Fly-by-wire accident at Glasshouse - How Common is this?

[rob_macca67 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close rob_macca67]

This was emailed to me, not sure how many have seen this, but apparently the fellas Fly-by-Wire Accelerator failed with the end result as shown on the Video below:




Fly-by-Wire 4WDriving failure

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Hmmm I dunno but I guess he'll wear a seat belt from now on...

[smakb Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close smakb]

I still find it hard to believe that hitting the breaks would not pull up the motor

[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

I have seen this one but wasn't sure exactly what had caused it

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

I saw this discussed elsewhere sometime ago. From memory the fly by wire thing wasn't nescessarily the issue, I think there was a suspicion he floored it, hit his head and got knocked out with his foot still flat to the floor.

Cheers Andrew

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

AJ is close to the mark. Operator error and blame something else.

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

I think there was a suspicion he floored it, hit his head and got knocked out with his foot still flat to the floor.

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[DISHoh Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close DISHoh]

Well they are volunteers, it's what they obviously signed up for, no one is forcing them to do it.

[Beach Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beach]

It seems more likely that this was operator error.

Is there any info regarding an investigation of the stuck throttle?

Hasn't there been other cases where this was blamed only to find it was actually the operator?

[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

Yeah last year I was turning our other car onto a school oval when a bollard jumped out and hit my rear left guard & I had nowhere else to go to avoid it.
I tried to explain this to my insurer & that the blame did not lay with me & I was just an innocent victim.

Unfortunately they did not buy my version of events as there were no witnesses, only my word against the bollards' . Eventually I had to swallow my pride and blame it on my wife.

[Bazza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bazza]

Volunteers weekend ruined by another in-experienced lunatic.

I think that's a bit ruff. Everyone is "in-experienced" at something, at some point. Just be glad that no one was seriously injuyed. If he wasnt wearing a seat belt when this happened, I bet he will be next time.

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

That's not rough. Experience should be gained by listening to and being guided by those with some measure of skill. Fanging the crap out of your car whilst your mates laugh and run the camera is only going to end in tears.

[120D4D Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close 120D4D]

AJ is close to the mark. Operator error and blame something else.

Seen it before and tend to agree, appears he gave it the berries had a brain fade and forget to step off the loud pedal

[retroenduro Member Find all posts View Profile Close retroenduro]

Seen it before and tend to agree, appears he gave it the berries had a brain fade and forget to step off the loud pedal

Agree too. it always happens, people love to blame everyone else....remember that video of that 4wd rollover with the kid? the guy blames loose gravel (councils fault of course) and a kangaroo that he swerved to avoid???

Hmmm from watching numerous times all i saw was a 4wd going wayyy too fast for the road conditions....didnt see any roos or gravel....

[mjrandom Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close mjrandom]

In that case the roos were probably loose in his top paddock...