10' Camaro SS vs. a pole...
 

Ouch ! I guess the driver walked away, at least from what I have read so far...:wow:

Jason

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...o_ss_crash.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...ro_crash_3.jpg
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...ro_crash_2.jpg

Damn, that makes me cringe. Hope it's true that the driver walked away.

I bet pick a part get this one money maker!!!!!!:willy:

thats one hell of an oops

WOW! Hope there was only the driver in the car and that they really did walk away! :wow:

Had to be moving at a good clip to do this right, like 45+ mph?

I'd be sympathetic --- but it's obvious that this happened "in town" -- and the driver had to be hammering it pretty hard to dang near cut the car in half lengthwise....

I hope he/she "walked away" (doubtful without some hospital time) and learned something from it...

I sent them to Alex - maybe he'll learn something from the photos -- and not be involved in the real thing!

That appears to be a pretty stout steel pole. a lot of force over a small area=car cut in two. Speed may not have been all that high. There also appears to be snow/ice around so there may have been no effective braking, either.

Rob --

It's FLAT -- and if there is a traction issue, as in, lack of traction, then this person should have been going even SLOWER than they obviously were....?? :yes:

No way that car gets that damaged at 30 or 40 mph??

I'm not defending anyone here Greg, gee whiz.

Was just pointing out that the difference between what a 5" round steel pole can sometimes do, and what a typical 12-14" diameter wood utility pole typically does, can sometimes be quite dramatic in terms of cutting effect, etc.