Smart car crushed

[nemelek]

Saw this on a recent email.

[Loren]

The crushed car has 5-lug wheels.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Loren

The crushed car has 5-lug wheels.

+1

Mentally unfolding it, seems a lot moe metal than a smart...

Sandwiched between two heavy-ass trucks like that, I doubt even a Hummer would fare so much better...

[The Architect]

haha fial.

[GeneW]

See here at 0:21...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clhIce8hteY


Gene

[GeneW]

Wonder if the Operator was paying enough attention to the world around them?

Of course sometimes you don't get enough time....

[Bob Dog]

I guess that what happens when you drive a fashion accessory...

[Loren]

If this is the photo I think it is, it made the rounds 2-3 years ago and the car was found to be a VW of some sort.

[hachi-roku_fan]

That big rig driver should be put in jail in the vid. He was going waaaay too fast

[JumpmanYaris]

That is not a Smart Car

[tuckevalastin]

an interesting side note...

the amount of lug nuts
amount of metal in the car
fashionability of the car
make of the car
speed limit
as well as a similar video

were all posted before any mention of the obvious loss of life by the car's driver

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

an interesting side note...


were all posted before any mention of the obvious loss of life by the car's driver

.....was that because of a "lack of compassion" or an understated sense of horror that nobody wanted to discuss?

Apparently you've never been around a death scene? Nobody talks about the dead person because nobody wants to bring the horror to the forefront.

Gene

[tuckevalastin]

Originally Posted by GeneW

.....was that because of a "lack of compassion" or an understated sense of horror that nobody wanted to discuss?

Apparently you've never been around a death scene? Nobody talks about the dead person because nobody wants to bring the horror to the forefront.

Gene

I've been around death scenes and I assure you I didn't spend my time there arguing over what type of car the person was driving and I didn't forget that someone lost their life.. so that's a moot point.

I'm not saying everyone should have spoke about the loss of life and nothing else, in fact I was interested in the dispelling of the Smart car myth here. I'm just pointing out that it is interesting that the point of death wasn't even brought up.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by tuckevalastin

I've been around death scenes and I assure you I didn't spend my time there arguing over what type of car the person was driving and I didn't forget that someone lost their life.. so that's a moot point.

I'm not saying everyone should have spoke about the loss of life and nothing else, in fact I was interested in the dispelling of the Smart car myth here. I'm just pointing out that it is interesting that the point of death wasn't even brought up.

I avoid accidents like the plague. Where I saw death was during "Medical Misadventures" when people crashed and then coded during dialysis procedures. We didn't discuss death, we called it names like "hairball" or "loss". There is a huge amount of superstition in chronic care.

For example, I was forbidden to run in the back areas of most dialysis clinics because people running meant that someone had coded. They would not even say the word "Code" in many cases because it was thought to "bring bad luck". Code is also a term for computer programming, so imagine the potential for hard feelings.

So for me to "ignore" death is natural.

Is there a myth about Smart Cars? I did not know of such a thing, though I guess I cannot be blamed for that lack. Anything made by Mercedes Benz is going to be expensive to buy and cost a lot to maintain, so I ignored it.

Gene

[Loren]

Some things go without saying.

[SilverBack]

If it wasn't a subcompact then, it is now

[Bob Dog]

Rather astounding to reflect on the fact that there must have been human beings in that crushed mass of metal. The shear amount of metal and the width and design of the spokes on the visable rim strongly suggest that it its not a Smart, note the 5 lug pattern clearly viewable with slight enlargement.

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Bob Dog

Rather astounding to reflect on the fact that there must have been human beings in that crushed mass of metal.

Compacting people along with junk cars was once a favorite way to dispose of murder victims. A machine that can turn a full sized auto into a cube "the size of a coffee table" won't have much trouble with a person.

There used to be a "joke" in some places, such as at "Tube City" in Pittsburgh (a huge manufacturer of seamless pipe who used scrap metals) of some workers removing their hats while a truckload of cubed cars passed on by, to show "respect for the dead".

Gene