Motorist hits tram, speeds away

xdc351 · 06-07-2007, 01:20 PM

I hope this wasn't someone from here!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...3-2862,00.html

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Motorist hits tram, speeds away
Article from: July 06, 2007 08:20am

VICTORIA Police are investigating a hit and run with a difference in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda.

The errant motorist, who was appearing to do a burnout in busy Acland Street at 8.30pm (AEST) yesterday, lost control of his car and slammed into a stationary tram.

To make matters worse, the silver Ford sedan then took off and almost hit a policeman who was helping paramedics treat a drug-affected man in an unrelated incident nearby.

"Fortunately, the offending driver was kind enough to leave the car's bumper bar, with number plate still attached, on the tram tracks," a police spokesman said.

No one has yet been arrested.

Just goes to show Ford isn't immune from idiots buying (or stealing - as may well be the case) their cars.

P.s. I ran a search and found nothing so I hope this isn't a re-post

XCSEDAN · 06-07-2007, 01:32 PM

what a dumass....
hoon laws are probably going to get even tighter now..
was the copper hurt?

HLC · 06-07-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by XCSEDAN

was the copper hurt?

probably not. but he will be for the sake of sensationalism.

Turboconvert · 06-07-2007, 05:59 PM

some people just make me wonder as to wiether a new iq score range should be created to include negative numbers....

its no wonder us car enthusiasts get a bad name with idiots like this on the road. so now we all have to suffer

Falcon_Phill · 06-07-2007, 06:04 PM

Nice effort. He's screwed.

Ryan · 06-07-2007, 06:09 PM

The sooner these sacks of s*** get wiped off the face of the earth, the better.

Parfrey · 06-07-2007, 06:37 PM

thats so stupid!
i saw the car on the news, it was a silver NL fairlane lowered with stockies on the back.

LUXO_8 · 06-07-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by xhxrsix

thats so stupid!
i saw the car on the news, it was a silver NL fairlane lowered with stockies on the back.

i didnt see it, but you sure? NL's dont have the licence plate in the rear bar but AU fairlanes do........ wasnt an AU fairlane by any chance?..

anyway according to the article linked in the first post a 28 y/o Sydenham man has been charged

philstoj · 06-07-2007, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MADNC_8

i didnt see it, but you sure? NL's dont have the licence plate in the rear bar but AU fairlanes do........ wasnt an AU fairlane by any chance?..

It was definatly not an AU Fairlane, was an E series one.
He was an unlicemced driver aswell...

BLDNUT01 · 06-07-2007, 06:09 PM

there is a fine line between hero and wan.er

XR06T · 06-07-2007, 06:43 PM

DOOOOO OOOONNNEEE!!

probably not a good idea to leave your bumper at the scene.

idiots.

Parfrey · 06-07-2007, 06:52 PM

it was the front bar all the front was smashed up

LUXO_8 · 06-07-2007, 07:01 PM

ahhh right, fair hit then to rip the front bar off...what a tool

Yellow_Festiva · 06-07-2007, 08:29 PM

How dumb would you feel? Driving off possibly thinking you got away with it then you realise the plate was left at the scene

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Reminds me of the story of the guy who was racing through red light cameras with his plates covered up, only to be busted because he didn't remove the "For Sale" sign from the rear window....

xdc351 · 07-07-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

How dumb would you feel? Driving off possibly thinking you got away with it then you realise the plate was left at the scene

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Reminds me of the story of the guy who was racing through red light cameras with his plates covered up, only to be busted because he didn't remove the "For Sale" sign from the rear window....

You might be thinking of the guy that swiped the plates from the speed camera car then sped past it a few times.... with his for sale sign on the rear window.

I think he was known to a few people on the forum... unquestionably one for the books!

**Peuty** · 07-07-2007, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by xdc351

You might be thinking of the guy that swiped the plates from the speed camera car then sped past it a few times.... with his for sale sign on the rear window.

I thought that was just urban legend?

rodderz · 07-07-2007, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Policeman

"Fortunately, the offending driver was kind enough to leave the car's bumper bar, with number plate still attached, on the tram tracks," a police spokesman said.

Gotta love the sarcasm of the copper!

Unco · 07-07-2007, 12:01 PM

hahah. similar thing happened to someone i know (no, not me). mate of mine lent his car to a friend who happened to be unlicensed. as luck would have it, the brakes failed in the little gemini with the unlicensed friend behind the wheel. he ran up the back of a fairly new merc, panicked and sped off. the gemi's front number plate was left stuck on the back of the merc.

NC1183 · 07-07-2007, 08:02 PM

Similar happened to a broke i know in Moree, speed down a street smashed into a tree, drove home and had the police knock on his door an hour later.

Silentsfastcar · 07-07-2007, 08:52 PM

unco you were the unlicenced driver weren't you

Unco · 07-07-2007, 08:55 PM

haha, no i wasn't. but the 2 of them were people that i knew very well back then. the guy that owned the gemi had to pay for the damage to the merc and the unlicensed friend never fixed him up for it, needless to say, they weren't friends anymore after that.