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Title: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Nickbat on 03 December 2012, 12:48:55
Traffic apparently really bad this morning. Lucky I work from home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242139/Two-men-killed-M1-crash-collision-closed-motorway-junctions.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242139/Two-men-killed-M1-crash-collision-closed-motorway-junctions.html)

Were they racing at 140mph? :o :o >:(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 03 December 2012, 13:04:35
If I commented on this the word sensor would melt down :-X >:(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 03 December 2012, 13:17:13
What an utter waste of life! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Once more young men, involving BMW's, are responsible, with two paying with their lives.  What is it with young men and powerful machines?  Nature gives males in particular that "thing" of being "the best", "the fastest", "the bravest", "the conquer", with aggression and at any price.  Those "drives" can work well on many levels, but this is when all that goes so wrong!! :'( :'( :'( 

I saw it in one of my sons, but he joined the British Army as a Royal Engineer, and played rugby for them, so that was his male "drives" taken care of.  But with so many it results in a waste of young life!

There is no answer to it is there? :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: cleggy on 03 December 2012, 13:29:56
Stupidity, could have been far worse and involved other innocent motorists and their passengers :( :(

IDIOTS  >:(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Entwood on 03 December 2012, 13:39:28
Yup possibly idiots, and some might say the gene pool is better off without them ... but somewhere there are mothers/fathers/sisters/friends/lovers all who have now a huge hole in their lives because these "idiots" made a mistake .....

Something that some folks seem to have forgotten we all do every single day, some mistakes are small and matter little, others are big, and have huge consequences, but as humans there is one thing for certain .. we all make mistakes every single day . hopefully we live through most of them ...
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Rog on 03 December 2012, 14:01:00
Maybe the answer is that blokes should have compulsory chemical castration to knock down testosterone levels before being permitted to drive anything over 50 bhp.  :o

OK, ok, I'll let that go to 100 bhp    ;D


 . . . . . . . oooooops just realized, there probably was no Omega as above  :-X
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Varche on 03 December 2012, 14:03:42
Gosh.

I have just watched an item on BBC news abut a young lad- market trader who bought a Reliant Robin for £750 but it was going to cost £1000's to insure. How much do young lads pay to insure a BMW.?
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Rog on 03 December 2012, 14:10:27
How much do young lads pay to insure a BMW.?

Loads, which is why many youngsters are not insured. Where I live it's reconed that around 10% of male drivers don't have insurance.

But this incident demonstrates exactly why insurance premiums are so high for under 25's.
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: YZ250 on 03 December 2012, 14:16:35

.........Something that some folks seem to have forgotten we all do every single day, some mistakes are small and matter little, others are big, and have huge consequences, but as humans there is one thing for certain .. we all make mistakes every single day . hopefully we live through most of them ...

Agree with that.  :y None of us are totally innocent are we.
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: redelitev6 on 03 December 2012, 17:43:56
 :o So much damage  :o fair to say airbags would have been no use at all  :(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: cleggy on 03 December 2012, 18:46:55
I agree, we all mistakes but only IDIOTS make this sort of tragic mistake :(
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: BazaJT on 03 December 2012, 19:13:58
I heard that the M1 was still closed at 4.30p.m as a result of this
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 03 December 2012, 21:37:23
What is it with BMW drivers? I have a work colleague who really is a smashing bloke , but he drives a 3 series BMW. I have seen him do ridiculous things on the drive home from work, others have even told him he is going to kill someone having seen his antics,  he is no youngster (about 45) but as soon as he gets in the car there must be a complete personality change.
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: tony2 on 03 December 2012, 22:27:48
my other half says BMW stands for BRAINLESS MANIAN WA---ERS there must have been sme in these bmw cars this morning ? but we must still give our symphathy out to their parents whoes christmas has just been ruined RIP
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: Rog on 03 December 2012, 22:44:47
What is it with BMW drivers?  . . . . . .  but as soon as he gets in the car there must be a complete personality change.

Some years ago I worked for a company that gave me a beemer as a company car (not sure I think it was a 323)

You are absolutely correct. The handling, torque etc etc actually does make people drive like idiots. Believe me, it's true, even my Mrs said so about when she drove it, and she likes old Volvos.

Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: r1 on 04 December 2012, 13:32:10
oh dear
prehaps they got there kph mixed up with there mph
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 December 2012, 14:35:06
The drivers involved not withstanding,  this does demonstrate one thing, when the shat really hits the fan make sure your in the bigger car :-\ first thought was the smaller one was a 3 series :-\ was quite shocked that it was a new 5 :o
Title: Re: M1 smash causes North London gridlock
Post by: aaronjb on 04 December 2012, 14:42:59
I think it mostly shows that if the clag hits the fan at 140mph in a road car.. there won't be a lot left of anything!