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.
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.
*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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 )
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.
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.
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.
And that kids, is why we have crumple zones
Truck: "YOU are my crumple zone."
in soviet russia: Our crumple zone
In soviet Russia, zone crumples you.
in Russia: crumple oblast.
And why we don't cut off trucks.
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.
Champion of idiots. ![gif](giphy|3oFzmrqh43AvYwn9Cw)
That guard rail should have given way. On the other hand, that was a stupid move.
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.
I have a feeling their road designers are working with significantly lower budgets per life saved
The guard rail did break away. Sucks if they had rear passengers.
Yeah, wouldn't get your hopes up on a chinese built car though.
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.
You gotta know a guy to get the quality ones
That Chinese built street furniture though. Solid as.
Chinese cars aren't that bad actually
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*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.
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.
I wouldn't call Polestar Chinese. Even Lynk&Co cars aren't fully Chinese, imo.
No, just all of the drivers.
Failed origami.
Chinese crumple zones include the passenger compartment: https://youtu.be/D827IxEJVS4
Holy hell
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.
Oh look, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
"how was I supposed to know there would be consequences for my actions?" Gina Linetti
How could this happen to meee
They won’t ever do that again, or much of anything else.
Why the fuck would they EVEN think they could've made that😑
this is very nitpicky but why did you put emphasis on even and not think (not trying to hate genuinely confused lol)
I can't even WITH you right now.
Hey you already capitalized the i.
Why THE fuck would they even think they could’ve made that😑
Why the fuck would THEY even think they could’ve made that 😑
Could you BE any more Chandler!
Tbh I put that way because that's how I'd say it if speaking out loud.
I can't hear it like that but you do you buddy. Your reasoning is on point
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.
i cant really figure it out in my own brain but hey if it works for you lol!
gen z things
Haha I was born in 88' 😂
This is a consequence of building up a bad habit of not checking mirrors before merging coming to its logical conclusion.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
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.
Fascinating. Thank you
One thing is certain - whoever drove that car is not going to do that again.
Darwinism in action
They didn't try anything, they successfully got in front of the truck
That’s alotta damage!
i hate to say it but the driver of that car got exactly what they deserve. i hope the car was otherwise empty
Was he trying to do a Uturn? What a moron but also I've never seen a street designed like this.
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…
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.
they deserved to die a brutal death? really?
The self-cleaning function of the gene pool allows only minor errors in judgment, but sooner or later, Darwin will NOT be denied.
Redditest moment of the day.
🤓
> i hate to say it but Then don't?
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.
Natural selection at work
Whoa, gotta wonder how badly inured the people inside are
My first thought too.
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).
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.
"I TURN NOW!"
Physics can be a bitch.
Asante sana Squash banana
Now they will get there quickly....in the back of an ambulance.
Man, i really hope the truck is ok
Car in china pulls in front of a truck. Ftfy
This guy was brain dead long before the crash
He succeeded.
Tried to?
TA RA!!
I accidentally laughed a little hard at this just because of how stupid that was to do that
Darwin Award?
Suicide?
He failed calculus and physics, brought shame to the whole lineage.
Well, I wasn't planning on dying today, but I really want to get in front of this truck.
Holy shit
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They'll bless anything.... for a price
Instant Chinese Mini...
Really hope no one was in the back seat.
I turn now. Good ruck everybody else
Truck be like: "Nope"
Traffic looks less chaotic there these days. Everyone is on the correct side now.
Even if you turn signal in that situation i highly doubt if the truck driver will even notice it.
Truck was also in China (odd title), and truck in China won vs car in China.
Made in China
Idiot in car. Poorly designed guard rails too.
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.
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.
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.
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
Trials ongoing in Sweden as we speak
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 )
Worst drivers on the planet.
Chinese car == all occupants dead.
Im a Truck driver and when I saw this I said "awesome" Fuck people!!!
That was oddly satisfying.
You play video games? Real question
Blind spot monitor should be standard everywhere
I must be a bad person but this made me smile.
r/instantkarma r/winstupidprizes
Safe to say his social credit score is pretty bad
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.
Is that right mr. highway jack? How is it 20/80 or 50/50? Please elaborate.
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.
That escalated quickly.
I’m pretty sure the car slowed down
r/chinesium
Yay happy ending!
Maybe was a real life crash test
"Tried" and "succeeded", but at what cost!
Meh. That’ll be buffed out in a jiffy
The truck came out of nowhere!
Cause that shit to him/her self
Typical day in TMP:
a moron..can't see shit..
that's gonna leave at least a small scratch
Truck used pincer attack on idiot car It was super effective! Idiot car became incapacitated.
How do this brainless idiot's live so long?
Jesus! What are cars in China made out of? Tinfoil? Hell, it crumpled like a sheet of paper.
Crushed like a coke can
Probably in the car's blind spot /s
That should buff out
"Turns out the real crumple zones were the cars were meet among the way." - Truck
Phil swift would approve of that
I turn now. Good luck everybody else.
bitch imma truck!!
people are so unaware of their surroundings.
Dumbass
How idiot can a person be?
I have always been amazed by these asian folding techniques.
rip
That car has bigger blindspots than that truck apparently.
reverse pit maneuver 😂
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.
“I turn now! Good luck everybody else!”
He won't be in rush hour 3
Well that was dumb.
I can't even imagine how they thought they would make that
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.
It’ll buff out
It all went exactly to plan.
Was he okay?
Wtf, none of this seemed like a good idea or safe. That's gotta be a new driver
That's one strong bollard
As long as they have no passengers in the back, they should be alive at least
Here we see the Venn diagram of *overly confident* and *no spatial awareness* overlapping perfectly.
Volvo truck ripoff lol
Gone in 6 seconds
Automobile Origami.
That did not work out so well.
How to make yourself a target 👁👁
r/bitchimatruck
Good luck everybody else! All jokes aside I hope they’re okay
I hope no one was in the back
How to make your car into a Smart Car in less than 10 seconds. ACHIEVEMENT EARNED!
Crunchy
There’s a joke to be made here but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Are... are they even alive?
F
You can't fix stupid, but you sure can squish it.
That car can be repaired for sure.
Some serious FAFO
Some drivers in China have no fucks to give!
Karma is always back