Audi versus Scania. Road accident.

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This accident happened past Saturday (May 1, 2010) on stretch of the road near Moravska Trebova (Czech republic). Audi A3 traveled almost double of the speed limit at 150 kph (93 mph) while the truck traveled 90 kph (56mph). According to the truck driver the guy in the Audi was looking for something under the dash, drifted to the left lane and hit the left side of the truck. According to the guy who witnessed the accident and took the pictures with his phone the truck jumped up about 7 ft up on the impact. The Audi slid under the truck bounced off the fuel tank, disintegrated and whatever was left from the car stopped in the ditch on opposite side of the road.

Disobeying traffic rules (and in fact any rules) is a tradition in the CR. If you obeyed all the rules under communist you couldn't live so disregarding of rules used to be way of life. Old habits die hard I suppose.
BTW Czech republic has the highest road mortality on the road in Europe.
 

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It was good for the truck driver he went over the car but that is what normally happens in that kind of impact. I had a 323 Mazda get under the back of my 735i BMW when I was stopped for a red light. She bounced back out but it was real strange looking to see the condition of her hood. I though she had been in another accident before hitting me.

Sad for the driver. It is easy to get our minds off of driving today but the possible results are clear. Things happen so fast at that speed.
 
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Our company outsources to Slovakia and Czechia. The project manager doing our work, is also infamous for his driving, with foreign passengers ;)
 
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I think that several sets of axles and tires went over that car. I have seen pictures of a similar accident with an audi that hit a tree and was sliced in half, with the exception that the driver was on exactly the right spot and walked away without a scratch. Look carefully at the driver seat area.
 

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Our company outsources to Slovakia and Czechia. The project manager doing our work, is also infamous for his driving, with foreign passengers ;)

Reckles driving is the rule not the exception there.
 
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Disobeying traffic rules (and in fact any rules) is a tradition in the CR. If you obeyed all the rules under communist you couldn't live so disregarding of rules used to be way of life. Old habits die hard I suppose.
BTW Czech republic has the highest road mortality on the road in Europe.

From what I can see in that picture, the only way to identify that car as an Audi A3 is if they found the badge in the debris.

An acquaintance in Canada is originally from Slovakia, and told me that under the Commies, they had a saying that goes like this, "If you don't steal, you steal from your family."
 
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From what I can see in that picture, the only way to identify that car as an Audi A3 is if they found the badge in the debris.

An acquaintance in Canada is originally from Slovakia, and told me that under the Commies, they had a saying that goes like this, "If you don't steal, you steal from your family."
This is out of topic but here it goes.
That is not exactly correct. We didn't steel from people but only from government. Otherwise you couldn't live. There was a deficit even of such mundane items as laundry detergents or toilet paper.

So here is a story why people despite all that used to be so happy under Commies:

Your friend called and told you that they got Italian shoes to come and grab some before they will be gone. So you run out of work and grabbed first pair you could get your hands on and you were happy that you got some.

Some time later another friend called and told you that they got export sofas to come and get one. You left work and grabbed first sofa you could get your hand on and you were happy that you got one.

Year or so later another friend called and told you that they got automatic washing machines to come and get one. You left work and grabbed first washing machine you could get your hand on and you were happy that you got one.

Then you got your color TV, furniture etc and you were very happy that you got all that.
So you were home sitting on your export sofa, watching your color TV while the washing machine was washing your clothes when somebody rang the door bell. There were two strange guys asking are you Novak? No no I am not Novak, he lives across the hallway. And you were happy again that they didn't come to arrest you but your neighbor.
Simply life was never ending happiness.

And here is why people in the US must have hard time to be happy:
A guy from CR immigrated to the US. Since he needed a TV he went to Best Buy but couldn't decide which is the best. It just gave him a headache. So he went home to think about that suffering sleepless night. Nevertheless few days later went back to BB and decided just pick one TV and buy it. So he did. But then he was afraid to come back to BB because it could be five buck cheaper and it would make him really mad.

My wife (born American) still doesn't believe that we didn't have word for shopping in our vocabulary. We used a terms something like chase after or search for. It is impossible to translate because such activity is unknown in the Western world.

Since many needed things were not sold at all you have to take them from the government. Since government owned everything in the country we used to say it was not really stealing but merely moving the item to another place.

So the correct saying is: "If you don't steal from government you are stealing from your family."
 
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Well then, I guess I'm happy that our current government is doing its best to make us all "happy" ! Soon, we too will be happy to get the phone call that we might get our hands on a sofa, or shoes. Its going to be great ! Especially for our children and grand children. Bring on the 'Cap and Trade' baby !!! :thumbsup:
 
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Thanks Ladia for your perspective. Look at how 'happy' they are in Greece right now.
 
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Westcliffe01,

WOW !! Any idea how fast that Audi was traveling? I sure hope the driver got down on his knees and thanked Jesus right on the spot !!!!! I know I would have...
 

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