Richard Hammond Is Airlifted To Hospital After Flipping $2,548,562.77 Supercar

[malc]

I reckon engine sound plays a big part in telling the driver vehicle speed.
High rpm noise tells you to back off the throttle,
without that noise the driver is lulled into a sense
of security.
The vehicle doesn't sound "stressed".

For "pinned together" people search Barry Sheene.

[Barry Donovan]

as long as he avoids electricity, he'll be ok.
those pins suck.

I got dwarf star sprites in my ct scan, going through the layers..

stainless does fail.
he should buy rubber clothes, and boots... maybe waders.
daily clothing... to continue to race.

[malc]

"Emil Schmid, from the salvage firm which removed the vehicle, said: 'For the bystander it may have looked as if a few clowns were standing around the wreck for hours without doing anything.
But the built-in energy packages in an electric car continue to work after a crash and keep the temperatures very high.'
He said: 'I had never had such an expensive wreck on my truck."

Would´ve been neat to use salvaged metal from the wreck inside Hammond´s knee....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4595348/Jeremy-Clarkson-reveals-thought-Richard-Hammond-died.html

[Dan Barlow]

Looks like a very big bent thumb . So, basically it looks awful.

[Deaf Bob]

Looks like a very big bent thumb . So, basically it looks awful.

When my hip was put in, I had 2 of those..in a reverse 7 shape on my buttock.. Steel goes from socket, inside the femur to the knee..
Used to set off the airport scanner.. Not anymore.

[malc]

My wife has three vertebrae in her neck held together with a titanium plate and eight screws.
We thought that would cause problems at airports but it never has.

[SuperBuickGuy]

watching the video, I don't think it was his fault. You expect a supercar to have better aero - but since it's a car that hums, they don't want the drag.... so anchor the brakes, unload the rear, and off you go into the weeds. Really poor design. Should he have known better? yeah, but still that flaw is like the Mustang-crowd-eaters.... They put more HP then the car was capable of controlling - with similar results.

Top Gear, after driving the Koenigsegg, said that if they put a wing on the car that it'd be faster and they were right. That e-car had no active aero - so when he hit the brakes for a corner any other supercar would eat..... tail end got light and over he went.

[Deaf Bob]

My wife has three vertebrae in her neck held together with a titanium plate and eight screws.
We thought that would cause problems at airports but it never has.

20 yrs ago I had to carry a note from dr saying "surgical steel implanted"
10 yrs ago, the dr said it was not needed..
Wonders of technology.
It sure lit up the scanner and security came running!
"Ohh I forgot to give you this" (handing over note). They were not happy.. Nor was wifey as we almost missed our flight

Seems the guys on Top Gear/GT would know to regconize if a car will do what that car did?
Did he build up his speed or just went all out?

[Dan Barlow]

Unless something broke , it's his fault . It's his job to know his and the cars limitations .

[SuperBuickGuy]

TV presenters are required to be race car drivers? He can't even go in a straight line - so what'd they think was going to happen when they put corners in?

[Deaf Bob]

TV presenters are required to be race car drivers? He can't even go in a straight line - so what'd they think was going to happen when they put corners in?

Weren't they racers or top amaturs before landing this gig?
If I didn't become a blubbering fool in front of a camera-microphone, I oughta bullshitz my way into driving a 2 mil car!

[malc]

They probably got driving instruction from the "Stig".

[malc]

Hammond gets a "hot rod" to move around until his knee heals...



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