Hellz yeah, Wrathlon! From an initial impact speed of around 90-95km/h, all crumpled, with the right front guard bent like tin-foil onto the right front wheel, the snapped castor rod, and the shock of the event, my Wife still managed to get my Zed safely off to the side of the road - avoiding other traffic and, more importantly, worse injury! :thumbup: She did really, really well all things considered...
Glad to hear Leah is fine apart from the bump on the head (and the shock of it). Sorry to hear about the damage.
hate to break it to ya but semi trailers don't have space to drive under it like in fast and furious... pluussss even if half way down was like you say... which doesn't happen, i spent a year designing haulage trucks... then the prime would be right in front of you..... glad she is ok
I'm sure it will come as a pleasant surprise to Leah(and Ian)that what happened "can't happen"(and I don't live my life according to Fast n Furious). Perhaps she collided with the Tooth Fairy?:rofl::br:
Don't care about how it happened. Just glad that your wife is ok, and that your Zed will be OK, in that order!
I'm thrilled she's OK, too, LnP! But it clearly did happen... And as I stated, it wasn't a Semi-Trailer, dude... It was a Medium "rigid" Box-Truck... It had no lights on the side of it (as they more often than not, don't), there were no street lights where the incident took place, Zed's are inherently low (mine is just the good side of legal street height), and the windows are of the darkest legal tint... Add to the mix that my Wife (by her own admission), was listening to loud music, was impatient to get past the traffic doing 20-25km/h below the posted speed limit, didn't head-check attentively enough, and you get things like this happening... I'm not terribly interested in theories as to why this accident isn't possible, or why it shouldn't have happened. My Wife and I have calmly discussed this in the appropriate detail amongst ourselves. What I am interested in is showing the Forum what can happen when one comes off second best (in one the East Coast's well known Zed's) with a truck (regardless of size), and is lucky enough to survive (particularly virtually injury free) to tell the tale... I love my Zed... But I Love my Wife more... Thrilled to bits that she's OK, but just wanted to share my Zed's pain...
Oh this is what happened!!! Bloody hell!! Glad Leah is ok, I think I would have had a heart attack throughout the whole event! Thankfully, it is repairable..and it didn't get the Xenons
Damn! That looks nasty Iain, glad to hear Leah is ok and just tending to a bump on the noggin. As you say, it sounds like she did a great job to bring the Z to a controlled and safe stop on the side of the road, many kudos to her. The damage does appear quite nasty but looks like it's mostly cosmetic in terms of just replacing / repairing panels and a few parts. Would be a good idea to give the brakes and other suspension components in the damaged areas a good look over still to ensure there's not some minor damage that might develop into a failure down the track. I think this incident is a very clear example of how motorists travelling well below the speed limit are in fact as much as a hazard if not more so that a lot of drivers speeding by a minor amount. So many people are misguided in thinking slower is safer, yet when you have someone travelling 20+ kmph slower than the posted limit, this actually creates a very dangerous situation such as Leah has experienced where your attention is that much more focused on getting past said slow drivers. Off course this does not relate to a situation where traffic is driving to the conditions, but where the conditions for posted speed limits are optimal and yet you have drivers travelling significantly slower in the belief they are being safer. All that aside, you have my best wishes Iain and Leah for a speedy recovery and a quality repair job on the Z :zlove: Cheers, Craig
