What did she do like drive up it until it pierced the car?
For her new car the husband suggested a vintage Pinto.
His wife had Frank pick her up cause she couldn't resist backing up on that long, hard pole.
I would imagine she got into this situation through careful use of Photoshop.
I once had the pleasure of witnessing someone flood their engine in a perfectly dry parking lot.
They drove over a curb and fire hydrant. The curb popped them up enough to land their engine compartment firmly onto the hydrant.
It’s pretty amazing how much air you can catch from even small obstacles.
It’s pretty amazing how much air you can catch from even small obstacles
This is why games like GTA don't have realistic physics.
That one's a little taller, but still; I turned while backing out into one of these concrete barriers that was impossible to see from within the car because it was only 2 or 3 ft. tall. Crushed the bumper in my case, and it was my fault, but still: fuck the people who make these difficult-to-see barriers in parking areas.
This thing is like 4+ foot tall and bright yellow. You need to learn how to park safely and be aware of your surroundings. It's all you.
Thank god nothing else is 2 or 3 feet tall and bad to back over
It builds character!
I did something similar one time. I was maneuvering around a cleared lot in a work truck and I drove over a tree trunk that was hidden by tall grass. The bumper slid up over the stump and then dropped down on the other side, trapping the truck. Had a hell of a time getting the truck jacked up high enough to get it back over.
Looks like they backed over it, laying the pole down, then drove forward, poking the pole through the undercarriage and standing it back up.
No, that bollard didn’t budge. She backed into it fast enough to shoot the SUV straight up the bollard, it clears the bumper, and BAM! — the SUV dropped down on the bollard. That bumper should have crumpled, but it was rugged and rounded enough to deflect the impact downward or, equal and opposite reaction, send the vehicle upward. Traffic bollards are still tough enough to stand up to SUVs, but not tall enough to be seen by the drivers.
Oooh, I like your answer better.
dropped down on the bollard.
I wasn't expecting to see another example of, 'impaled by bollard,' but at least it's an inanimate object this time. 😬
Thank you for posting this. Until I read your summary, I thought it was a yoga mat that had somehow escaped from inside the trunk and was completely flummoxed.
Oh good eye, I think you’re right especially from the paint on the bumper
So reversing the car should flatten the ballard again and get the car free? Or maybe the ballard only went to an acute angle and lifted the car up till the ballard poked through a weak point in the frame. Either way she's reversed into it at a decent speed.....and then completed her yoga class before calling for help.
I believe you are right except I don't think the pole moved at all. The ground seems in disturbed. And typically they are made to withstand being hit by a car. So more likely they backed up so fast that it sent the rear up on top of the pole and then just came crashing down on it.
Great point, I didn't look closely enough, it seems.
Yup. That's the only way this could have worked. Unless the car was jumped off a ramp first, Knight Rider style.
As @qooqie pointed out, the paint transfer on the bumper supports your theory.
That’s what she said!
My ex-wife regularly damaged my truck. My favorite was when she managed to drive it onto a tree stump such that it was resting on the axle with only two wheels contacting the ground.
At least I had it better than this guy.
This is why I'm the only person who drives my truck.
She did the Picard maneuver I think
More like a vehicular version of the Riker maneuver.
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First time I've seen somebody need to jack off a car.
Remember, when you hear a crunch of your car hitting something just double down and add more throttle. Only a pussy would stop and asses the situation.
Apparently with automatic cars people can sometimes confuse the accelerator with the break? Maybe this is one of those cases...
Or confuse the break with the brake
I'm going to guess she ran it over backing up and then when the car was over the pole, she drove forward and the pole went straight up and went through the trunk flooring.
Anyone have any thoughts?
barrel roll
Wild Card!
Nope... I'm not buying it...
Reverse and hit the bollard, bending it, the bollard goes under the car and the owner realise the fuckup and try to go forward, the bollard that stuck under the car is now hooked and then bend upward, piercing the car.
Looking at the second picture, the base of the bollard is rusted and bended and seems hollow, and the plastic part of the car is warped. There's a bend mark on the bumper, she must've force it through even though the car doesn't seems to move. Average SUV driver if you ask me.
My analysis exactly.
To me it feels fake.
Especially the description sounds like a teenager is trying to build up tension in a story. Real people don't talk like that.
To be honest, the text somehow manages to even more forced and photoshopped than the actual photo (which probably is shopped as well.)
(Edit: I realized I have red shift enabled on my screen so I'm probably totally unfair to the photo.)
The photo could be real. I've seen things like that in person. The story is dumb teenage bullshit like you say though.
there's yellow paint and an indent on the back of the car, in the path of the bollard, which looks quite real to me and feels like a lot of effort to go into for an internet post
edit: now that i think about it some more, and look closer, i'm gonna wager that they did really hit the bollard and maybe fucked up the car, but they then posed things to fake the bollard going through the car. It's convenient how the first photo hides the base of the bollard and the area where it would pierce the car, and the second one could quite easily be two separate photos with the middle of the bollard erased to match the outline of the car's rear.
She thought she was on GTA6
