I guess the only thing that saved you was the height of the car. If you had a lower car the truck would have jumped over it and smashed the roof.

Well done for escaping OK Hope your bruises go quickly. I do feel happy now that Finn is as safe as I can make him while in the fl2..maybe you could try a career as a crash test dummy

Does anyone here still want a 7 seater fl2 to put their kids in the back after seeing that pic? At work
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chicken george wrote:

Does anyone here still want a 7 seater fl2 to put their kids in the back after seeing that pic?

Glad everyone ok and very glad I have a FL2 to protect myself and family. Phil

Glad to hear you are OK, and that the car saved you, Hope you're feeling OK.

Just a word of advice, having now been hit twice from behind, and suffering whiplash both times.

If you are considering compensation (and I would as whiplash and back pain can be a real pain in the neck, and you should get something for your suffering) make sure you keep a record of everything, pain killers, doctors visits, pain your feeling, injuries you've recieved, letters from police etc. and get yourself a solicitor as soon as possible, mine have been helpful for getting me treatment, and assesments, and getting back all the costs involved, before you even get to compo. I found it hard to get physio on the NHS, huge waiting lists, so had to go private, and £30 a visit soon adds up if you try to pay for it yourself. So don't feel bad about getting a solicitor and claiming for everything.

I hope you're feeling OK, and you don't get whiplash, or have any lasting effects, I think you may be lucky, as I've read lots that you the human body copes better with a larger impact, than with a small shunt at a roundabout, it's recovry mechanisms seem to kick in better for a bigger crash.

Fingers crossed you get your new car quickly, like you say, if you walked away from this crash, you'd be silly not get another FL2.

Rich

Glad to hear you are ok and at the end of the day the car can be replaced but you can not I did not see any air bags deployed is it because it was a rear impact? 07my Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Baltic Blue,Privacy Glass,Ebony black leather,Land rover detachable towbar,S/S Side bars,Climair wind deflectors,Bramble Rash,

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Sorry to hear about the accident. It looks horrific but as said before your basically ok. Forget about the old car and start looking forward to the new one (hopefully another FL2).
If that’s the damage to the FL2, I can't imagine what the damage to the 40 ton HGV must be like.
I hope you fully recover quickly. Keep us all informed how you are getting on.

waaxh03

I havent been on the forum for a few days and was shocked to see the picture. Thank god you are OK!
All this talk of people having to buy smaller greener cars is one thing, a little tin box on wheels isn't going to protect you like this did.
Hope you feel better soon.

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All this talk of people having to buy smaller greener cars is one thing, a little tin box on wheels isn't going to protect you like this did.

Exactly, stuff all this blame cars for the environment nonsense, Safety must be the highest priority. At work
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Horrified to see the picture, but glad to hear you're OK.

Bent metal can be fixed or replaced, not so easy with people. Hope there are no lasting effects from this and hope you're back behind the wheel as soon as poss.

rmbillington wrote:

Glad to hear you are OK, and that the car saved you, Hope you're feeling OK.

Just a word of advice, having now been hit twice from behind, and suffering whiplash both times.

If you are considering compensation (and I would as whiplash and back pain can be a real pain in the neck, and you should get something for your suffering) make sure you keep a record of everything, pain killers, doctors visits, pain your feeling, injuries you've recieved, letters from police etc. and get yourself a solicitor as soon as possible, mine have been helpful for getting me treatment, and assesments, and getting back all the costs involved, before you even get to compo. I found it hard to get physio on the NHS, huge waiting lists, so had to go private, and £30 a visit soon adds up if you try to pay for it yourself. So don't feel bad about getting a solicitor and claiming for everything.

I hope you're feeling OK, and you don't get whiplash, or have any lasting effects, I think you may be lucky, as I've read lots that you the human body copes better with a larger impact, than with a small shunt at a roundabout, it's recovry mechanisms seem to kick in better for a bigger crash.

Fingers crossed you get your new car quickly, like you say, if you walked away from this crash, you'd be silly not get another FL2.

Rich

Glad everything OK and good to see the crumple zones in the back working as they should with the glass in the rear doors intact! A little disconcerting though to see the drivers seat bent back so far, quite worrying if there was a child seat in the back.....

Nasty Shar, and like everyone else glad to hear you're ok.

Certainly seems the FL2 stood up well, and that you escaped with relatively minor injuries

Did the crash cause you to drop you fag ash in your lap, your coffee into the footwell and your phone down the side of the seat (Or was that what happened with the HGV driver!)

Hey Shar,

all the best from Denmark !

Glad you are OK