"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
02/23/2015 at 20:04 • Filed to: car crashes
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"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
02/23/2015 at 20:04 • Filed to: car crashes | 8
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In yet another demonstration that Boston drivers really are the worst, the driver of this Toyota Tacoma attempted a recreation of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital space flight by launching himself off Interstate 93 near the Zakim bridge this morning.
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I've added a more appropriate soundtrack to this version of the video.
Maybe Doug DeMuro will believe us now.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Justin Hughes
02/23/2015 at 20:25 |
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I have a huge fear of getting in an accident on that bridge and doing that very same thing. looks like i'll be taking another route from now on. damn that guys lucky to be alive. Some parts of that bridge are pretty damn high
RichSPK
> Justin Hughes
02/23/2015 at 20:34 |
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He drove away from that, right?
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Justin Hughes
> OPPOsaurus WRX
02/23/2015 at 20:34 |
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He was drunk and drove right toward it. No brake lights until he's already in the air, and a lot of good they'll do then. The situation is even worse right now with the huge snowbanks, which make great launch ramps. Just this past Saturday I saw a car on the wrong side of one, fortunately on flat ground.
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Justin Hughes
> RichSPK
02/23/2015 at 20:39 |
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Yeah, it'll buff right out. Always worked for them Duke boys, right?
Alex Feinman
> Justin Hughes
02/23/2015 at 21:01 |
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Came expecting Yakkity-Sax, left satisfied anyway.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Justin Hughes
02/23/2015 at 21:47 |
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the thing about driving your car off a cliff i bet you still hit those brakes. Hey! Better try the emergency brake!
Jack handy
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Justin Hughes
> Alex Feinman
02/23/2015 at 21:51 |
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Hmm, I could do that, too...
JEM
> Justin Hughes
02/24/2015 at 09:52 |
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Tacoma = Taco
so...
Some Flying Burrito Brothers maybe?
(the Dukes theme song was priceless though)
wkiernan
> Justin Hughes
02/24/2015 at 14:11 |
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Sorry to be That Guy, but the rocket you pictured was not sub-orbital, the Mercury-Atlas was a true orbital vehicle. It was the Mercury-Redstones, such as the one in this picture carrying Alan Shepard, that flew sub-orbital flights. I watched that shot on the black-n-white teevee, when I was seven years old.
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Justin Hughes
> wkiernan
02/24/2015 at 14:27 |
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Darn it, you're right! Being a space buff myself, I should've recognized it immediately, despite this pic coming up in a Google search specifically for "Mercury Redstone."