:(

"chaozbandit" (chaozbandit) 02/26/2019 at 16:11 • Filed to: subaru brz

1

21

The clip was recently uploaded to YouTube by the guy involved in the crash and after you watch it, you’ll be shocked to learn that he walked away without any serious injuries.

The car involved in the crash is a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! as it was cruising down a highway in the United States. However, an inattentive truck driver behind the compact sports car rammed straight into the rear of the BRZ, sending the Subaru careening towards a crash barrier on the side of the highway. 

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 16:18

1

dude probably should have picked the bush instead of the rail end...

but alls well that ends well

vicali > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/26/2019 at 16:21

4

Nice chopper though..

ttyymmnn > vicali 02/26/2019 at 16:23

6

That’s probably what the dude was looking at when he hit the Subie. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > vicali 02/26/2019 at 16:23

2

2 of them i think

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 16:24

1

why would i be surprised? it’s a relatively new- ish car with new- ish safety standards built in to protect passengers and the crash barriers are designed for impacts.

jimz > Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No 02/26/2019 at 16:27

2

it had the potential to be worse than you might think, if that guard rail end center-punched the car between the subframe rails.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 16:33

3

Coming soon to Craigslist for 12k no lowballers I know what I’ve got

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > jimz 02/26/2019 at 16:34

7

Or it was one of the millions that the manufacturer knew was unsafe, not up to spec, could and would kill motorists in accidents, shipped anyways, made millions off of, and continues to get away with.

No, I’m not joking.

https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/state-keeps-ban-on-controversial-guardrails/article_eae37629-e009-5ca1-9572-70c625cdd324.html

And yes, that is exactly  the kind of barrier he hit.

MattHurting > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 16:46

6

Newer cars are so much safer. I walked away from this without injury (sore as a mug for a week). This was an almost head on crash at about 45-50 mph. Look at the A pillar.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 17:06

1

Holy shit, dude should go buy a lottery ticket.

syntax-check demands a 5 seater honda element > MattHurting 02/26/2019 at 19:51

1

lawd bless crumple zones

Decay buys too many beaters > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 20:22

0

Not surprised, BRZ does great on small overlap front

BobintheMtns > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 20:45

0

E ven trucks think brz’s are too slow....

Audio Tachometer > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 20:52

1

Best way to increase the BRZ’s 40-60 time?

Agreed though, :(

facw > chaozbandit 02/26/2019 at 21:02

0

Well at least the airlift was right there if he needed it. Those guys need to practice medical evacs right?

facw > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/26/2019 at 21:11

0

Yep, this is very bad :

And this is exactly the sort of crash where it could happen (doubly bad since these end pieces were supposed to be preventing these sorts of failures.)

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > facw 02/26/2019 at 21:21

2

And they did. Until the manufacturer redesigned them without disclosing it to the customers. Why did they redesign them? To slash costs despite knowing the revision was completely unsafe .

Jayvincent > MattHurting 02/26/2019 at 22:57

2

na me checks out, good work

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > chaozbandit 02/27/2019 at 00:29

0

The truck driver was probably looking up at the military helicopters flying over.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > facw 02/27/2019 at 16:03

1

When the end pieces are designed CORRECTLY:

facw > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 02/27/2019 at 16:09

0

Yep it’s pretty cool to see them when they work correctly.