Thread: Hilux crashes into river

Originally Posted by AK83

And just prior to that, the massive sign describing 'Road subject to flooding'!!!
In the rain, narrow bridge, blind ridge, inexperience, distraction, and an ... un-brake-able Hilux ...

Don't need to be Einstein to work out the rest.

Considering the obvious audible tyre sqealing, I'm curious to know if his Hilux (supposedly) had ABS too.
Surely as a working contractor, his would be a late model(say, less than 10yr old) and it'd have ABS.

Pretty sure tyres make a noise when abs activate.

Originally Posted by AK83

And just prior to that, the massive sign describing 'Road subject to flooding'!!!
In the rain, narrow bridge, blind ridge, inexperience, distraction, and an ... un-brake-able Hilux ...

Don't need to be Einstein to work out the rest.

Considering the obvious audible tyre sqealing, I'm curious to know if his Hilux (supposedly) had ABS too.
Surely as a working contractor, his would be a late model(say, less than 10yr old) and it'd have ABS.

Almost every road around here has “Road Subject to Flooding” signs...

If you find water in them you’ve experienced a 1 in 50 yr event... however, when they are full it’s usually 1.5 to 2mtrs deep

The tyre squealing - even the best ABS equipped vehicles screech and smoke (reduced) under full braking..

Where's Clarkson, May and Hammond. They'd drive that out of there.

What if he'd taken his foot off the brake to get traction, whack it in to 4 and power through!

Originally Posted by Saitch

What if he'd taken his foot off the brake to get traction, whack it in to 4 and power through!

He was far to busy bashing his gums to his mate on the phone before AND after hitting the water to do anything but blind panic.

A lot of armchair experts here. His biggest mistake was driving a HiLux.

In typical Road Authority/Council butt covering style, the boy who cried wolf syndrome comes into play.

I recall the first time I crossed the Gilbert. Westbound in a triple roadtrain, after passing dozens of Narrow Causeway and Road Subject To Flooding signs in the previous 100 k, with no flooding and 12 metres width between the guideposts, it was hard to take the the signage seriously. I crested the dogleg approach at 90ish kph and was shocked to see 100 metres of high kerbed causeway, above the dry creek bed.

So apart from you fellows who never drive faster than 40 kph, it could have happened to any one of you.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

it could have happened to any one of you.

i agree ian.

on the other hand, if he was going faster, he would of made it to the other side.

Originally Posted by Eevo

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on the other hand, if he was going faster, he would of made it to the other side.

I guess when you're faced with two options ...

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