[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

I can't understand peoples thinking that its the Skoda's fault. Here is an American SUV that has 90 feet of guard rail penetrating it. It was a terrible accident and I wish Robert a quick recovery

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/t...-rail-accident

it was a freak accident...in such situations you are unlucky if that happened to you, but very lucky to survive....Skoda has nothing to do with it.

I posted this on another thread but i'll post it again. You'll never build a car that can stop a guard rail entering a car but you can build a guard rail that doesn't enter a car. Anyone who thinks Skoda is to blame for this clearly lacks common sense. Here is a guard rail that when you crash into bends back on itself to stop it entering the car.http://www.turnerfence.com/guardrails.jpg

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Originally Posted by Dug83

I posted this on another thread but i'll post it again. You'll never build a car that can stop a guard rail entering a car but you can build a guard rail that doesn't enter a car. Anyone who thinks Skoda is to blame for this clearly lacks common sense. Here is a guard rail that when you crash into bends back on itself to stop it entering the car.

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The problem is that the piles stand generally not well. In Belgium and the Netherlands the guard rail are generally also build each side of the pile with 30 cm element between the rails!
There are so many different constructions which are for many municipalities or countrys too expensive.
I self has worked 6 years with guard rails and the company is still in my family.

At least all škoda drivers will now think when they'll see guardraills.. :D

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Originally Posted by Barreis

At least all škoda drivers will now think when they'll see guardraills.. :D

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Maybe all drivers should, this is not a Skoda problem, but to try to help people like you understand this would be difficult, you appear to have limited interest in learning the reality of the situation.

Hopefully Robert Kubica make a full and speedy recovery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Q2MFkiaj8 Kubica crash reconstruction. I think it was all bad luck and nobody should blame Skoda about accidents results.

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Originally Posted by Barreis

They can **** theirself after Kubica show..

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the bottom line is the gaurd rail is there to do a job and it failed im presuming that there was a week point let it be the piles or the joint where the rails overlap,this is nothing to do with Skoda you comments are harsh on a matter perhaps you do not understand,
i speak from a perspective of having worked in road construction,this could have happened to car Kubica was in or the last car on the road or a general member of the public,but im sure it will be a matter for the roads authority in Italy to look into.

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Originally Posted by Pinto

the bottom line is the gaurd rail is there to do a job and it failed im presuming that there was a week point let it be the piles or the joint where the rails overlap,this is nothing to do with Skoda you comments are harsh on a matter perhaps you do not understand,
i speak from a perspective of having worked in road construction,this could have happened to car Kubica was in or the last car on the road or a general member of the public,but im sure it will be a matter for the roads authority in Italy to look into.

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Sadly some people on here love to make sensationalist statements without putting their brains into gear.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Sadly some people on here love to make sensationalist statements without putting their brains into gear.

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Thats probably because they lack one, or have'nt used one fore a long while ;)