Who Makes The Sturdier Vehicle?
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meaneyedcatz
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Salt water salvage at its finest.
We've got phones in our cop cars.
The person riding the bicycle should have been looking behind when they backed. Larry
That's those hard compound tires.
SW MP15
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My Grand Pappy always said, you can give a idiot a anvil and a rubber mallet and he'll tear up the anvil every time!
We've got phones in our cop cars.
For a phone booth to do that much damage you'd think Clark Kent was using it at the time...
But the crumple zone did its job. Passenger compartment appears undamaged.
For a phone booth to do that much damage you'd think Clark Kent was using it at the time...
But the crumple zone did its job. Passenger compartment appears undamaged.
All except for the engine now being rear mounted.
The Government now requires all Bicycles to have back up cameras and collision warning radar.
There are some nasty bikes out there:
rburg
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And the cop didn't even spill his coffee. He did exhibit the common sense to finish his doughnut before exiting his now totaled vehicle.
BUFF
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
I stopped at a traffic accident a couple of months ago. A fellow in a Toyota Avalon rear-ended an about 1963-1964 Ford Galaxie that was parked on the side of the road to display for sale. Older guy had fallen asleep, he thought, and hit the big old Ford squarely on the rear end. Looked like the Toyota pushed the Ford about 10 feet. The Toyota was smashed in right up to the firewall and the roof had buckled slightly but the airbag deployed, the passenger compartment was intact and the driver wasn't hurt except for minor lacerations and some oncoming bruising from the airbag.
I knew one of the officers who showed up and we hadn't seen each other for a couple of years. We chatted while the wrecker loaded up the clearly totaled Avalon. The old Ford owner had been called and arrived and was asked if he wanted them to call a wrecker for him, but he said, let's wait until the Toyota is removed and see how bad it is. When the wrecker pulled the Toyota back from and out from under the Ford, the only damage to it was some fresh scratches in the huge steel chrome bumper. The bumper, the truck-like steel frame and the trailer hitch had done their job.
Amazing how occupant safety has evolved from resisting damage from big mass and steel to good engineering.
Still, I'll take a new big car over a new small car any day.
I knew one of the officers who showed up and we hadn't seen each other for a couple of years. We chatted while the wrecker loaded up the clearly totaled Avalon. The old Ford owner had been called and arrived and was asked if he wanted them to call a wrecker for him, but he said, let's wait until the Toyota is removed and see how bad it is. When the wrecker pulled the Toyota back from and out from under the Ford, the only damage to it was some fresh scratches in the huge steel chrome bumper. The bumper, the truck-like steel frame and the trailer hitch had done their job.
Amazing how occupant safety has evolved from resisting damage from big mass and steel to good engineering.
Still, I'll take a new big car over a new small car any day.
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My dad (and grand dad) always said something pretty similar. Every time I damaged or destroyed something it was...
"Boy, I swear you could tear up a cannon ball with nothing but a rubber hammer!"
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About 20 years ago my wife was taking the granddaughter to school in the 84' 300 DS MB. Was hit in the rear by a Toyota, Totaled the Toyota and they paid us for the dent in the MB bumper....
Squarebutt
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I've told the story before, but we still chuckle about it. My son's first car was a '77 Impala e bought from his friend's grandmother. Like you always hear about, it had about 50,000 miles in 20+ years. One day a speeder tried to make a quick left across his path and lost. The Honda Civic was totaled and he got a ticket. My son and I bolted a fresh fender from the junkyard on the Chevy and he drove it for a few more years. I wanted to paint a red ball Japanese flag with a stripe through it on the odd fender, but he nixed it.
Next time you think you're having trouble parking, think of this one: Woman runs over $300,000 Ferrari in terrible attempt at leaving a parking spot - The Washington Post
Next time you think you're having trouble parking, think of this one: Woman runs over $300,000 Ferrari in terrible attempt at leaving a parking spot - The Washington Post
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