Edinburgh crash

[Craigie]

Is it just me or does this look a bit suspicious??

http://stv.tv/news/east-central/1368413-two-cars-i...

[GoneAnon]

Not suspicious at all - if I had to drive an Insignia I'd want to get it written off too!

[mike13]

What makes you suspicious?

[David-H]

Possible neck injury to the Insignia driver? I believe removing the roof makes it easier to get someone out of the car while keeping their neck stable.

[ch108]

If the driver of the Insignia complained of neck or back pain, is it not standard procedure for the emergency services to cut the roof off?

[Craigie]

I dont think its standard procedure for injury - only if moving them in the normal way is going to make it worse or aggravate it.
But it hardly looks like huge damage does it? Surely an Insignia's size and crumple zones etc should be able to harness the energy that has came from this "bump"?

[mike13]

Forget what the damage looks like, as soon as the driver complains of c-spine tenderness the crew will cover themselves by treating it as query spinal.I'm sure you can form your own opinion which you already have, how many phone calls do you get asking if you've been involved in an accident.I have in 25 plus years of attending these yet to find a c-spine fracture at the speed this will have occurred, although it is possible!

Edited by mike13 on Friday 30th September 07:16

[James B]

A good number of years ago in a Aberdeen a brand new Vanquish suffered a similar fate. If i remember correctly it was being driven to the venue of a raffle where someone would win its use for the weekend but the driver (husband of auction organiser I think) spun it across the dual carriageway and onto the opposing carriageway. He complained of a sore neck and the fire crew had to whip the roof off writing the car off in doing so. Terrible shame. No idea if the driver was hurt in the end but the car was certainly a goner.

[BuzzBravado]

And the raffle tickets refunded?

[DottyMR2]

I'm staggered the emergency services even turned up for that. Serves the stupid bh right for clearly trying to pull the whiplash claim nonsense. I was rear ended by someone doing 40mph and I was stationary, no serious neck injury apart from being a bit stiff for a couple days.

Maybe if more people see they'll lose out big time for this nonsense they'll stop it.