Dosedmonkey Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8159290.stmNow thats an emergency scenario fit for a game! Madness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ami89E1234 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 wow thats almost exactly like the mission in EM2, but MUCH bigger. i thought the 100+ car pileup in California was bad but this is worse. thats what you get when you have no speed limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 wow thats almost exactly like the mission in EM2, but MUCH bigger. i thought the 100+ car pileup in California was bad but this is worse. thats what you get when you have no speed limit.Thats what you get with Aquaplaning and Germany has speed limits on enough places (70, 100 and 120) Know it since my internship is in Germany and drive though Germany all days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosedmonkey Posted July 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 Certian German Autobahns have no speed limits, believe this is what stan is refering to. But yes, enough rain fall, and aquaplanning becomes a big problem, but excessive speed with poor visibility caused this, some reason people didn't seem to slow down to adapt to the conditions in this incident, even though from my experience the vast majority normally do, perhaps there is not enough camber on that road, or drainage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius7dk Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Found this on WikipediaGerman autobahns are sometimes jokingly referred to as "the last refuge of the high-speed drivers", since they have no general speed limit (though about 55% of the total length is subject to local and/or conditional limits), but the maximum recommended speed is 130 km/h (80.8 mph).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_AutobahnsIf you have been driving more than 130 km/h and cause an accident then no insurance policy will cover you is what I have heard, so the German motorways is not that hazardous as one might imagine But nice scenario for a game though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ami89E1234 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 lol aquaplaning on the Autobahn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Free carwash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosedmonkey Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Found this on Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_AutobahnsIf you have been driving more than 130 km/h and cause an accident then no insurance policy will cover you is what I have heard, so the German motorways is not that hazardous as one might imagine But nice scenario for a game though Well, still, it only takes one moron to be going too fast to cause the accident. UK maximum speed limit is 70mph, and over 100mph automatic loss of your license. However on the right sections, and weather you can do in excess of 140 mph easily, if it wasn't for the other vehicles and loosing your license! In the rain, reducing the speed limit to 60mph would stop a lot of accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundking Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 What is needed is electric speed limit signs that change based on road conditions people see 100 in a snow storm or rain fall and think they can go 100 eeven though that for ideal conditions... Usually you see those people in an ambulance or worse about 20 miles later though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Taylor Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 A massive pileup'd be fun for a mission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ami89E1234 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 lol itd have been funny to see it happening if you had Yakety Sax playing. that makes ANYTHING funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppah Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My dad was involved into a similar smaller accident years ago.He wrecked his car, because some people started to hit the brake hard on a slippy road caused by glazed frost.Not funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Taylor Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 My dad was involved into a similar smaller accident years ago.He wrecked his car, because some people started to hit the brake hard on a slippy road caused by glazed frost.Not funny.Is it true you are suppose to pump the brakes if you are on slick roads.. nothing about that is funny though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundking Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 Well that helps, because instead of stopping your wheels right away, you are easing into slowing them down, so you won't slide as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EldoradoMan Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8159290.stmNow thats an emergency scenario fit for a game! Madness!If you haven't, check out the landslide after it. That looks like a sweet scenario.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8157729.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
