Embarrassing car crashes and road accidents in pictures - BMW 3-Series Forum (F30 / F32)

M3Bahn · 08-19-2011, 01:43 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...-pictures.html

WWONG · 08-19-2011, 01:55 PM

How do so many people mistake the accelerator for the brakes? I mean, are you kidding me?

ragingclue · 08-19-2011, 01:55 PM

Isn't that Cornwall dropoff where they pushed Clarkson's RV over the edge?

M3Bahn · 08-19-2011, 01:58 PM

Many of them look fake, in the sense of how the fock?

CoconutPete · 08-19-2011, 02:28 PM

I have 3 thoughts:

The drivers of all the "left the handbrake off" ones should be banned from ever buying a non-automatic car.

The drivers of all the "mistook the brake for the accelerator ones" should be banned from driving - PERIOD! I'm completely serious, If you can't figure that out then you need to not drive.

And finally .... number 22 .... seriously????? "
The driver jumped out, ran alongside and pulled out her son, just two feet from the edge"
Umm .. yeah .... don't hit the brake, put it in park or turn the wheel away from the cliff or anything ....... you were moving slower than you can run, but you didn't think of ANY of those things???

solefald · 08-19-2011, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by WWONG

How do so many people mistake the accelerator for the brakes? I mean, are you kidding me?

mostly old people and teenagers, but it is very common.

Seminole · 08-19-2011, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solefald

mostly old people and teenagers, but it is very common.

I've only done it once, and I think I was around 17, but the car was in park. I wasn't really paying attention and went to put my foot on the brake to shift out of park and hit the gas instead. Not really any defense, but the brake and gas were super close in my old car, to the point I couldn't wear Nike Shox because there wasn't enough room between the brake pedal and the transmission tunnel to put my foot.

Regardless it was definitely a "how'd you manage to do that you moron" moment.

GarySL · 08-19-2011, 05:38 PM

Here's the latest crash they could add:

BMWinNorthdakota · 08-19-2011, 05:46 PM

The driver of this car tried to negotiate her way out of a traffic jam - only to drive into a lane of freshly laid cement

So sick of people using cement and concrete interchangeably... yes, this ruined the article for me.

M3Bahn · 08-19-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GarySL

Here's the latest crash they could add:

Better pictures here.

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=574614

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WWONG Banned Drives: 2012 BMW X5 xDrive35d Join Date: May 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,834 iTrader: (14)	How do so many people mistake the accelerator for the brakes? I mean, are you kidding me?

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ragingclue My interior is turrible Drives: stickferanaxle Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mulletville Posts: 6,667 iTrader: (1)	Isn't that Cornwall dropoff where they pushed Clarkson's RV over the edge?

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CoconutPete Coconut Pete's paella! Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North CT / Denmark Posts: 111 iTrader: (0)	I have 3 thoughts: The drivers of all the "left the handbrake off" ones should be banned from ever buying a non-automatic car. The drivers of all the "mistook the brake for the accelerator ones" should be banned from driving - PERIOD! I'm completely serious, If you can't figure that out then you need to not drive. And finally .... number 22 .... seriously????? " The driver jumped out, ran alongside and pulled out her son, just two feet from the edge" Umm .. yeah .... don't hit the brake, put it in park or turn the wheel away from the cliff or anything ....... you were moving slower than you can run, but you didn't think of ANY of those things???

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BMWinNorthdakota Banned Drives: 2007 bmw 335i e90 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Fargo ND Posts: 1,111 iTrader: (0)	The driver of this car tried to negotiate her way out of a traffic jam - only to drive into a lane of freshly laid cement So sick of people using cement and concrete interchangeably... yes, this ruined the article for me.