The YooToob thread

Supergurrier

CiniO wrote: »

The way he stopped cause the least damage possible probably.

To ditch a truck?
How do you know what was he carrying?

There is clear opportunity to put the truck in the grass to the right all along.

Much better than using the smaller vehicles infront of you as a means of slowing down.

rizzodun

Supergurrier wrote: »

There is clear opportunity to put the truck in the grass to the right all along.

Much better than using the smaller vehicles infront of you as a means of slowing down.

The only reason I can think of him not ditching it at the start was that he thought he could get the brakes back, the truck shudders a few times as if the brakes were cutting in then failing again, probably by the time he fully realised all hope was lost he was travelling too fast to ditch, and maybe he had cargo too dangerous to ditch, also, he was remarkably close to the escape road, maybe he thought he could've made it that far either.

Also, the grass verge had a drop would have more than likely caused the truck to tip.

Chris_Heilong

Good way to use your car to help out

glynf

ARGINITE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP_XwmaE9fg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc034MLT02c

Need to skip past the opening commentary but stadium trucks on a road circuit with jumps. Makes for interesting racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMuod2BaHQ8

guyfo

Big weekend for crashes, that Porsche one is mad.

Franchitti had a big one yesterday too:

Loeb also crashed out of his last Wrc Rally

Dord

Very interesting take on the autonomous car. Nice and slick design keeping the look of an original car. It fits perfectly with the S-class.

bmstuff

Street racers...

Hal1

Hoping this ain't a repost. RC racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEROVWDp3n0

Notch000

Dord wrote: »

Very interesting take on the autonomous car. Nice and slick design keeping the look of an original car. It fits perfectly with the S-class.

would never work in ireland, our chaos factor is off the charts

dr.fuzzenstein

Notch000 wrote: »

would never work in ireland, our chaos factor is off the charts

Just install extra loud horn and wire it into a pop-up finger, but you do have to use a dodgems car.

Notch000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icg5LMgLu-M

Magown3

Is this ever done anymore?
I know there's autotesting but tandem autotesting racing against each other rather than against the clock.

Supergurrier

Hal1

I lol'd at 1:41 :pac:.

guyfo

Magown3 wrote: »

Is this ever done anymore?
I know there's autotesting but tandem autotesting racing against each other rather than against the clock.

Not so much really, its done in displays mostly. There is a big event in Belfast next year though: http://www.paddyhopkirkgala.com/paddy-hopkirk-gala/

afatbollix

Ive done Auto solos in the UK. They are against the clock instead of tandem but they are a great form of motorsport. The car has to be a road going car as you have to get to the venue in your car. It means you cant spend a fortune and except for a couple of tires and a tank of fuel your set.

rovoagho

Is there any way to get into autotesting without having a farmyard to practice in? :-)

RandomAccess

Possibly the worlds most dangerous driver (and a complete wanker)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mwoQZ0Xbk

Hal1

I just watched that expecting the worst. The road full of cyclists and slower moving cars and he couldn't stand to be in a que of traffic in his rs3/tdi what a ****tard.

CiniO

RandomAccess wrote: »

Possibly the worlds most dangerous driver (and a complete wanker)

Why did that porsche try to force right of way on audi driver at the beginning?

RandomAccess

CiniO wrote: »

Why did that porsche try to force right of way on audi driver at the beginning?

The junction layout seems a little odd, would need a better look at it really to figure what happened.

CiniO

RandomAccess wrote: »

The junction layout seems a little odd, would need a better look at it really to figure what happened.

Looks perfectly clear to me. Audi driver had a right of way.

Obviously it doesn't change a fact that he was mad to drive like this around so many cyclists.

guyfo

rovoagho wrote: »

Is there any way to get into autotesting without having a farmyard to practice in? :-)

Ive been competing for 5 years, we got an ok car to start off with and upgraded as i got better to the point where the car is capable of winning events in the national championship. I havent won yet, my best result is second but i never had anywhere to practice, i only ever drove my car on events, entrys are only 50 quid for an event and there are autotests on almost every weekend, i did 30 events one year so why practice when you can compete!

An entry to an average national rally would be about 500 euro, plus at least 300 on tyres per event, over 150 quid of fuel plus fuel for recce, costs of hotel, service crews etc.

Overall a recce and rally costs in the region of €1200 to compete in.

for that you could do a 10 of 12 rounds in the irish national autotest championship minus the transport costs 2 and from events. €400 on entries €150 on fuel €400 on tyres, €150 for 2 hotel stays.

Great thing about autotesting is that if you break down there is always a shed-load of fellow competitors willing to help.

Chris_Heilong

RandomAccess wrote: »

Possibly the worlds most dangerous driver (and a complete wanker)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0mwoQZ0Xbk

That road looks absolutely amazing, maybe without the cyclists it would be better but wow.

Marty McFly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIpQ4ah5XTY

Marty McFly

Dartz

That's like the ad where your man rolls the car through the bushes because he's happy after winning a game. Somehow it cuts the flowers in half while the little boy ducks under....

Supergurrier

/fat sister syndrome

Andrewf20

The old Mulsanne straight - a comparison of speeds. Porsche 956 was epic.