> Tamas, in the episode of Crash Investigation Unit I saw the other night,
> the CIU team said that ABS would have prevented the start of the crash
> sequence, although subsequent to that the car was skidding sideways on
> grass and heading straight to the scene of the accident no matter what. A
> driver in the middle lane caused the driver in the outside lane to swerve
> and put two wheels on the grass verge. He instinctively braked heavily
> and tried to correct, causing the back end to come around because not all
> wheels had the same traction on the mix of grass, asphalt and gravel.
> Eventually the car was completely on the grass and out of control. It hit
> the end of an Armco barrier, which went in through the rear right 
> passenger
> door and out the left front passenger door, with predictable consequences
>
> http://tvnz.co.nz/crash-investigation-unit/s2-e1-video-3164095

Ah, yes, only available in NZ due to rights issues ... unfortunately I don't 
have a VPN in NZ to come in through ... 

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