Stevenage Cruise meet bad crash

Wack61

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Just reading about a serious incident at a cruise in stevenage 16 seriously injured
This is bad , looks like a car pulled out while a 350z was doing 60mph, hit him and he ploughs into a line of kids, they freeze the video just before the impact thankfully

At oulton park last week it was tunerfest , a few kids were outside shouting send it and a few did
They were shouting abuse at the ones that didn't ( including me obviously)

I can see a crackdown coming at any kind of organised show or meeting

I think one 350Z driver will be doing time at least
 
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empzb

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Stupid driver pulling out.
Stupid 350 driver doing those speeds on that road with that many people around.
Hope no one is seriously injured and the 350z driver gets prosecuted accordingly.


Always someone that ruins it. This day in age it wont take much to get organised meets banned. Not like the old max power days where news travelled slower (much like the cars)
 

Goodfella

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I can’t believe this doesn’t happen all the time....

How many car events do you see kids standing at the exit with cameras and everyone is flooring it out of the junction & on stone cold tyres.
 

Wattie

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This is the reason high powered cars are being pressured out of existence.
Terrible incident.
Irresponsible drivers, driving too fast in inappropriate situations.
Hopefully everyone recovers.
 

dem maser

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I drove past there last night to come up to see little one today, crazy people in these fast cars, they need educating.
Pulled out and took the crowd with them
 

Felonious Crud

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Nasty. Hard to blame the person driving the car that pulled out. Perhaps he couldn't see the 350, and if it was doing probably double the limit and maybe 3x a sensible speed could he reasonably be expected to know it was coming? In any case, bloody daft and I also hope no one was badly hurt.
 

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Nasty. Hard to blame the person driving the car that pulled out. Perhaps he couldn't see the 350, and if it was doing probably double the limit and maybe 3x a sensible speed could he reasonably be expected to know it was coming? In any case, bloody daft and I also hope no one was badly hurt.

Either he didn't see them (at the speed the 350z was traveling they would appear by the time they finished looking and turn their head/eyes back towards looking towards their direction of travel) or they badly misjudged the 350z's closing speed.

350z was going too fast, not sure what they were trying to achieve by going that fast through a street crowded with pedestrians... Clearly doesn't give a **** about potentially killing bystanders
 
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I'm guessing that car after car was doing the 350z's speed. Car, following car, following car. All giving it the beans a little for the crowd. Other videos suggest this.

You can actually see the headlights of the 350z approaching before the camera pans round to the BMW pulling out. The BMW should have seen it coming. It might however have misjudged its speed....BUT....The way the BMW pulls out, wheels screeching, suggests he was certainly part of the meet.

My guess is that the BMW driver was trying to give it some, didn't look, and we've seen the result.
 

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The difference between 'Petrol Heads' and 'Boy Racers'!!
Well said. This type of incident is possibly the only way this type will learn. Including the injured bystanders.
No one wishes any harm but were they there egging on the di*kheads? Not so innocent perhaps.
 

allandwf

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Surely all must take part of the blame. Both drivers and the spectators. Another of those accidents that require multiple factors to align. Beat wishes to all.
 

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The BMW pulling out is the one to blame IMHO.

The Toyota GT86 pulling out is partially responsible but to be fair the 350Z driver was driving far too fast and encroached on him too quickly. The Toyota driver had a dab of oppo and entered the Nissan drivers lane causing the collision.
 

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Surprised it hasn't happened before the way some of these d***kheads drive leaving events, at Haynes a couple of weeks ago some prat was drifting down the road when he left, one thing for sure, both driver's can expect to do time for this.
 

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There used to be places around Le Mans where this sort of stuff went on, from burnouts to drifting on roundabouts. There were time when we just walked away as the number of people too close to drivers doing stunts was just dangerous. The Gendarme have now shut these all down before anyone got killed which was probably the right decision.
 

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There used to be places around Le Mans where this sort of stuff went on, from burnouts to drifting on roundabouts. There were time when we just walked away as the number of people too close to drivers doing stunts was just dangerous. The Gendarme have now shut these all down before anyone got killed which was probably the right decision.

You missed the BMW drifting all round the roundabout in Arnage this year!
Looked massively out of control, especially with the speed he did it at, but you could tell the driver knew exactly what he was doing!

I was personally waiting for the huge bang as he ploughed into the Harlequin!
 

Felonious Crud

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You missed the BMW drifting all round the roundabout in Arnage this year!
Looked massively out of control, especially with the speed he did it at, but you could tell the driver knew exactly what he was doing!

I was personally waiting for the huge bang as he ploughed into the Harlequin!

That's a tight roundabout for drifting.
 

Scaf

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As has been said - both drivers at fault, one not looking, the other going way to fast.

You can clearly see the BMW commits to leave the junction with tyres screeching, way before he had line of sight down the road.

YouTube is full of similar accidents of people leaving car meets - especially in the USA.
 

GeoffCapes

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That's a tight roundabout for drifting.

Ain't it just!

Haven't a clue how fast he was going but it looked so out of control a crash was inevitable.
Or so I thought.
Then he just disappeared the same way he came at a similar speed.

Totally reckless, dangerous driving which could have killed and injured loads of people.
However, the skill to be able to pull a manoeuvre like that off was immense!