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Cap
27th July 2009, 10:23 AM
My brother and hes father in-law (and respective families) were driving through Vic country (near sky fields?) when some moron cut a corner and forced them to take evasive action. As you can see from the pics, they were very lucky they didnt roll down the steep hill.

Brother says theres nothing there stopiing a vehicle rolling down for a least 100mtrs... could of been a very serious/deadly situation. They eventually got recovered by the truck, but to give you an indication, even the truck slipped sideways on the tar due to the weight.

PS: You cant bag the in-law for driving an toyo... he also has a 4 door rangie classic :cool:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/213.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/214.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/215.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/216.jpg
disco2hse
27th July 2009, 10:31 AM
lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky

Time to buy a lotto ticket.

Alan
Phoenix
27th July 2009, 10:34 AM
Bloody lucky, time for a lottery ticket!!!

Looks a lot like the sideling here!
dullbird
27th July 2009, 10:36 AM
jesus as others have said buy a lotto ticket
x-box
27th July 2009, 10:37 AM
that's enough to send shivers down my spine

soooo glad it ended ok

damage to a car you can handle, but the alternative is unthinkable

they must have been really shaken up - bugger!
abaddonxi
27th July 2009, 11:06 AM
Lucky the highlift was mounted on driver's side.

Hope everyone is unhurt.
Cap
27th July 2009, 11:14 AM
Thats what we think too! I should have mentioned that my bro tried to snatch/tow him out... hes disco facing the otherside. What ended up happeining was he smoked up the disco tyres (bugger didnt get any photos :() and hes father in law (very brave man, nothing scares him) was in the toyo. Unfortunately, hes toyo was also draggin my brother back... so potentially they could of both gone over if they didnt stop!
ozzirt
27th July 2009, 12:36 PM
Ooohh,.. it makes my stomach turn just looking at the photos.

I'm just pleased to hear that that no one was hurt.
crump
27th July 2009, 12:43 PM
there'd be some stains on those seat covers,:eek::D good to hear all ok.
VladTepes
27th July 2009, 12:55 PM
Goodness me.

(Other words sprang to mind but there's a swear filter).
Chops
27th July 2009, 01:01 PM
Once again, this is shocking,,,glad everyones ok,,,

This sort of thing happens a fair bit up the mountains, have had a few close calls myself with city slickers who just have no idea of the dangers,, :eek: They go skiing and forget that their tired and fatigued from their day already,, or the partying the previous night,,,

Did the offending driver pull over to help, check everyone was ok,,, or did he do a runner like most :twisted::twisted:

Chops
Cap
27th July 2009, 01:09 PM
Did the offending driver pull over to help, check everyone was ok,,, or did he do a runner like most :twisted::twisted:

Chops

He pulled over, but I think he realised what situation they were in and quickly left the scene.

Now not wanting to bag the services, but my bro rang 000, spoke to the lady requesting assistance, she said ill get the fire brigade onto it. 20min later, she calls and admits she made a mistake and that Fire Brigade dont do that anymore! WTF, dont these 000 operators know whats going on? 20min is a long time, especially if your injured!
willem
27th July 2009, 05:23 PM
jesus as others have said buy a lotto ticket

Jesus doesn't need a lotto ticket - he owns it all anyway! :o:D:D:D

Willem
Grover-98
27th July 2009, 05:59 PM
Bloody lucky! glad to hear they are all ok!
Hymie
27th July 2009, 06:27 PM
Looks like the Tanjil Bren Rd coming from Mt Baw Baw. Just shy of Tanjil Bren itself.
Cap
27th July 2009, 06:28 PM
Looks like the Tanjil Bren Rd coming from Mt Baw Baw. Just shy of Tanjil Bren itself.

Ahhhh, that rings a bell, it is at Mt Baw Baw, thx.
Grockle
27th July 2009, 06:39 PM
Glad all ok and no damage to the car.
discopete
27th July 2009, 06:40 PM
OMG :o:o:o:eek::eek:. Couldn't get much closer than that to a disaster.

Pete
rovercare
27th July 2009, 06:45 PM
Sometimes greeting your new found friend with punch to the head is warranted I think:(
Hymie
27th July 2009, 07:21 PM
Sometimes greeting your new found friend with punch to the head is warranted I think:(

That's assuming they even knew what had happened and stopped....
Chucaro
27th July 2009, 07:30 PM
OH :o Cesar (the owner of the Toyo) was lucky again. Knowing him I think that he was not scared at all.
I am glad that all finished Ok, I will ring him tonight and see if he can replicate the accident and film it for us :D
Sprint
27th July 2009, 11:24 PM
there'd be some stains on those seat covers,:eek::D good to hear all ok.

stuff the stains, worry about the butt shaped bitemarks!
lardy
28th July 2009, 12:46 AM
on one hand he stopped to see they were ok then skiddadled that was big of him, so glad there were no ill effects ...lucky those tojo's weigh the same as a bus as it going down to the dif probably saved there bacon ...me thinks a hot hatch would be rolling down the hill