Toyota’s Chief Test Driver Dies in Crash in Germany. BMW occupants lived.
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From: ransley on 30 Jun 2010 09:20 On Jun 26, 8:46 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Toyotas chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, died in a head-on collision > on Wednesday in Germany, the newspaper Rhein-Zeitung reports. > > The story was picked up by Autoblog. A Toyota spokesman, Wade Hoyt, > confirmed that Mr. Naruse, 67, had been killed in the crash. > > According to Rhein-Zeitung, the accident happened close to Toyotas > workshop near the Nürburgring, an undulating racetrack that automakers > use to test their vehicles. > > Photographs and German video of the scene show a yellow Lexus LFA > supercar and a BMW, both heavily damaged and nose-to-nose, along a > slender two-lane road. The LFA that was involved in the crash appeared > to be a prototype. > > http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/toyota-chief-test-driver-d... Did the throttle lock on and the brakes fail.
From: hls on 30 Jun 2010 10:47 "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1884b71c-5875-4a8e-a7e4-5d99916614ff(a)e12g2000prh.googlegroups.com... Toyota�s chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, died in a head-on collision on Wednesday in Germany, the newspaper Rhein-Zeitung reports. ******* They were both test drivers, and on a narrow road, not on the Nurburgring. There is no indication whether they were driving aggressively or not. There is further no indication whatsoever that any defect in either the BMW or the Lexus had anything to do with the accident. If you have ever driven in Germany, particularly on the Autobahn, you might wonder why there are not more fatalities.
From: hls on 30 Jun 2010 16:02
"Kaz Kylheku" <kkylheku(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:20100701015015.162(a)gmail.com... > On 2010-06-30, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: >> If you have ever driven in Germany, particularly on the Autobahn, you >> might wonder why there are not more fatalities. > > Yes, I have driven in Germany extensively on several visits, and it's > perfectly clear why there aren't more fatalities. > That is true, as far as it goes. Their cars are usually better maintained than are ours, as well. But when they have accidents, they are duzies....They often joke that the accidents start in Germany and end up in Switzerland. |