THIS. If hit from a steep angle fast enough, of course the Pajero will spin. Question is whether got VSC or even if got VSC, will it helps in such high speed impact? As for the seatbelts, is it possible for seatbelt to break during an impact? I don't know, but sounds possible.

I wished I could find back the link... Saw it on the FMC FB site or its sister FMurderC FB site couple of days back... It's probably a snapshot of an illustration taken from a malay daily...

EDIT: found it...!

If this indeed true then yellow myvi is not at fault is she?

It takes minimum 2 retards to make the sheet happens.
While the Myvi drivers racing are wrong, doesn't means that the Pajero driver is right either.
The only thing that makes Pajero driver right is because he died. If the Myvi driver died, then the Pajero driver would take the blame.
If not going to overtake, there's no excuse to simply change lane.

Who change lane?

Why not at fault...?

She was racing... some more speeding on the left lane... If she wasn't speeding, she would have been able to brake on time... Even not speeding and crashed on the Pajero, the impact wouldn't be so great to cause it to turn turtle...

Anyway, just let the police investigate, we can just end the speculation here...

The death is fated. Whatever stability control that you think "might" have prevented the car from losing control. It might, it might not. But it is fated. You cannot turn back time to change fate.

The death is fated. Whatever stability control that you think "might" have prevented the car from losing control. It might, it might not. But it is fated. You cannot turn back time to change fate.

Yes, you can't turn back time. But these deaths could have easily been averted by something as simple as them wearing their seatbelts. Maybe stability control may have avoided the accident in the first place, but in any case they did not have to be dead, even in the car they were driving. What I am preaching is that by taking a couple of basic security precautions... wearing seatbelts, buying a safe car if the budget allows, you can greatly reduce the risk of dying in a car accident. Nothing to do with fate. All about reducing risk. Even though it can't be 100% eliminated you can lower the risk a lot. If you are doing all sorts of stupid stunts on a bike, do you expect to live long? Drive very fast, weave through traffic, especially in the wet? No. Sooner than later you'll end up in a deadly accident. Call that fate?

Well, I'll just enjoy the fact that I'm European and thus fated to live a long life... apparently fate (or God) doesn't like Malaysians. At least the ones believing in fate.

I'm a bit late in posting this but just got to know about this news today after coming back from a holiday. Apparently the writeup on Star paper on Sunday was a bit different from the online writeup here http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015...t-Family-Death/

The writeup of the manner of accident is intriguing and raises some questions. Firstly, it was said that the speeding Myvi crashed onto the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport when the Pajero was struck on the rear when the vehicle was trying to merge into the fast lane. The sentence "when trying to merge into the fast lane" may suggest that the Pajero may be driven at moderate speeds. I was suprised that the speeding Myvi that hit the rear of the Pajero had caused the vehicle to overturn several times as reported. The crash must be pretty bad. Though the driver of the Myvi survived that crash I presume. What baffles me is how can a larger and heavier Pajero Sport overturned several times and the smaller and lighter Myvi seemed to be intact with the driver having "minor injury".

Secondly, it was reported that the crash caused the three occupants in the Pajero Sport to be thrown out from the vehicle. Presuming the seatbelts are on, how could that possibly happen? Or the crash is seriously terribly bad that the seatbelts failed to secure the occupants and snapped, causing all three to be flung out from the vehicle?

Any thoughts? Really bad news this one as the deceased had left behind two young daughters.

Seatbelts don't need to snap for passengers to get flung out of their vehicles, esp when it involves a roll which all the windows will shatter on the first rotation allowing the passengers to be flung out. Our standard 3 point harness is made for head on collision but offers little protection in a roll. For that you need a 4 to 5 point harness used by racing cars that straps you tightly to the seats without any leeway. There are plenty of articles on the lack of safety in our standard 3 point harness in the event of a violent roll over.

Seatbelts don't need to snap for passengers to get flung out of their vehicles, esp when it involves a roll which all the windows will shatter on the first rotation allowing the passengers to be flung out. Our standard 3 point harness is made for head on collision but offers little protection in a roll. For that you need a 4 to 5 point harness used by racing cars that straps you tightly to the seats without any leeway. There are plenty of articles on the lack of safety in our standard 3 point harness in the event of a violent roll over.

Yes, you can't turn back time. But these deaths could have easily been averted by something as simple as them wearing their seatbelts. Maybe stability control may have avoided the accident in the first place, but in any case they did not have to be dead, even in the car they were driving. What I am preaching is that by taking a couple of basic security precautions... wearing seatbelts, buying a safe car if the budget allows, you can greatly reduce the risk of dying in a car accident. Nothing to do with fate. All about reducing risk. Even though it can't be 100% eliminated you can lower the risk a lot. If you are doing all sorts of stupid stunts on a bike, do you expect to live long? Drive very fast, weave through traffic, especially in the wet? No. Sooner than later you'll end up in a deadly accident. Call that fate?

Well, I'll just enjoy the fact that I'm European and thus fated to live a long life... apparently fate (or God) doesn't like Malaysians. At least the ones believing in fate.

Good information in that occupants can still be flung out from the vehicle despite having the safety belt on. I was wondering how this could happen but guess only extreme real life situations whereby the car was in a 360 degrees rotation for 2 to 3 times. No wonder race drivers had different seat belt configurations which the body was strapped firmly to the seats. Guess only those who had experience in the race tracks would know.

Wouldn't the car make annoying sound if vehicle travels above certain speed limit without putting on seat belts

Usually they will ignore it.