Police seize car after wheel strikes boy

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Trek

I for one wouldn't doubt something was definitely wrong in relation to the wheel. It's unfortunate that this occurred, the kid certainly is unlucky to have had this happen to him. Hope the idiot driving the s*****e learns from this experience (even though he probably won't...).

Thats a little unfair. As others have said it could have been anything....loose wheel nuts, wheel bearing failure, stub axle breaking...etc.

If you want excitement, watch a set of duals from a Truck take off!

[Trek]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Thats a little unfair. As others have said it could have been anything....loose wheel nuts, wheel bearing failure, stub axle breaking...etc.

If you want excitement, watch a set of duals from a Truck take off!

I believe all those things mentioned relate to the wheel in some way, unless I'm mistaken.

And as for the idiot remark, I'll stand by that, as I'm yet to come across a Skyline owner that would be regarded as being even remotely 'intelligent'. Unless I've just had a repeatedly bad run of meeting said owners up until now. I doubt the owner involved is any different from any of the others, despite not knowing the driver personally.

How's that all still a little unfair if I feel for the kid involved? At least this incident might teach the driver to be more observational about faults on their car. If the driver does learn from this, then good on him/her.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Trek

I believe all those things mentioned relate to the wheel in some way, unless I'm mistaken.

And as for the idiot remark, I'll stand by that, as I'm yet to come across a Skyline owner that would be regarded as being even remotely 'intelligent'. Unless I've just had a repeatedly bad run of meeting said owners up until now.

How's that all still a little unfair if I feel for the kid involved?

No argument from me about the poor little bugger who got hit.

As for the unfair bit I was referring to your comment "Hope the idiot driving the s*****e learns from this experience (even though he probably won't...)"

This is like saying that all xxxx (insert car of your choice) drivers are dorks.

Not forgetting that this is a newspaper report and what they dont know they make up

[svo supporter]

Originally Posted by Trek

I believe all those things mentioned relate to the wheel in some way, unless I'm mistaken.

And as for the idiot remark, I'll stand by that, as I'm yet to come across a Skyline owner that would be regarded as being even remotely 'intelligent'. Unless I've just had a repeatedly bad run of meeting said owners up until now. I doubt the owner involved is any different from any of the others, despite not knowing the driver personally.

How's that all still a little unfair if I feel for the kid involved? At least this incident might teach the driver to be more observational about faults on their car. If the driver does learn from this, then good on him/her.

Saying this means if I see an idiot driving a Ford, they must be all like that. Or every Ford I come across that has something wrong with it that the owner wasn't aware of. In all fairness, wait for the outcome of the investigation before sprouting off about a particular brand of vehicle driver.

[Froudey]

so what happened to this any update

[RG]

Originally Posted by Froudey

so what happened to this any update

No updates that I have seen in the media.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast Man

This actually happened to a uni mate of mine years ago. He didn't tighten his wheel nuts and his front wheel came off while driving and ended up travelling down the footpath. He was very lucky there was nobody walking or standing in it's way for it to hit.

It's happened to me too but luckily nobody were hit and the car didn't get much damage at all. Back in 2003, I had a wheel alignment done on the EA, and as the mechanic did the wheelnuts up, he was interrupted by a customer. He came back and thought they were all done, but one wheel was only done up fingertight. He took it for a test drive and it felt fine (probably because the very deep holes on the old turboblades didn't allow a lot of wheel wobble). I picked up my car, fueled up, and the second corner after leaving the servo, I felt the front right of the car drop down, and saw a turboblade crossing the road. Needless to say, I got a second wheel alignment and wasn't charged for either. So don't instantly blame the driver!

[Powdered Toast Man]

No probs Dezza. In my mates case he said it was his fault, I make no assumptions about the story the thread is based on.

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

What I don't understand it that when a wheel comes loose, the drive knows about it.
How can anyone drive with a loose wheel?

Very easily.

A lot of people out there wouldn’t know the first thing about cars.

Many years ago, my sister had her car parked at a night club and told me the next morning that her car felt strange on the way home. I had a look at it and there were quite a few wheel nuts missing and most that were left were only hand tight. Perhaps someone wanted to pinch the wheels and were disturbed, who knows? But it can happen. I don’t check the wheel nuts on my car every time I get in it.

More importantly, let’s just hope the little bloke pulls through.

[VioletGT]

You would know way before the wheel nuts totally come loose that there is something wrong... Ignorance may have played a roll with the driver thinking "She'll be right" when it realy was not..

[svo supporter]

Originally Posted by ido105

You would know way before the wheel nuts totally come loose that there is something wrong... Ignorance may have played a roll with the driver thinking "She'll be right" when it realy was not..

Not necessarily. Some modern wheels are that tight on the hubs, the wheel nuts could be all gone and you wouldn't know until the wheel dropped off.
A good example is BA Falcon with alloys. Sometimes you need a rubber mallet and half a dozen good hits just to move it. So, never assume these sorts of things, as it can come back and bite