This is why I don't drive behind cargo trucks..

[e30onBBSs]

http://jalopnik.com/bmw-gets-impaled-by-metal-beam-driver-somehow-escapes-1747728520

Crazy shit

[Exodus_2pt0]

I visit liveleak alot, and have developed a ridiculous sense of awareness.

I also avoid trucks for the most part. I NEVER linger at their side. Being aware of my surroundings has helped me a few times, one in particular would have been a 4x8 or so foot board on top of my car. Idiots don't care enough to secure their load.


Reminds me of a video I wish I could unsee. It involves a truck, a car, a couple, and a brick. I won't link or search it out, and you have been warned.

There's a whole lot of crazy ways to die out there. Every day above ground is an accomplishment in itself.

[Jon325i]

Wow - that is just insane. The driver is beyond lucky to be alive.

Situational awareness is so important these days when driving. Between the flying debris, distracted drivers, and just plain recklessness (see YouTube for dash cam videos), you really need to keep your eyes peeled when driving. There's just too much that can wrong out there at any given moment.

/Drive Safe.


Jon

[aegul44]

[AndrewBird]

To be fair, it wasn't a beam. It was a thin ramp. If you look closely, the windshield is actually bending it where it goes through.

Still crazy though! Reminds me of this:

https://youtu.be/jfDLkem6iEs?t=2m30s

[nando]

yeah, that's too big to be a steel channel. they don't make them that tall.

[shameson]

Reminds me of a video I wish I could unsee. It involves a truck, a car, a couple, and a brick. I won't link or search it out, and you have been warned.

I went and looked that up. Crazy to watch how quickly that happened

[AndrewBird]

I went and looked that up. Crazy to watch how quickly that happened

I looked it up as well. It's amazing the brick had enough force to go through the windshield and hit with enough force to kill someone. I've thrown fist size rocks at a parts car windshield and barely chipped the glass on the inside. Safety glass is tough!

[mr2peak]

"Driver Somehow Escapes With No More Than A Scratch"

That's why I drive BMW's

[kyleconstantine]

Reminds me of a video I wish I could unsee. It involves a truck, a car, a couple, and a brick. I won't link or search it out, and you have been warned.

I saw that video a year or so ago and think about it often. You can hear her talking before it happens. Eh.

I can remember being about 12 on i95 and my father changing lanes, by chance, 1 second before a dresser fell off a truck and took out the car that had been behind us.

[Das Delfin]

I also avoid trucks for the most part. I NEVER linger at their side.

I don't go near them either. Pass asap. I don't hate anyone on the road more than the guy who won't speed up so we can both pass the semi truck. My friend's brother was driving along a semi with his mom and somehow one of the truck's wheels came off and slammed through his windshield into his head. His mom was reclining in the seat after a long day so she was fine. Once she got the car on the side of the road she was trying to put his face back together. He was a nice guy, too. Had a red S14.

I heard from my ex's aunt who is a truck driver that any driver with a plain white trailer is an independent and has less drug tests so is more likely to be on some sort of meth. So that's a fun tidbit