Gnarly accident - M5 wrapped around poll

[Sonny]

Gnarly accident - M5 wrapped around poll

Sigh.....



I guess vehicle collision forces and wind forces are the same thing. I guess the pole isn't designed to a 100 year wind event. I also guess the base connection isn't designed to operate entirely within the first 10% of the line representing the elastic range of the connection during it's service life, meaning a fatigue based failure is of literally zero concern.

I wish I was smart, that’s fucking awesome!

I was just assuming they would catch like parachutes with the use of big signs and no holes for wind to go through. Not the pole itself standing up but the gigantic attaching flat piece of metal

[MR E30 325is]

I wish I was smart, that’s fucking awesome!

I was just assuming they would catch like parachutes with the use of big signs and no holes for wind to go through. Not the pole itself standing up but the gigantic attaching flat piece of metal

Not intelligence, just experience.

They do, but all of that information is well understood, so it is very easy to design around.

[freeride53]

Sad, saw this on the news a few nights back. I wonder if they know exactly what speed they were traveling at.

[Sonny]

Gnarly accident - M5 wrapped around poll

Sad, saw this on the news a few nights back. I wonder if they know exactly what speed they were traveling at.

It could be many things besides speed, as I heard they saw something fall from the car before it lost control.

That can easily be 80mph or 150mph. Either way hitting a standstill object never works in anyone’s favors especially when your rolling with momentum and have over a ton of metal, doesn’t matter how much skill you have, it’s all on luck and being wise. Think of your children every time you go wide open throttle on a machine that was built from plain old metal like any other fucking car, hundreds of connecting parts built by hundreds of sources down to the employee that painted your sway bar links company logo.
If you have something snap , the car can be your coffin.
You don’t always have to be the good driver, someone else can pull infront if you. That’s why it’s called an accident.


Have fun at safe tracks,
that’s all there is to it.
Stay safe!

https://youtu.be/LmRkPyuet_o

[TimeMachinE30]

Sad, saw this on the news a few nights back. I wonder if they know exactly what speed they were traveling at.

Classic momentum and crush analysis won't work here.

Best thing to do is lean on BMW for event data recorder info. Not sure the year..but Germans were are tight lipped about this data prior to feds requiring it's sharing. So.. I think BMW will pick up support at 2015. The info is within the car. Getting to it just depends.

There are other systems in the car to retrieve this data from that do not need BMWs assistance.

The info is there. There likely are no charges. It will be an insurance thing. Buy a new fence,l ..civil.

It lifted and took impact at the roof. Not the safest place to take a hit. If it stayed on the ground, likely could have saved a life or four I'd guess.

Too fast for conditions will satisfy the crash report. Thirty too many or one hundred too many .....

[lukeADE335i]

Sigh.....

I guess vehicle collision forces and wind forces are the same thing. I guess the pole isn't designed to a 100 year wind event. I also guess the base connection isn't designed to operate entirely within the first 10% of the line representing the elastic range of the connection during it's service life, meaning a fatigue based failure is of literally zero concern.

Sure - except that in Australia recently we've had a number of high profile accidents through where giant highway signs have failed and fallen on cars, so clearly the design problem is not so easy... might have something to do with record heat and high winds in combination causing the failures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcMGAYFyH8

Wouldn't like to be driving at 70mph and then have one of those falling on the highway to try and avoid!

[Sonny]

Sure - except that in Australia recently we've had a number of high profile accidents through where giant highway signs have failed and fallen on cars, so clearly the design problem is not so easy... might have something to do with record heat and high winds in combination causing the failures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lcMGAYFyH8

Wouldn't like to be driving at 70mph and then have one of those falling on the highway to try and avoid!

It looks like if the car was going a little slower it would have catched air as that sign seems to form a ramp on the 2 lane highway

[Schnitzer318is]

Two completely different design philosophies.

Super rigid =/= super safe (or super strong in the case of bridges).

In all seriousness, it's a complex topic, with probably 200+ variables to consider between the two situations, with the largest being ductile vs. brittle failure modes, the difference in warning times (to collapse) between the two, and the threat to human life that both represent.

Was being facetious with the latter part of the post. Or the whole post really. ;D

[PshlosE30]

I dont feel any sorry for them,as much as their family/relatives.... When you have such a powerfull car and go so fast,its like asking to have an ending like that... Luckily they didnt hit another innocent person..

[MrBurgundy]

I dont feel any sorry for them

You don't feel sorry for the three passengers?

[Stanley Rockafella]

You don't feel sorry for the three passengers?

I agree, I've done some stupid things when behind the wheel with friends in the car( luckily no accidents/injuries). They were obviously entertained but in no way should they be considered at fault if I were to have caused an accident.

That would have all been my own stupidity.

[MrAdam]

damn, makes me feel very lucky about all the stupid ish I did when I had my "brand new" M3.
driving old slow cars is just as fun

[decay]

You don't feel sorry for the three passengers?

depends on whether they were screaming "STOP AND LET ME THE FUCK OUT" or "WHEEEEEEEEEE GET IT BOI"

[ScottSneed]

The 710 freeway is full of inconsistencies and potholes..not the freeway to be speeding on. RIP

[Sonny]

depends on whether they were screaming "STOP AND LET ME THE FUCK OUT" or "WHEEEEEEEEEE GET IT BOI"

Most likely first one.

Sitting as a passenger, even if it’s your best friend that rally’d his entire life, just doesn’t feel comfortable at all once your over 60mph.