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Old 07-15-2008, 08:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Pictures of a Horrific Crash

Guy's just wanted to show you some pictures of a Horrific Crash that happened a few kilometers from where I live, it's not an R129 but a Mercedes SLR.
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Old 07-15-2008, 09:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The drivers cab seemed to be in one piece, did the driver/passengers survive?
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Old 07-15-2008, 09:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't have any information about the driver and/or passengers The newspapers have not mentioned it at all today. It might be a prominent person driving it. I will probably know more together.
The pictures at least tells me that Mercedes makes safe cars.
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I don't have any information about the driver and/or passengers The newspapers have not mentioned it at all today. It might be a prominent person driving it. I will probably know more together.
The pictures at least tells me that Mercedes makes safe cars.
Being such an expensive car, it very well could be.

I hope they are OK.
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Old 07-15-2008, 11:41 AM   #5 (permalink)
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We have lots of accidents, just yesterday my friend die because of car crash

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Old 07-15-2008, 12:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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carbon fiber vs steel

I guess the body is designed to absorb the impact-thus less force on the driver.
more and more cars are designed this way for safety reasons and this is a prime example...I can only hope for the best for those in the vehicle.
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That is one hell of a mess, he must have been going at some rate, was there another car involved? Looks like there was no other car from the pics. A few other wannabe racing drivers have bent their SLR`s
, See Mercedes SLR
Prince Naseem the boxer ended up in Jail.
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Looks more like a R.P.G. (rocket propelled grenade) attack to me!!!
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There were no other Cars involved and both guy's in the car died on the Spot, the newspapers inform today
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That's really sad, the air-bags obviously deployed but were they wearing seatbelts?

I suppose we all take that risk driving cars that are capable of 155mph/260kph.
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