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richard hammond in 280mph crash
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Originally Posted by jwenting 
there is an investigation under way to determine who (if anyone) is responsible for the accident.
If anything the insurance companies will want someone to sue (yes, the UK is becoming ever more like the US).
To me though it looks like just a regrettable accident such as they are bound to happen when you're dealing with experimental and powerful machines.
The people using those machines know the risks and accept them, Hammond certainly is no different. He knew that an accident could kill him, he accepted that.
At those speeds a tiny fabrication flaw in a tyre that's too small to detect during QA can cause a blowout and a crash will inevitably result for example.
If people never had taken risks we'd still be living in the trees cowering from the predators roaming below.
In fact we're fast reverting to that state, just look at the space program.
We are now incapable of reaching the moon for heaven's sake, not because we don't know how to but because we're too scared to risk the journey as someone might get hurt in the process.
the car he was using was from a proper company who specialises in maintaining high performance cars, dragsters etc, they would have ensured the car was fit to run, as well as tg's h&s guys.
the reason there's so much attention to every single scrape and hurt soldiers in Iraq get has nothing to do with this. It's composed of 3 reasons: 1) instant comms make it easier to report than ever (seconds to get your report to the editor rather than days or weeks), 2) there's hardly any control over the media (in WW1 and 2 they were strictly controlled, essentially could only publish official press releases), and most importantly 3) the media are on a deliberate campaign (like they were in Vietnam) to get the people to believe the battle is being lost and the president is deliberately sending these people out there to be killed.
That has little to do with the people having lost their guts for action even if there's risk (though had the spirit that drove Apollo been there still it would be less effective against them).
That has little to do with the people having lost their guts for action even if there's risk (though had the spirit that drove Apollo been there still it would be less effective against them).
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
i live in the uk and a member of my family was recently sent out to basra in iraq and he may have to go to afganistan and believe me, were losing the war
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Originally Posted by proliant_fan
i live in the uk and a member of my family was recently sent out to basra in iraq and he may have to go to afganistan and believe me, were losing the war
just incase anyone did happen to miss the news about Richard Hammond's crash, check out the link to see a basic interpretation of what happened
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...96179798417145
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...96179798417145
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Originally Posted by proliant_fan
heres the sensible version
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...ichard+hammond
£172,701.80 has now been raised for yorkshire air ambulance!
http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond
thats a good ivestment theres always ppl lost on those moors
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£173,490.00 - although thats just under £1000 in 5 days, not sure how they'll meet their £1/2 million target.http://www.justgiving.com/images/spacer.gif
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