Warning on Boom gates

[Cap]

Got an email with some pics warning of the dangers of hidden boom gates. :o Obviously pics from the US, but the principle is the same.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/423.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/424.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/425.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/02/426.jpg

Take care out there!

[Chucaro]

:eek: He was very close to loose his.........
No blood spot in the seat :o

[Basil135]

:eek::eek::eek::o:o:blink:

[Ausfree]

I wonder if anybody got sued over that?:o:mad:

[Scouse]

:eek: He was very close to loose his.........
Why do you say that? Can't you see where it would have fitted? ;).

[JohnF]

A few weeks ago stopped at an acident at Tumbagum. A station waggon with a mum and two young girls, 6 & 8 had impaled itself on a gaurd rail. trapping the mum in the waggon, the rail spearing between the two young children and stopping about a foot from the tailgate.

Read in the paper two days later they where all alive. One of the girls was airlifted to brisbane where she had mcro-surgery on her leg which I saw, with muscle peeled back from the bone. Have not heard anymore, as we went once the first ambulance and police car had arrived. We passed a second Ambulance, and the vounteer resque organisation's truck.

[banjo]

OUCHThere mite not be any blood but the seat looks a bit DARK

[adonuff]

Hi I stayed at a caravan perk a while back and they had a card you had to swipe to get in or out, the gates used to break down all the time so they used to leave the exit gate open. Everyone drove in and out of the exit gate.

They upgraded, Boom gate to get in using card, one way spikes on the exit.

Put up a notice for all the campers informing them of the changes.

They forgot to tell the local meals on wheels Lady who came evey couple of days for an elderly resident who lived full time in the park.

She drove in through the exit, not realising thing had changed.

Removed most of the front end, sump, and destroyed 4 Tyres $lots Never heard the final outcome as I moved further up the coast. Sorry used to have a few pics but lost them

Andrew

[HBWC]

he must of been doing a bit of speed for that to happen

[Bearman]

Years ago when I used to live at Mt isa there was a couple I knew travelling down through Cloncurry to Winton and they came across a car near Kynuna which looked like it had ran off the road and they could see someone in it. They pulled up to see if he was ok. The engine was still running but the bloke looked like he was asleep. When they got up close they could see that he was dead. It was a dirt road in those days and he had ran over a steel bow from a cap tarp on a semi that must have fallen off. When his front drivers side wheel ran over it it had flicked up and came through the floor between his feet and went straight through his chest and the seat. Poor bugger didn't stand a chance. Just goes to show how unlucky one can be.

[PhilipA]

When I was 17 ( 43 years ago) and invincible, I was overtaking a truck at Ironpot Creek on the Toowoomba road, when he suddenly started overtaking a mini which I had not seen move out of a petrol station.

He bunted my A90 into the bridge railing, which speared through the windscreen , between me and my passenger, through the back seat and out through the boot.

Some slivers of wood went through my left shoulder which has not been much good since. I was very glad that I had asked the passenger to get off me and sit in her seat a few minutes before.

I really didn't think of the "what ifs " much, but a lucky outcome.

Regards Philip A

[Chucaro]

When I was 17 ( 43 years ago) and invincible, I was overtaking a truck at Ironpot Creek on the Toowoomba road, when he suddenly started overtaking a mini which I had not seen move out of a petrol station.

He bunted my A90 into the bridge railing, which speared through the windscreen , between me and my passenger, through the back seat and out through the boot.

Some slivers of wood went through my left shoulder which has not been much good since. I was very glad that I had asked the passenger to get off me and sit in her seat a few minutes before.

I really didn't think of the "what ifs " much, but a lucky outcome.

Regards Philip A

So, you are 43 years old now, forget the previous 17 :D

[Gillie]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/62637-consider-your-passengers-when-driving-through-long-grass.html

reminds me of the above post.

[PhilipA]

So, you are 43 years old now, forget the previous 17

No I am actually 7 because a hospital aneasthetist filled my lungs with my stomach contents during a simple reconnection of my leg quads to my kneecap.
Woke up 6 days later in intensive care, one of the lucky 25%, after the docs called my wife and family in to say goodbye.

Hey no wonder I never win lotto.

Regards Philip A

[lardy]

No I am actually 7 because a hospital aneasthetist filled my lungs with my stomach contents during a simple reconnection of my leg quads to my kneecap.
Woke up 6 days later in intensive care, one of the lucky 25%, after the docs called my wife and family in to say goodbye.

Hey no wonder I never win lotto.

Regards Philip A

you should sue... say they took all ya luck so you have never won lotto

[Cap]

Thanks for your replies and stories... you really dont think about these things when driving, just a "day out" enjoying the country side. A good reminder to all about these hidden dangers.

[PhilipA]

Just another note on things that can get ya.
The first XW? GTHOs that came out had a possibly fatal flaw or maybe that should be floor.

If you "gained air" on a country road, the driveshaft was a little short and would fall out of the gearbox. I heard a guy lost a leg as it speared up through the floor. Ford immediately did a recall and driveshaft retaining loops were fitted. I never heard if the bloke sued and how much he got.

Regards Philip A

[Frenchie]

I was very glad that I had asked the passenger to get off me and sit in her seat a few minutes before.


ROFL :D