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      04-13-2015, 10:19 AM   #1
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Range Rover comes off Overpass

Lucky escape by this driver

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      04-13-2015, 10:47 AM   #2
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That is nuts.

No level of AWD capability is an excuse for driving fast on snow/ice.

luckily no one was below.
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hes probably the luckiest guy alive!
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I don't know if the driver and passenger had luck on their side or this is a testament to how well RRs are built or both....but any which way, glad they are alive. Drive safe my X5 bros and sis.

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      04-13-2015, 01:42 PM   #5
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Amazing, I though no one would walk away from that. How quickly you're life can change!
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Very sad scene to watch. Landing on its side is probably what saved them.
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That looked really bad. He was obviously driving too fast for the weather conditions. Good to see they are alive and can walk away from the accident scene.
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      04-13-2015, 04:18 PM   #8
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That is nuts.

No level of AWD capability is an excuse for driving fast on snow/ice.

luckily no one was below.
This video from Mother Russia from Sochi "2014 winter olympic games capital "

There is no snow or ice , only in mountains . Probably he was drunk or texting to someone . AWD cant help in that case either )
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      04-13-2015, 04:24 PM   #9
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Plonker! VERY lucky he landed on concrete and not on some innocent driver at the wrong place and wrong time.
Should be prosecuted for Dangerous Driving.
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      04-13-2015, 11:30 PM   #10
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This video from Mother Russia from Sochi "2014 winter olympic games capital "

There is no snow or ice , only in mountains . Probably he was drunk or texting to someone . AWD cant help in that case either )
Looks like slush on the road, and the car before, which looks like an older Volvo also slips and gets banged against the barrier. You can see the tread marks the Volvo leaves behind. Notice the rover is going much faster than the cars that precede it. At any rate, the guy is lucky to be alive and lucky no one was under him below.
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      04-14-2015, 06:19 PM   #11
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Looks like slush on the road, and the car before, which looks like an older Volvo also slips and gets banged against the barrier. You can see the tread marks the Volvo leaves behind. Notice the rover is going much faster than the cars that precede it. At any rate, the guy is lucky to be alive and lucky no one was under him below.

You mean the LADA (not Volvo) ?
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      04-14-2015, 06:27 PM   #12
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This video from Mother Russia from Sochi "2014 winter olympic games capital "

There is no snow or ice , only in mountains . Probably he was drunk or texting to someone . AWD cant help in that case either )
You might need to get your eyes checked.
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      04-14-2015, 07:37 PM   #13
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You might need to get your eyes checked.
are you doctor ? mister know-all
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      04-14-2015, 07:40 PM   #14
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      04-14-2015, 08:11 PM   #15
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are you doctor ? mister know-all
know-it-all? you're the weather expert. it's ok if you're embarrassed. no need to double down on your story. lol
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      04-14-2015, 08:52 PM   #16
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I wonder how much of it they tried to salvage since it costs about $200k out there.

OK, Music?
And then all those little video thumbnails, especially two fat naked guys drinking, and there is another with a guy that looks like he is holding a kalashnikov to another guy's head? YT needs to give options to users to disable this nonsense.
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      04-14-2015, 10:47 PM   #17
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How the heck they survived this fall with that speed
Car just slammed in weird angle
That is one safe car for sure
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I don't know if the driver and passenger had luck on their side or this is a testament to how well RRs are built or both....but any which way, glad they are alive. Drive safe my X5 bros and sis.

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Oh what, this isn't a shared forum ...? there's only x5's on here....
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