[NOBBC] TRUMPH DEATH

[Don]

Old British sports cars are certainly dangerous compared to modern 
cars with airbags.  I do wonder if the swing axle suspension of the 
Spitfire could have had something to do with the car becoming upside 
down.  Early VWs and Corvairs had the same design, and the rear 
wheels were prone to tucking under given certain 
conditions.  Spitfires from 1970 on had this design defect addressed.

http://www.triumphspitfire.nl/spithistory.html


At 08:05 PM 7/15/2012, G. Mugele wrote:
>Heythere's newer info on the PD website. see here:
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/Spitfiredriverkilled
>
>It appears that the crazy driving the Acura was trying to rub out the guy on
>the bike and that they are or were a couple.
>There are just too many crazy people out there.    And how about that $50K
>bail for what is in essence; murder.
>
>Gerry
>
>On Jul 15, 2012, at 4:32 PM, D Paige wrote:
>
> > Have you seen the PD this AM SUNDAY! A Triumph was involved in an accident
> > on Hall Road. The Triumph was hit head on by a by an Acura chasing a motor
> > cycle in what has been described by CHP as a case of "road rage" The woman
> > driving the Acura was pursing a motor cycle and rear ended a Lexus at high
> > speed then veered into the east lane and struck the Triumph. The Triumph
> > overturned and the driver a fifty five year old male was trapped under the
> > car which burst into flames and the driver was killed at 4.45 pm. Lord Help
> > us. Please, please say a prayer for anyone under these circumstances. This
> > could and may be been one of our own. I'm stunned and don't know what else
> > to say.
> >
> > Deano
>
>G. Mugele
>mewgull at mugele.net
>
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