Low flying van

[DoctorStrangelove]

Wheeeeee!

[MonkeysUncle]

Did it land and carry on driving???
I cant see any wreckage as the camera comes off the roundabout.

[scooterscot]

It's either in the middle of the roundabout or low earth orbit.

Personally I think it was the UK space program's 1st launch attempt to rival the Galileo GPS system.

[DaveB]

Did it land and carry on driving???
I cant see any wreckage as the camera comes off the roundabout.

Policw report said 3 occupants were taken to hospital with varying injuries. So I'm guessing it came to a fairly abrupt halt on landing.

[DoctorStrangelove]

"It is quite a bad roundabout, he just didn't see what was coming because he was going so fast.

"He was on his own, he had a few cuts and bruises but the ambulance came straight away and took him to hospital.

"He just didn't see the roundabout coming."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/speeding-v...125800760.html


As stated in the comments, these roundabouts are bastards, they just leap out of nowhere in front of you.

Though, saying that, I nearly ended up on a roundabout between the A14 & the M1 20 odd years ago.

And some of those years have been truly odd, it must be said.

Curiously, on the same roundabout, there was a 5cwt van perched neatly about halfway up the slope.

[OwlHoot]

Policw report said 3 occupants were taken to hospital with varying injuries. So I'm guessing it came to a fairly abrupt halt on landing.

I'm guessing the van was also taken to the equivalent van hospital with varying injuries to its suspension!

I nearly did the same on a raised roundabout "island" in a north London back street one rainy night a few years ago.

Didn't see the perishing thing, and bombed over it at 50 MPH, although luckily the result wasn't quite as spectacular as van man's caper.

[NickFitz]

Though, saying that, I nearly ended up on a roundabout between the A14 & the M1 20 odd years ago.

Was that at Catthorpe Interchange? That was a horrible junction, thankfully replaced with proper connecting carriageways now.

[GJABS]

Reminds me of one of my landings..

[BR14]

did that on a norton atlas in the late sixties. the landing made my eyes water somewhat.
the bike was ok though, and i completed my journey
<was walking funny for a few days though>

[jamesbrown]

low earth orbit

While it's up there, it can say hi to your crypto advice.