Car cut in half by motorway sign

[jamei303]

What vehicle is this? Lucky escape for the occupants but not a good advert for the brand.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Christmas-mir...

[MG CHRIS]

jamei303 said:

What vehicle is this? Lucky escape for the occupants but not a good advert for the brand.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Christmas-mir...

stting hell how did anyone get out of that mess. Glad they are ok.

Looks like a focus to me from the back lights.

[muffinmenace]

Avensis

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dam this's hard, like the sign.

[MJK 24]

Mitsubishi Lancer?

[muffinmenace]

MJK 24 said:

Mitsubishi Lancer?

Yep, rear spoiler gives it away

[fjord]

I think that's the reason that signs are now being designed like this:



Im under the impression they are meant to fold with the impact, rather than force the car to snap.

[FourWheelDrift]

Yep, one of these - http://carlook.net/db/mitsubishi/lancer_ralliart/1... types, but not full blown Ralliart. Just used for the photos.

[carinaman]

fjord said:

I think that's the reason that signs are now being designed like this:



Im under the impression they are meant to fold with the impact, rather than force the car to snap.

Looking at the photos I know a road a bit like that but with a wider verge on the NS. About half way across is it is a normal post, not a curly wurly one, with the speed camera sign atop it. I've thought about the risk that sign represents to people that may find themselves for whatever the reason crossing that verge towards that post versus the deterrent to drivers that pass it see it and then slowing down for a few miles.

[DonnyMac]

Is it just me or do the images not look right for the story, look at the ends of the structure, they're clean straight cuts, so either cut by the emergency services, cut'n'shut or the story is wrong - little to no chance that hitting any static object bar a magical katana is going to leave those edges as are?

[henrycrun]

The usual standard of rag reporting "The vehicle had left the road and collided with a motorway sign"

Why - did someone forget to apply the handbrake ?

[Nik da Greek]

Holy cow, Mythbusters needed a 300mph rocket sled to do that . Evo faster than rocket sled shocker!

[jamei303]

The sign involved was this one. I notice it is protected by a barrier but this is rather short and low.

[Mastodon2]

Nik da Greek said:

Holy cow, Mythbusters needed a 300mph rocket sled to do that . Evo faster than rocket sled shocker!

Except on Mythbusters they were trying to cut the car lengthways, through it's strongest point - the engine. Even when they took the engine out they still didn't get a full lengthways bisection, though I'd imagine a car is a lot easier to bisect from the side, but it must still take some doing.

[226bhp]

Nik da Greek said:

Holy cow, Mythbusters needed a 300mph rocket sled to do that . Evo faster than rocket sled shocker!

We need to find this guy, he can post up on the 'Most powerful car you ever drove' thread.

[s p a c e m a n]

So how fast were they going to get through the barrier and do that to a car?

[Nik da Greek]

Mastodon2 said:

Nik da Greek said:

Holy cow, Mythbusters needed a 300mph rocket sled to do that . Evo faster than rocket sled shocker!

Except on Mythbusters they were trying to cut the car lengthways, through it's strongest point - the engine. Even when they took the engine out they still didn't get a full lengthways bisection, though I'd imagine a car is a lot easier to bisect from the side, but it must still take some doing.

lol, never let the facts stand in the way of a good story

Point taken, but it still must have been travelling some to do that amount of damage!

[226bhp]

The Fire service may have done a lot of that cutting...

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226bhp said:

The Fire service may have done a lot of that cutting...

This.

[bullitinhead]

226bhp said:

The Fire service may have done a lot of that cutting...

Why? Artical says no one was trapped. Just for fun maybe?


Bullit

[Drive Blind]

must have been racing and i think they had a turbo booster fitted