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

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

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.

Gold. Could be worse, could have run the bullbar down the side of your wifes Mondeo.

I just thought she wanted go fast pinstriping

If she had of parked where I told her, it would never have happened. Said me NEVER

[Pearl150 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pearl150]

Fly by wire must have reset itself when the towie turned up. It looks like he can drive it at one point before putting on the trailer. Maybe old mate did bump his head?

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

There was no fly by wire problem.

[HugoStiglitz Member Find all posts View Profile Close HugoStiglitz]

I thought I read somewhere that this was not a fly-by-wire issue but the driver had a seizure/fit or passed out at the wheel.

I don't believe u see the brake lights come on at all, which if it was the case of drive by wire failure id certainly be hitting them hard as I could
also if u watch closely (inside cab shots) it looks to be a manual so pressing the clutch would have stopped forward progress.

as soon as I can find where I read that I will post the link up here.

EDIT: found it. driver is Matt Andrews you can see his replies to the video on the Aussie 4WD facebook page. Confirmed he became unconscious with one of the large bumps the vehicle went over.

Linked https://www.facebook.com/aussie4WD/p...17175901756567