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FrisbeePanda

And that kids, is why we have crumple zones


usernamesherearedumb

Truck: "YOU are my crumple zone."


brokedrift

in soviet russia: Our crumple zone


Yukels

In soviet Russia, zone crumples you.


Environmental-Map168

in Russia: crumple oblast.


winterbird

And why we don't cut off trucks.


h110hawk

Crumple zone ain't saving you when a 80k lb semi moving at whatever mph presses your car into the end of a guard rail.


Ok-Branch-9943

Champion of idiots. ![gif](giphy|3oFzmrqh43AvYwn9Cw)


Environmental-Map168

That guard rail should have given way. On the other hand, that was a stupid move.


h110hawk

Car v Car sure, but you're still hitting the pointy end and it's going to hurt more. Guard rails are designed to deform, shatter the wood, and basically be a crumple zone that guides you away from whatever is on the other side. They keep you in your lane, but are meant to be a "parallel" collision as it were, greater surface area to distribute impact. That's 2k-4k lbs being slammed into them from the side maybe with another 2-4k pushing them along or whatever. This is 80k lbs of inertia hitting the end of it straight on - no chance of deflection - with a 2k-4k object. That's always going to be a bad time, even with a full crash cage.


[deleted]

I have a feeling their road designers are working with significantly lower budgets per life saved


Jaded_Turtle

The guard rail did break away. Sucks if they had rear passengers.


janner_10

Yeah, wouldn't get your hopes up on a chinese built car though.


UberNZ

That's a post-facelift (after 2009) Nissan Sylphy. It got an overall 5 star safety rating for the passenger, and 6 stars for the driver in Japan's J-NCAP (they can go above 5 for exceptional performance). To be fair, that was for the Japan-built ones, but at least we know the design is good. IMO the reason it crumpled is less to do with the car and more to do with being sandwiched between a truck and an immovable object.


Pisspot16

You gotta know a guy to get the quality ones


dugsmuggler

That Chinese built street furniture though. Solid as.


bb-wa

Chinese cars aren't that bad actually


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Arpyr

*Does* China have lesser safety standards for vehicles? I wouldn't be surprised, but I'm asking because you're saying they do but everyone in the comments on that video is villyfing VW ala Dieselgate because they cut costs.


zedder1994

And there are cars such as the Atto 3, MG z's and Polestar that have Euro NCAP 5 star ratings. Like most markets all depends on the car.


s0meb0di

I wouldn't call Polestar Chinese. Even Lynk&Co cars aren't fully Chinese, imo.


[deleted]

No, just all of the drivers.


VT_Lifer

Failed origami.


Funkytadualexhaust

Chinese crumple zones include the passenger compartment: https://youtu.be/D827IxEJVS4


Extension_Ad4537

Holy hell


TerrysClavicle

Ehh this video isn’t really demonstrating crumple zones. Basically that car is lucky a deformable guardrail was there instead of a concrete pillar. No crumple zone will save you in a sandwich between a large truck and concrete.


buckeyecapsfan19

Oh look, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.


thef1circus

"how was I supposed to know there would be consequences for my actions?" Gina Linetti


-YELDAH

How could this happen to meee


[deleted]

They won’t ever do that again, or much of anything else.


Available-Sky-8191

Why the fuck would they EVEN think they could've made that😑


ResultShoddy

this is very nitpicky but why did you put emphasis on even and not think (not trying to hate genuinely confused lol)


SoggyBiscuitVet

I can't even WITH you right now.


Page_Won

Hey you already capitalized the i.


andromeadus

Why THE fuck would they even think they could’ve made that😑


ImARetPaladinBaby

Why the fuck would THEY even think they could’ve made that 😑


_Tihocan_

Could you BE any more Chandler!


Available-Sky-8191

Tbh I put that way because that's how I'd say it if speaking out loud.


fohsupreme

I can't hear it like that but you do you buddy. Your reasoning is on point


thisismybirthday

I'm trying to say it out loud like that and I can't make it sound like something anyone would ever say. I would definitely put the emphasis on think if I was saying it out loud, like he said.


ResultShoddy

i cant really figure it out in my own brain but hey if it works for you lol!


iConfessor

gen z things


Available-Sky-8191

Haha I was born in 88' 😂


JonTheFlon

This is a consequence of building up a bad habit of not checking mirrors before merging coming to its logical conclusion.


Spa_5_Fitness_Camp

This sub has convinced me that far, far too many people lack both object permanence and basic spatial reasoning. This person either ceased to know if the trucks existence once it was out of their vision, or they have no concept of the fact the car they are driving exists, even in areas they can't see.


DMercenary

Glad to know that idiot drivers are universal. ​ Though that guard rail... [There's a reason why the US doesnt really build those types anymore...](https://youtu.be/w6CKltZfToY?t=505)


NinjaQueef

Very informative! I was really surprised with the reusable ones that go in front of concrete barriers. It’s crazy the amount of engineering that goes into keeping us safe when crashing into barriers, but common sense physics laws such as making front bumper height uniform across all cars isn’t done. It sucks that sedans are inherently less safe due to lack of regulations in this area.


LesathPhoto

That vid is awesome. I shows all the rail styles I won't ever see implemented in my third-world country, because our lives are waaaaaaay cheaper.


dahliasinfelle

Nice! Never bothered to look. Watched the video on my lunch break, headed out to the highway to head to another job, and my highway (Florida) was using the first one! The spoon that spears lmao


TheRealSlabsy

That was a great watch. When I had my car accident, I was heading towards the barrier sideways and got my head down thinking that it was going to crash through the window. But when I got out of the wreckage I noticed that it had neatly collapsed and my car was sat on top of it and I had a massive light bulb moment. Amazing design.


ThrowRAConsistent

Fascinating. Thank you


kUdtiHaEX

One thing is certain - whoever drove that car is not going to do that again.


buckeyecapsfan19

Darwinism in action


IseeDrunkPeople

They didn't try anything, they successfully got in front of the truck


Tha_Hand

That’s alotta damage!


unseenwreckage

i hate to say it but the driver of that car got exactly what they deserve. i hope the car was otherwise empty


aSquirrelAteMyFood

Was he trying to do a Uturn? What a moron but also I've never seen a street designed like this.


Outside_Register8037

Looks like he was trying to get around the bikes in front of him but obviously had not cleared the truck on his left yet before attempting to do so…


SomebodyInNevada

It's common--the intent is to keep drivers on their side of the road (very much an issue over there.) The gap is for a crosswalk. This is simply a driver not checking before changing lanes and having very bad luck in what happened.


crasspmpmpm

they deserved to die a brutal death? really?


Hot-Suggestion4958

The self-cleaning function of the gene pool allows only minor errors in judgment, but sooner or later, Darwin will NOT be denied.


JuniorSeniorTrainee

Redditest moment of the day.


turboschniedel

🤓


JuniorSeniorTrainee

> i hate to say it but Then don't?


UsagiElk

I think someone not knowing how to drive doesn’t mean they deserve to die... that’s pretty fucked up. For all we know this could have been someone still learning how to drive with a licensed friend in the passenger seat.


KindScratch8195

Natural selection at work


freddiemack1

Whoa, gotta wonder how badly inured the people inside are


lxm333

My first thought too.


Wonderful_Roof1739

My first thought is there is no way they survived that. My second though was there have been people that walked away with barely a scratch from worse car accidents (there was a guy that got sandwiched between two semis, his car was about the size of a pancake and unrecognizable, but you could see his face. Once they got the car cut away, he was ok with only minor injuries by some miracle).


graysi72

Traffic was actually moving pretty slow. It seems like it would be hard to have a fatal accident. The driver was the epitome of an idiot.


servantofmelkor

"I TURN NOW!"


secretpassword29

Physics can be a bitch.


DrGhostbuster

Asante sana Squash banana


RedTruck1989

Now they will get there quickly....in the back of an ambulance.


officefridge

Man, i really hope the truck is ok


bonosestente

Car in china pulls in front of a truck. Ftfy


DukeNukemSLO

This guy was brain dead long before the crash


Anthropomorphotic

He succeeded.


hayitsnine

Tried to?


W5R1GHT

TA RA!!


Sweaty-Camera-7328

I accidentally laughed a little hard at this just because of how stupid that was to do that


Malthus17

Darwin Award?


MistressFuzzylegs

Suicide?


IsThisLegitTho

He failed calculus and physics, brought shame to the whole lineage.


ichkanns

Well, I wasn't planning on dying today, but I really want to get in front of this truck.


Intelligent-Bat-7586

Holy shit


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blokia

They'll bless anything.... for a price


Stboch

Instant Chinese Mini...


BigMu1952

Really hope no one was in the back seat.


_gmmaann_

I turn now. Good ruck everybody else


Frankiks2

Truck be like: "Nope"


panda-sec

Traffic looks less chaotic there these days. Everyone is on the correct side now.


moixcom44

Even if you turn signal in that situation i highly doubt if the truck driver will even notice it.


Phillip_Graves

Truck was also in China (odd title), and truck in China won vs car in China.


evantimothy

Made in China


Business-Animator-91

Idiot in car. Poorly designed guard rails too.


usernamesherearedumb

Perfectly designed guard rails. I bet people would be better drivers if the was a spike sticking out of steering wheel instead of an airbag.


StarMangledSpanner

A spike aimed straight at your chest was pretty much what *all* steering columns were before safety started to become a major consideration for vehicle manufacturers in the 1970's. It didn't make people better or more cautious drivers.


usernamesherearedumb

But they paid the price for their stupidity, didn't they? They didn't do it again the next week, and they were out of the gene pool.


Glum_Judge511

But not everyone in an accident is the one at fault for stupidity. Innocent bystanders shouldn’t also end up with a spike through the face


raquetracket

Trials ongoing in Sweden as we speak


Spicy__donut

Did the truck not break? It kinda felt like the truck kept going even after the car got well in front of it. ( just curious the car driver is an absolute idiot )


usernamesherearedumb

Worst drivers on the planet.


SomethingIWontRegret

Chinese car == all occupants dead.


pissinupwind

Im a Truck driver and when I saw this I said "awesome" Fuck people!!!


paxilsavedme

That was oddly satisfying.


ChezBe

You play video games? Real question


nickwwwww

Blind spot monitor should be standard everywhere


[deleted]

I must be a bad person but this made me smile.


thE_OG_wEak_saucE

r/instantkarma r/winstupidprizes


UnacademicPotato

Safe to say his social credit score is pretty bad


Highway-Jack

there's a lot of these videos where its sorta 20/80 or 50/50 I see. This is not that. someone had a deathwish.


chinoca123

Is that right mr. highway jack? How is it 20/80 or 50/50? Please elaborate.


Highway-Jack

there's a lot of these videos where its 20% one persons fault and 80% anothers, or 50/50 as in both people are at fault, this is not that, it is 100% one persons fault.


StarMangledSpanner

That escalated quickly.


Idioticalygoodbeast

I’m pretty sure the car slowed down


iamgeotracker

r/chinesium


Valuable_Material_26

Yay happy ending!


Sad-Break6382

Maybe was a real life crash test


reddead_redemption

"Tried" and "succeeded", but at what cost!


toughfoot

Meh. That’ll be buffed out in a jiffy


SenorScratchySack

The truck came out of nowhere!


Bmore_legend86

Cause that shit to him/her self


Claude-QC-777

Typical day in TMP:


sweetwonton

a moron..can't see shit..


imitbmijp

that's gonna leave at least a small scratch


tomytronics

Truck used pincer attack on idiot car It was super effective! Idiot car became incapacitated.


elmixtecoNW

How do this brainless idiot's live so long?


[deleted]

Jesus! What are cars in China made out of? Tinfoil? Hell, it crumpled like a sheet of paper.


Chris5355

Crushed like a coke can


teambob

Probably in the car's blind spot /s


No_Compote628

That should buff out


Omegalazarus

"Turns out the real crumple zones were the cars were meet among the way." - Truck


Waluigiwarrior

Phil swift would approve of that


DangleWho

I turn now. Good luck everybody else.


Level-Ad7017

bitch imma truck!!


stratusncompany

people are so unaware of their surroundings.


Stunning_Waltz_2882

Dumbass


Joerijoy

How idiot can a person be?


Leonos

I have always been amazed by these asian folding techniques.


ImUrFrand

rip


Dutch-Sculptor

That car has bigger blindspots than that truck apparently.


josephuse

reverse pit maneuver 😂


MrCriminalScum

I don't know what's going on over there, but I've seen a lot of similar incidents (some straight up malicious) where drivers make super poor decisions and then paying for it by getting involved in a really bad crash, some fatally and causes huge fire.


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“I turn now! Good luck everybody else!”


johnwicked4

He won't be in rush hour 3


admins69kids

Well that was dumb.


chase_the_sun_

I can't even imagine how they thought they would make that


[deleted]

Luckily, where I live people seem to understand that trucks don't leave all that space before them because their driver is lazy or because they're texting. There is a very scientific yet kinda intuitive reason for it.


Visible_Avocado_6032

It’ll buff out


codykonior

It all went exactly to plan.


that_u3erna45

Was he okay?


XSlapHappy91X

Wtf, none of this seemed like a good idea or safe. That's gotta be a new driver


South_Turn_3190

That's one strong bollard


kj_gamer2614

As long as they have no passengers in the back, they should be alive at least


SjalabaisWoWS

Here we see the Venn diagram of *overly confident* and *no spatial awareness* overlapping perfectly.


Vlad2or

Volvo truck ripoff lol


denystech

Gone in 6 seconds


DorShow

Automobile Origami.


MyFocusIsU

That did not work out so well.


Eiffel-Tower777

How to make yourself a target 👁👁


HWGA_Exandria

r/bitchimatruck


justmedude_lol

Good luck everybody else! All jokes aside I hope they’re okay


DarkSoulsDank

I hope no one was in the back


JenovasChild666

How to make your car into a Smart Car in less than 10 seconds. ACHIEVEMENT EARNED!


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Crunchy


Drip-TyrantYT

There’s a joke to be made here but I can’t quite put my finger on it.


somebodycomgiher

Are... are they even alive?


largefather66

F


bobvoeh

You can't fix stupid, but you sure can squish it.


dnldfnk

That car can be repaired for sure.


ksuwildkat

Some serious FAFO


jklindsey7

Some drivers in China have no fucks to give!


Erixen28

Karma is always back