have gone into orbit and died
of decompression and lack of oxygen'


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Oh give over. What I mean is that the truck could have had some residual
momentum, enough to take it over him. Obviously it had *mostly* slowed
down.

He isn't observant enough to notice the driver having to push himself
forwards to avoid the truck getting him.
He was probably on the booze again.