Hi there!
Some might have heard already how Kenny and /me got involved in a car accident yesterday...
The story is rather simple: we arrived in Amersfoort (where I live), and after dropping of Jos van den Ooever at the trainstation I wanted to show Kenny a bit of the center of the city. Now the center isn't very car-friendly, but we managed to find a little street which did show some promise. So we went in there - and suddenly full stop... We were out for a few seconds, then came by, saw flames coming out the front of the car. I had an airbag in my face, and generally felt like shit.
After we got out of the burning car and the police & firebrigade came, we figured we apparently went into a street which was 'guarded' by a rising bollard. And that thing decided to come up and look around just when we drove over it. It threw the car a couple of metres to the side, totally destroying the engine block. Actually that engine block was totally flipped in the engine compartment! The resulting fire was rather scary, but besides some water damage the goods in the care were fine. The care itself is a total loss, though.
Luckily we're relatively OK. Both have pretty heavy chestpain, most likely due to the seatbelt, but no permanent damage as far as we can tell right now.
So, that's the end of Akademy for Kenny & me ;-)
Not especially great, and I'll have to buy a new car, but alas - we had some kind of special experience, right?
If you're interested in pictures, look on kenny's site:
http://selkie.duffus.org/~kd/autoongeluk/
Woah, those photos look scary.
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys survived it.
Torsten
The KDE community kindly requests that you DO NOT GET YOURSELF KILLED!
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad that the only thing that died was your little car.
(You hit one of those f-ing raising pole/barrier things at speed. ouch. Looks like a direct hit on the engine block.)
I don't understand that these kind of 'roadblocks' are still in use. There's been so much criticism in the past on these things and many cars died before yours because of it. Glad you're OK.
ReplyDeleteOh my, those bollard are dangerous. If this kind of damage is possible, then it is not unthinkable that somebody can get killed by those things.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are OK.
Oh my! did you miss a 'no entry' sign?
ReplyDeleteNo way!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was in that car yesterday!
But i'm happy Kenny and Jossy are OK ;)
Danny
No way!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was in that car yesterday!
But i'm happy Kenny and Jossy are OK ;)
Danny
No way!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was in that car yesterday!
But i'm happy Kenny and Jossy are OK ;)
Danny
I was also in that car yesterday! Glad you guys are ok and great hanging with you at Akademy.
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZdLjKl0lHc
Road "security" devices at work... WTF?! The people who design those "security" features should be held responsible for all the deaths, injuries and material damages they cause.
ReplyDeleteBut enough ranting. Like the previous commenters, I'm glad that you're fine!
So, let me get this straight. There was a device implanted into the street that sprang up under your car, *destroying the car* and nearly killing you??
ReplyDeleteI did not realize that turning the wrong way on a particular street was a crime punishable by death!
It sounds to me like the city that installed the device owes you a new car, and a nice settlement as well.
tnx for the support, guys, I'm sure Kenny appreciates it as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd for those wondering, really, that thing was down, and I didn't follow another car or anything. It just came up... According to the police this has happened a couple of weeks ago to a police car as well, something must be wrong. I hope the local government will pay for my car, as I didn't have insurance covering things like this...
Thankfully you two are okay at least. Sorry for your car =(
ReplyDeleteuga
Wow. I'm glad you guys are okay. The title of your blog post scared me. I thought I had to go and visit you guys in the hospital or something. Too bad for your car though, but your lives are more important. I still hope you don't have to pay for the damage though.
ReplyDeletewhoah! didn't know such evil devices existed.. :)
ReplyDeleteluckily, you guys are alright
looks like you unleashed hell in "hell's street" ;) also funny to note that apparently they built a church in hell's street :)