MustangSVT
Lifer
- Oct 7, 2000
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Yeah... that picture is post-extrication. The rescue workers more likely than not cut off the roof to the car to get to the passengers inside the vehicle. Chances are, the impact of the vehicle prevented some of the doors from opening, so the resue workers chopped it up to allow for the easiest removal of the passengers.
JW
I guess the fire dept. got to use the "jaws of life" to open up that car like a sardine can to get the passengers out. Looks like a tough one.
Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's just too cool that there was a billboard conveniently already placed in the pic.Your creativity is stellar. Simply stellar.
J00 get a 10.
Then give Jigga a 10 too. He encouraged the chop. :beer:
- M4H
UNCjigga
Lifer
- Dec 12, 2000
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Thanks! This has become a regular collaboration of ours...I send M4H the idea and he delivers it for all of ATOT to see! 'Tis a beautiful thing really [/me wipes tear]Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: MichaelD
It's just too cool that there was a billboard conveniently already placed in the pic.
J00 get a 10.
Then give Jigga a 10 too. He encouraged the chop. :beer:
- M4H
No car is ever 100% safe. A 5 star rating is pretty impressive, even only for frontal impacts.
Besides, not having 5 star on side impacts doesn't make it a side impact deathtrap, I'd still rather be driving a Taurus than a Geo if I have to get sideswiped.
My Sable is a safe car. It has a really large width/height ratio and is very unlikely to roll over in comparision to, say, any SUV. it is very massive and therefore I'm in better shape than a smaller car like a Civic or something in a head on. I have an airbag (but my passenger side doesn't . . . oh well.) so I'm good there also.
Side impacts are dangerous for ANY car. In a front impact you have (in most cars) the engine and all the heavy frame needed to mount the engine between you and the offending object, while in a side impact you have the door, and the door alone between you and anything that is hitting you. It isn't much, no matter how many airbags deploy from the door.
And saying a Taurus isn't safe because its mangled after the driver presumably slide sideways into a pole at a high speed (i know it isn't a Taurus, but that was the initial impression) is bullsh!t. Remember that M3 that sideswiped a pole? It looked ten times worse (it was probably going lots faster, but still).
A Civic would look just as bad, if not worse, for hitting that pole at that speed.
Another thing: Taurus=FWD, which means that even when your sliding around, you can still change your direction to some extent. FWD cars are inherently better for snow driving than RWD cars. (which is why I think it is b.s. to think that RWD manuals are the end all and be all for all cars: sure, maybe for sports/race cars, but not for snow driving.
But then. most people love the AWD subarus, and last time I was in Anchorage, every third car was a Subaru, so I guess four is better than two.
Hey, Charlotte here!!! Yeah...very sad accident. That car had a run in with a semi and 2 passengers were killed It was all over the news this afternoon with warnings to stay off the roads.
It was all over the news this afternoon with warnings to stay off the roads.Originally posted by: OpalFrost98GT
Hey, Charlotte here!!! Yeah...very sad accident. That car had a run in with a semi and 2 passengers were killed
really........didn't see the news.......I figured it would be on there though. It was crazy.
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