Scary situation, good outcome.
I note that he was hit by a Fiat. I don't know the model, assume it
is smaller than the Audi. If so, validation of the notion that bigger
is better when it comes to collisions. From the photos it is hard to
see enough damage to write the car off.
How could the Fiat drive into someone from the right like that? A
failure to yield when entering a roundabout or merging from the
right? It looks like a glancing blow, not what you would get if
someone was crossing from a side road.
stan
On Mar 29, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Bob W wrote:
My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after someone
drove into
his car at 45 mph (~72kph). The car rolled and my brother was trapped
inside, and had to be cut free by the fire brigade. They strapped
him to a
stretcher ("like Hannibal Lecter"), took him in for an examination,
then let
him out a few hours later, more or less intact.
Here are some pictures he took of the car, which is a write-off -
it doesn't
look at all as though it's been hit at that speed, or rolled. The
car has
more airbags than Dolly Parton, yet none of them deployed. When he
asked
about it he was told that the car wasn't hit hard enough. Yet it's a
write-off. Amazing how strong these things are these days - it
probably
saved his life.
http://www.web-options.com/Audi/
Here's a very uninformative press report about it:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Man-hospitalised-after-
Leeds-smas
h.5115560.jp
Bob
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