Fatal accident rally co-driver killed
Fatal accident rally co-driver killed
Last week a WRC co-driver Michael Park was killed at Rally of Great Britain when the car slid of the road and hit the tree with its passenger side. Here is how eurosport.com comments on what happened:
There is a ten minute tribute video located on this website: http://www.catchmeifyoucan.be/
It requires a password, sinse I use a different password for this website I can just let you guys use mine:
Username: drklop
Password: alar6
After you log in just click on WRC and than save target as.
The reason I have started this thread is because we all are car enthusiasts and most of us love driving fast. I want to remind all of you guys that what we love doing is risky and dangerous. Side impact, is the most dangerous impact and it might happen when the car is going through a corner at a speed faster than its capable of. There are also many people on the ORG who set up their cars to oversteer. Such cars are much more likely to hit something with its side when going of the road. Even world class drivers in vehicles capable of withstanding the impact of 10 g without deforming get into fatal accidents.
Originally Posted by eurosport.com
SIDE IMPACT
Although details of the accident that killed Park remain sketchy, it is known that the car driven by Estonian Markko Martin went off the road at speed and hit a tree on the passenger side.
Peugeot boss Jean-Pierre Nicolas said Park died instantly. Despite all the safety advances, that is the kind of crash -- a lateral collision with an immovable object -- that all drivers dread.
The side is the weakest part of the car and even a roll cage using metres of steel struts and cross members can offer little real protection.
"Short of building a Chieftain tank, there is no real solution to this problem," said Briton Nicky Grist, a championship-winning co-driver with Colin McRae.
"The side is the most vulnerable part of any car, whether it's a road car or a rally car," he told the Guardian newspaper.
"When you are sliding towards a tree at that speed, there's little you can do."
Although details of the accident that killed Park remain sketchy, it is known that the car driven by Estonian Markko Martin went off the road at speed and hit a tree on the passenger side.
Peugeot boss Jean-Pierre Nicolas said Park died instantly. Despite all the safety advances, that is the kind of crash -- a lateral collision with an immovable object -- that all drivers dread.
The side is the weakest part of the car and even a roll cage using metres of steel struts and cross members can offer little real protection.
"Short of building a Chieftain tank, there is no real solution to this problem," said Briton Nicky Grist, a championship-winning co-driver with Colin McRae.
"The side is the most vulnerable part of any car, whether it's a road car or a rally car," he told the Guardian newspaper.
"When you are sliding towards a tree at that speed, there's little you can do."
It requires a password, sinse I use a different password for this website I can just let you guys use mine:
Username: drklop
Password: alar6
After you log in just click on WRC and than save target as.
The reason I have started this thread is because we all are car enthusiasts and most of us love driving fast. I want to remind all of you guys that what we love doing is risky and dangerous. Side impact, is the most dangerous impact and it might happen when the car is going through a corner at a speed faster than its capable of. There are also many people on the ORG who set up their cars to oversteer. Such cars are much more likely to hit something with its side when going of the road. Even world class drivers in vehicles capable of withstanding the impact of 10 g without deforming get into fatal accidents.
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