Fortunately for him it is a bus body on a truck chassis, rather than the normal rear engined city bus. Had it been one of those with a bit more meat under the back of it he might not have been so fortunate. Nothing under the back of that one and some are quite high, so could be easy to insert yourself underneath one if you were dozing I suppose.
mrfxit,
Jul 28, 8:37pm
Exactly. Std truck chassis would have provided a wedge effect for him to slide under, unlike a std rear engined bus. Very possibly only doing 50kph but hit the "bus" without braking.
amasser,
Jul 28, 8:38pm
Not a Lotto ticket, driving lessons.
saxman99,
Jul 28, 9:45pm
Well, he lived so he must have been doing 54K or less, right?
2sheddies,
Jul 28, 9:54pm
Yep, could easily have been doing 50 or even perhaps a bit less. As you say, without braking at that speed, would be possible to go underneath that. 50k isn't all that slow if you run into a solid object at full tilt.
kevymtnz,
Jul 28, 9:58pm
50kph? lifting the back wheels makes the bus free wheeling = possible
mrfxit,
Jul 28, 10:15pm
Yep all free flowing like KFC from the point the back wheels lifted. Theres not really anything under a truck (non towbar models) to stop anything until they get to the diff.
mrfxit,
Jul 28, 10:16pm
LMAO, good point. Maybe 49kph because he was able to get out by himself
drog,
Jul 28, 10:30pm
Both
atom.ant,
Jul 28, 11:29pm
Yea right. "the impact shunted the bus across two lanes onto an island in the centre of the road" if you look at the marks on the road the commodore was bottomed out from the weight of the bus so it is not just a matter of the commodore lifting up the bus and pushing it that distance .The bus might of been a solid object but the commodore sure wasn't
mrfxit,
Jul 28, 11:33pm
True 50km impact (no braking) downhill in to the bare back of a truck chassis perfectly in center & the sloping upwards of the bus rear panels combined with a sloping nose of the car & solid engine to sit on. Yep fluky possible
morrisman1,
Jul 28, 11:56pm
Obviously the driver of the 3.8 ecotech couldn't handle all that power from the bodykit upgrade.
elect70,
Jul 29, 12:37am
There was a story about truck& trailer guy who parked outside takeaway joint behind a car one night . When he came out he backed up & drove off but noticed the trailer swaying . Stopped & found a morrie 1100 with elderly couple in side wedged under the trailer . shaken but unhurt .
henderson_guy,
Jul 29, 6:59am
There's not even chassis at the back of the bus, just the floor subframe. Considering the back window of the car hasn't even been broken, I'd say 50-60 would be plausible
Spare wheel? How many bus drivers these days do you think are gonna change a flat
rikersbeard,
Jul 29, 10:07am
lucky dude. drunk probably
trogedon,
Jul 29, 7:31pm
Ha!
socram,
Jul 30, 6:11am
Awaiting the results of blood tests.
Given that most modern cars can stop on a sixpence one wonders whether he braked at all - and if so, from what speed?.
joanie04,
Nov 10, 3:48am
I will be surprised if he actually has any insurance cover. When my ex purchased his 3.8 my brother and nephew were delivering it to us from down the line. I organised the insurance cover and said who would be driving it and included the nephew who was I think 22 or 23 at the time. They were reluctant to cover him because he was under 25. When I explained he drove very large trucks for a living and had done since he was 19 they agreed. They would not cover our daughter who was still on her learners which I can understand and she didn't want to drive it anyway.
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