Catapulted Through Sunroof

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Post 522118 by Pinup_gal on 2012-07-09 18:42:43

As seen on our local news making Santa chuckle somewhat. [URL="http://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-07-09/man-walks-away-after-catapulting-from-roof-of-car/"] LINK[/URL]

Post 522119 by p fandango on 2012-07-09 18:43:26

my old man just showed me that clip, i'm guessing he wasn't wearing his seat belt lol

Post 522120 by Pinup_gal on 2012-07-09 18:46:10

Pretty dodgy belt if he was lol

Post 522126 by V70 Graham on 2012-07-09 18:57:21

Me thinks no belt either.....ouch !

Post 522137 by local-looney on 2012-07-09 19:17:23

wonder if he could do it again.....

Post 522142 by SwedishVillain on 2012-07-09 19:30:03

Although it was an accident, the way he came out of the sunroof did make me laugh somewhat lol Very lucky boy though!

Post 522191 by Haizum74 on 2012-07-09 21:40:27

Especially if the car decided on another roll

Post 522294 by M-R-P on 2012-07-09 23:53:19

It was a Pug 407, he probably had his seatbelt on and was lucky the seat didn't come with him lol

Post 522330 by Kingsford G on 2012-07-10 02:08:01

Lucky man.These guys wern`t that lucky tho [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnsU9YSpSnE&feature=share[/ame]

Post 522342 by stephenevans99 on 2012-07-10 07:49:09

That was nasty, armless but nasty (you see what I did there?).

Post 522361 by madness on 2012-07-10 10:45:25

he doesn't have a clue how lucky he was. my friend died after he wasn't wearing his belt and his nova rolled lightly on the way home from college but his head came out through the sunroof. everybody else walked away and he was only 18. volvo put those annoying little red flashing seat belt lights there for a reason ..........

Post 522365 by stephenevans99 on 2012-07-10 11:07:54

[quote=madness;522361]he doesn't have a clue how lucky he was. volvo put those annoying little red flashing seat belt lights there for a reason ..........[/quote] Never a truer word spoken. I went through a phase when younger of not wearing my seatbelt - absolute stupidity on my part.

Post 522385 by Wobbly Dave on 2012-07-10 12:13:59

New S40 starts off with quiet beeps, then slightly louder beeps - then full blow claxons (& turns the radio down). Having seen the accidents & read the comments - I am quite glad of it - as sometimes I can get to the end of the road before putting mine on - which is a bit naughty.

Post 522391 by M-R-P on 2012-07-10 12:31:37

Yet another legacy left by plod on my car - no seatbelt warning apart from the driver. The other passengers don't even get a red light. I just hope the srs system knows when there's a bum on a seat. Something I can't understand is not wearing a seatbelt. There's really no excuse - sit in seat, close door, seatbelt on etc etc. We all (well most of us any way) wipe our bum before pulling our pants back up or lock the bloody house when you leave, yet when your own life depends on it, some people won't do something that takes 2 seconds. An old friend of mine was in a 40 mph crash and didn't have a seatbelt on. He was thrown through the door of the car and through a barbed wire fence. He had 118" of stitching, skin grafts and years of physio. Now he really doesn't like getting the passenger seat with anybody. There's really no excuse, really.

Post 522405 by Pliskin on 2012-07-10 15:36:21

The second video gives a new meaning to hitting the Armco!

Post 522436 by Wobbly Dave on 2012-07-10 17:17:36

[quote=martinrpeachey;522391]Yet another legacy left by plod on my car - no seatbelt warning apart from the driver. The other passengers don't even get a red light. I just hope the srs system knows when there's a bum on a seat. Something I can't understand is not wearing a seatbelt. There's really no excuse - sit in seat, close door, seatbelt on etc etc. We all (well most of us any way) wipe our bum before pulling our pants back up or lock the bloody house when you leave, yet when your own life depends on it, some people won't do something that takes 2 seconds. An old friend of mine was in a 40 mph crash and didn't have a seatbelt on. He was thrown through the door of the car and through a barbed wire fence. He had 118" of stitching, skin grafts and years of physio. Now he really doesn't like getting the passenger seat with anybody. There's really no excuse, really.[/quote] I promise from now before the car moves that my seat belt will go on. Terrible habit & one I have worked hard to eradicate.

Post 522442 by V70 Graham on 2012-07-10 17:42:46

Makes me think.....the Buses we have dont have seat belts, even limited to 39mph I wouldn't fancy a major whack :(

Post 522460 by M-R-P on 2012-07-10 18:36:02

[quote=Wobbly Dave;522436]I promise from now before the car moves that my seat belt will go on. Terrible habit & one I have worked hard to eradicate.[/quote] I hope you don't think that was a pop at you Dave, it's something that really bothers me in general.

Post 522929 by Kingsford G on 2012-07-11 18:32:24

I wore mine even as a cab driver unless I pick up 4 drunken idiots just in case I don`t get stuck or strangled from behind and can jump out to give them a good lesson.