Or maybe not going so fast in the first place. Amazing no one was hurt. That could have been so much worse - really stupid behaviour.Ouch, Looks like he didn't know that road very well as he should have been braking a lot earlier. Luckily they got away with it.
Idiot.
I cut idiots like him from cars at least once a tour. No sympathy whatsoever.
I don't give a stuff what happens to people who excessively speed, it's the innocent victims I care about.
I realise that this was on a track, but the principle is the same.
Once a tour (a tour being 2 x days and then 2 x nights).
Perhaps not exactly once every tour, but certainly on a regular basis.
I wouldn’t say that Audi’s/VW/Mercedes etc are any harder to cut than others but it is very apparent that these types of cars are much better built than others.
One of the most challenging cars to cut and/or spread are Smart cars, but even then the Holmatro tools we use are more than up to the job.
Once a tour (a tour being 2 x days and then 2 x nights).
Perhaps not exactly once every tour, but certainly on a regular basis.
I wouldn’t say that Audi’s/VW/Mercedes etc are any harder to cut than others but it is very apparent that these types of cars are much better built than others.
One of the most challenging cars to cut and/or spread are Smart cars, but even then the Holmatro tools we use are more than up to the job.
Yeah, that was going to be my next question as far as what type of tool you used.
I was in a FD Truck company and found it very interesting and a challenge to gain knowledge regarding the different models with exotic metals that use and where they're strategically placed.
The other half of the challenge was locating the battery on the vehicle as that's the first thing you really want to tackle. Everything becomes much much safer once that is taken out of the equation.
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Modern cars have made it trickier I’ll admit, however before ANY cutting or spreading is carried out we do what’s called a ‘peel and reveal’ on the car(s) involved.
Basically a peel and reveal is exactly what it says it is, we peel (remove) any interior trim that is likely to conceal any dangers to us (fire crews) and any trapped persons. For instance, seat belt tensioners or airbags etc.
Once revealed we know exactly where we can make the relevant cuts etc.
As for a car battery we tend not to cut the power we just simply disconnect it.
Is it much different in the States?
All we do is remove trim (A,B pillars etc) to expose anything which might present a danger to us when cutting etc.
The alternative to cutting blind doesn’t bear thinking about, hence why we do it.
Whilst each individual or crew might have their own approach we still follow a prescribed set of procedures at rta’s or fires etc and any freelancing in the LFB is rightly frowned upon.