[srswans]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

…serious theory on you roll a car …

I that was an SUV I’d say curb, or swerve or some wind. But flipping a big sedan takes some effort. The light pole hypothesis is the best - one end of car up on the pole while the other drops off the curb.

[KsJayhawkers]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Happened yesterday. West bound Pinellas, just coming off the Morse traffic circle. Can anyone give me a serious theory on you roll a car just before scanning your gate card? Joke answers not requested.

Driver was pulling into the resident entrance and trying to find the gate card when the passenger front tire hit the curb. The driver panicked and hit the accelerator, hit the street light and rode up the pole, rolling the vehicle onto its top.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Happened yesterday. West bound Pinellas, just coming off the Morse traffic circle. Can anyone give me a serious theory on you roll a car just before scanning your gate card? Joke answers not requested.

Seriously,.....RED car. Something about those who choose a red car tend to drive more aggressively. This is just a personal theory of mine. I am pointing it out and asking if anyone knows of psychological studies about color preference od car?

[NotGolfer]

That circle is one of the worst! Given the cars going north/south plus the road from Neighborhood Walmart plus Pinellas. I see folks trying to beat other vehicles there ALL the time at the circles. They see "you" coming around and they are already going fast but increase their speed instead of yielding. NOW the "birds" are coming back as well so traffic will increase. I didn't see a post on "the other news" so we'll see perhaps if anything will be posted about this accident.

[PFT Man]

If the right front tire was turned sharply to the left and hit the curb, the force resulting from the momentum at contact would be tremendous. The mass(weight) of the car x speed=force. Average weight car of this type (4,300 lbs.) x 20 mph = 86,000 lbs of force pushing in the right direction, could easily roll a car.

With the vast amount of knowledge in TV, this guess could easily be picked apart. This idea is submitted to offer a look at forces resulting in collisions.

Another example: Golf cart passenger ( not wearing a seat belt)weighing 200 lbs does the same thing going 15 mph. The force created by the passenger to continue in the original direction of travel would be approximately 3000 lbs. Good luck holding to something against that force.

[JGibson]

Ask Tiger.

[jimschlaefer]

You may have heard of "cow tipping", but this is a spinoff recently seen in The Villages and typically referred to as 'car tipping'. It all started as a misunderstanding when a resident, originally from Indiana, was talking to a friend to mentioned 'cow tipping' and misunderstood what was said due to a hearing aid malfunction. And thus the prank of 'car tipping' was created. Just goes to show that anything is possible "in The Villages"
Happy Labor Day

[MrFlorida]

Hard U turn before gate.

[HJBeck]

Can’t be stupidity, so must be alcohol.

[Beyond The Wall]

I thought things like this only happen when snowbirds are here?

[Andyhope]

Originally Posted by Normal

Fell off an automobile carrier?

Post asked for no jokes

[pete525]

I came upon the scene shortly after EMS got there. I saw a smaller car just past the gate with the rear end bashed in. I thought that it was the result of a medical condition or someone got confused and hit the accelerator.
I should have gotten a picture.

[jimmy o]

The only way I see it happening is that a golf cart sped across Pinellas, hit car and pushed it over on its side. Sounds impossible, but…When I was a teen my friend had a low speed impact with a Wonder Bread truck at intersection and his VW Bug knocked it over.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by PFT Man

If the right front tire was turned sharply to the left and hit the curb, the force resulting from the momentum at contact would be tremendous. The mass(weight) of the car x speed=force. Average weight car of this type (4,300 lbs.) x 20 mph = 86,000 lbs of force pushing in the right direction, could easily roll a car.

With the vast amount of knowledge in TV, this guess could easily be picked apart. This idea is submitted to offer a look at forces resulting in collisions.

Another example: Golf cart passenger ( not wearing a seat belt)weighing 200 lbs does the same thing going 15 mph. The force created by the passenger to continue in the original direction of travel would be approximately 3000 lbs. Good luck holding to something against that force.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by HJBeck

Can’t be stupidity, so must be alcohol.

Aren’t they same?