Do you want to see a drunk put his car into a servo at high speed? Of course you do

can they not get cameras with a capability of more than 2 frames per second?

Alderney said :

That’s going to cost them a bomb.

The insurance company will run a mile ’cause of the BAC.

Bankrupt or say goodbye to the house? Bet the wife/husband isn’t going to be too happy.

I often think this should be part of the anti DUI campaigns. People dont think they will kill someone, and in facts its relatively rare and the consequences are too remote for people to understand.

But say ‘sideswipe a BMW when drunk and that $15000 will come straight out of your pocket. You may need to sell your house. Years of effort gone because you took that extra drink’.

People understand this, how common little accidents can be and what it means to pay $15000

grunge_hippy said :

I saw some other footage where he actually tried to reverse to get out.

Tragic.

I think CGN uses the term too liberally and devalues it as a descriptor and an insult, but in this case the driver is undoubtedly a human P.O.S.

Alderney said :

That’s going to cost them a bomb.

The insurance company will run a mile ’cause of the BAC.

Bankrupt or say goodbye to the house? Bet the wife/husband isn’t going to be too happy.

Serve ’em right, I reckon, this could have been so much worse. I hope the spend a good few years in the clink as well. I don’t think I could be a copper or an ambo, my first instinct upon reaching the driver would be to pull a Tony Soprano and suffocate them in their seat.

I saw some other footage where he actually tried to reverse to get out.

Tragic.

Ozi said :

Wheels are still spinning after the vehicle comes to a stop inside the store, indicating either the vehicle was still revving in gear or a lack of brakes. Bloody horrendous driving. For driving whilst disqualified and pissed, I expect they will be disqualified again. That’ll learn ’em!

Wont be the brakes, modern vehicles don’t have brake failing issues or throttle sticking issues (despite the Prius US fault that wasn’t and the Ford Explorer in Melbourne might suggest).

Purely driver in this case I would say.

schmeah said :

KB1971 said :

Bloody hell that could have been so much worse……..

So dangerous, actually swiping a pump. This really could have been a catastrophe. Idiot.

It could definitely have been worse, but not necessarily because of the pump. They are designed with that in mind as one possible situation they might encounter. There is usually only a very tiny amount of fuel in the bowser when not running, they aren’t under pressure and have to suck up fuel when filling a vehicle.

I have been in a service station when one was yanked out by a car driving off forgetting that they had the pump handle in the car (went to put fuel in, realised they didn’t have their wallet, hopped in car to go home and get it. Oops, luckily the pump hadn’t started). It was an older single pump that didn’t have the disconnecting hoses.

They’re not cheap to replace either, especially the multi-pump ones. I know that around 15 years ago they started at about $100k, not sure what they are worth now.

That said there are some very lucky people who didn’t get hit in that video. I wonder if the other driver even knew how close they came to getting hit at the time.

That’s going to cost them a bomb.

The insurance company will run a mile ’cause of the BAC.

Bankrupt or say goodbye to the house? Bet the wife/husband isn’t going to be too happy.

What a shame he survived.

Wheels are still spinning after the vehicle comes to a stop inside the store, indicating either the vehicle was still revving in gear or a lack of brakes. Bloody horrendous driving. For driving whilst disqualified and pissed, I expect they will be disqualified again. That’ll learn ’em!