(Allegedly) Drunk Commodore Driver Does It Again

bigev · 20-04-2008, 09:58 PM

(Allegedly) Drunk Commodore driver manager to write off his car, my sister-in-law's Laser and a Camry earlier tonight in one easy manoeuvre.

Went too-fast (allegedly) over a speed hump, loosing control and sticks it in the back of the Camry, then goes backwards across the lawn, bum-first in to the back of the Laser, which was parked up the drive.

Tow truck driver reckons they're all write-offs (and so I do I FWIW).

Incident happened in Virgilia Drive, Hoppers Crossing (Vic).

Lucky thing no one was hurt, especially the kids that were playing on the other side of the fence he managed to destroy.

What a tool!

LUXO_8 · 20-04-2008, 10:04 PM

geeeebus!... how lucky for the little ones in the next hard.... he could have easily gone off in any direction....

JOSH · 20-04-2008, 10:10 PM

anyone pull him out the car and give him a flogging?

bigev · 20-04-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JOSH

anyone pull him out the car and give him a flogging?

Some might say he was lucky to walk away.

Actually, he was really lucky the Camry was there, otherwise he probably would have hit the power pole on the nature strip.

A few minutes after I arrived he was taken to the local cop shop, where with any luck, Bubba is showing him a good time :-)

GS608 · 20-04-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bigev

Some might say he was lucky to walk away.

Actually, he was really lucky the Camry was there, otherwise he probably would have hit the power pole on the nature strip.

A few minutes after I arrived he was taken to the local cop shop, where with any luck, Bubba is showing him a good time :-)

how i wish that Camry wasn't there, would have caused a lot less carnage with only himself suffering.

what a tool

RG · 20-04-2008, 10:16 PM

That is a massive hit and for what looks to be a residential street that would have a 50 limit (correct me if I'm wrong) I can't see how he could do that at the speed limit, or anywhere near it for that matter.

Bloody clown and he is just lucky no one was injured.

bigev · 20-04-2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell

That is a massive hit and for what looks to be a residential street that would have a 50 limit (correct me if I'm wrong) I can't see how he could do that at the speed limit, or anywhere near it for that matter.

Bloody clown and he is just lucky no one was injured.

Yep, it's 50, with a speed hump outside the neighbour's house for good measure. Most people choose to slow down for the speed hump .....

HLC · 20-04-2008, 10:19 PM

In Before the "It'll Buff Out"

XXR6X · 21-04-2008, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JOSH

anyone pull him out the car and give him a flogging?

Yeah, geesus i'm sick of tools like this, lucky no one was killed ffs...

[Tonko] · 20-04-2008, 10:14 PM

/waits for the "typical commodore driver" comment....

DoreSlamR · 20-04-2008, 10:18 PM

Typical commodore driver

Daniel351 · 20-04-2008, 10:22 PM

woah! is it just me or is that a fair smack and damage for a car doing 50?

GS608 · 20-04-2008, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel351

woah! is it just me or is that a fair smack and damage for a car doing 50?

pretty sure he was doing a decent amount above 50.

bigev · 20-04-2008, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

pretty sure he was doing a decent amount above 50.

I think you might be right.

The crime scene people turned up shortly after and took a heap of photos and made a bunch of measurements (I was waiting for Grissom to turn up:-). I'm hoping all their estimates will come up when it gets to court. Would love to see what their guess at his speed is.

**ebxr8240** · 20-04-2008, 10:30 PM

They're back from Hamilton Already ??

xr8 utey · 21-04-2008, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ebxr8240

They're back from Hamilton Already ??

as serious as this thread is i still gotta laugh at that

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Originally Posted by zetec

just harvest his organs to cover the cost.

you can forget the one between their ears

Geez Louise · 20-04-2008, 10:36 PM

Geez...Lucky none of the kiddies playing got hurt. He must have been going faster than 50 surely although the slightest bump can cause damage. Glad no one was hurt!

Kryton · 20-04-2008, 10:46 PM

thats a fair effort.
do the owners of the other cars have insurance?

zetec · 21-04-2008, 09:15 AM

Insurance smurance. If he can't afford it, just harvest his organs to cover the cost.

He's (Allegedly) a .

bangm001 · 21-04-2008, 09:27 AM

More than likeley alot more than 50km/hr, thats a massive front yard to skid accross.. Oh well, hopefully he is insured, hopefully even more that they cover him/Your cars to be repaired/paid for etc through insurance, hopefully you are insured so they can do the running around trying to get their money off of him..

bigev · 21-04-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bangm001

More than likeley alot more than 50km/hr, thats a massive front yard to skid accross.. Oh well, hopefully he is insured, hopefully even more that they cover him/Your cars to be repaired/paid for etc through insurance, hopefully you are insured so they can do the running around trying to get their money off of him..

Doesn't matter if he's got insurance, if he's over the limit, they wont cover him.

Both the other cars are covered though, so all the people important people are taken care of.

kyro_02 · 21-04-2008, 09:36 AM

wait, i don't see any P plates!

this can't be right!! :P

No way that commodore could do so much damage, I reckon a tornado picked it up and dropped it in your yard!

zetec · 21-04-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kyro_02

wait, i don't see any P plates!

this can't be right!! :P

No way that commodore could do so much damage, I reckon a tornado picked it up and dropped it in your yard!

The plastic P plates melted when the commodore broke the Holden sound barrier at 60km/h

Hunter · 21-04-2008, 09:48 AM

... What an idiot. Hope the fool gets charged. But I doubt he will get anything more than a fine and perhaps suspended license. IMO he should be banned from driving indefinitely. Or at least until he can prove he has grown the hell up and thought about things.

Now while the driving ban won't stop him from driving, at least it gives the cops another reason to lock him up if he does.

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Originally Posted by bigev

Doesn't matter if he's got insurance, if he's over the limit, they wont cover him.

They might cover him but yeah you're right, msot insurance companies are well within their rights to refuse his claim. In which case he is really screwed

kooky · 21-04-2008, 10:09 AM

By the looks of the black mark across the driveway (if I am seeing it right) he still had his foot in it as he skidded across the drive way (panicked perhaps?)

The G6ET Spot · 21-04-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kooky

By the looks of the black mark across the driveway (if I am seeing it right) he still had his foot in it as he skidded across the drive way (panicked perhaps?)

His answer to the police would probably be that he was trying to accelerate out of it.

Very lucky that no one was in the front yards.

Sonik · 21-04-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kooky

By the looks of the black mark across the driveway (if I am seeing it right) he still had his foot in it as he skidded across the drive way (panicked perhaps?)

Maybe, but it's a VS or whatever it is, so it wouldn't have ABS, hell my AU doesn't. Maybe he just locked it up and thats what the tyre marks are.

Pinch · 21-04-2008, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonik

Maybe, but it's a VS or whatever it is, so it wouldn't have ABS, hell my AU doesn't. Maybe he just locked it up and thats what the tyre marks are.

Agree it doesn't look like it had ABS, but my old VR Exec wagon did. It was an option on most mid 90's 'dores, just like many E series have it.

kooky · 21-04-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Pinch

Agree it doesn't look like it had ABS, but my old VR Exec wagon did. It was an option on most mid 90's 'dores, just like many E series have it.

It would not leave that much rubber just by locking up the wheels IMO, that's what I was getting at.

JC · 21-04-2008, 10:13 AM

They're only cars. Was the driver OK?

/sarcasm.