I am surprised how easily that Discovery rolled in the film clip above. They weren't going that fast! I wonder if the driver took the wrong evasive action with the wheel?
Im not, 4wds go over very easily, even when stationary
17th Jan 2015 5:15 pm
KOOS BEST
Member Since: 14 Feb 2010
Location: Mtunzini
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Another accident in my part of the woods
POLICE were looking for the driver of a truck that smashed into a vehicle waiting for the lights to change at the Arboretum (canal robots) intersection on the John Ross Parkway on Thursday evening.The Land Rover Discovery, driven by a local medical professional, proceeding east on the highway towards Meerensee, had stopped for the red light when the truck – apparently without braking – smashed into it from the rear.The truck ripped apart the entire right-hand side of the Discovery, mounted the centre island and steam-rolled over the traffic light pole before continuing on its way without stopping.While a passing motorist chased after the truck, the driver of the Discovery was, amazingly, uninjured and able to get out of the wreck.Had the truck collided full-on into the rear of his vehicle, it would almost certainly have resulted in his death or serious injury.
17th Jan 2015 5:17 pm
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ronp wrote:
Wouldn't have thought that a mere saloon could've pushed a Disco over, especially at such low speed.
It's it is very hard to tip it when you are driving ELK test style in a similar way that we did at Gaydon ....if there had been no contact it wouldn't have gone ... a nudge, some tyre scrub and bit of physics helped it on it's way. 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
17th Jan 2015 5:47 pm
nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Toyota Landbarge might tip over (as in the picture), as they're not the most stable of things anyway (like a mobile blancmange), but I would think the D3/D4 would perform better. They can certainly be thrown around without issue on test tracks!
17th Jan 2015 5:52 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
D4mation wrote:
This is a fairly old video clip which you've probably seen before but it shows how newer car crash technology can stand up to a mobile pile of girders slamming into the front of your car.
Even at the time I thought this was very biased reporting, state of the art at the time Renault versus an ancient designed Disco based on a 20 year old rangie chassis, not really much competition!
17th Jan 2015 8:37 pm
zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 631
Read the report at http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr4605.pdf looking at the results for the LR3 (what the Discovery 3 is known as in the US). You will see that the Discovery 3 does very well with regards safety.
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17th Jan 2015 9:43 pm
Nodge68
Member Since: 05 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
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lynalldiscovery wrote:
D4mation wrote:
This is a fairly old video clip which you've probably seen before but it shows how newer car crash technology can stand up to a mobile pile of girders slamming into the front of your car.
Even at the time I thought this was very biased reporting, state of the art at the time Renault versus an ancient designed Disco based on a 20 year old rangie chassis, not really much competition!
I agree completely. This 5th gear test was pointless. If the same test was run again using the D3. The results would be very different.Freelander SE 2005 Auto.
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