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2008 Smart ForTwo IIHS Crash Test Results In, Little Tyke Did "Good"
Although we've already seen the NHTSA crash tests and the leaked IIHS test video, the official Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash test results are finally in for the 2008 Smart ForTwo. It turns out the little bugger did pretty well. IIHS awarded the micro-machine its highest rating of "Good" for front and side crash protection, and an "Acceptable" rating for seat and head restraint performance in rear-end crashes. Mounting evidence like yesterday's Smart pinball challenge and this IIHS result is proving that yes, Joe American, the ForTwo is a real car that won't crumple like a tin can in a low-speed or mid-speed crash. Full results and crash images on page two.More »
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Smart ForTwo Punted By Delivery Truck, Returned By Van
Commenter and confusion artist extraordinaire Polar has dropped a set of pictures into our lap of the ultimate expression of Smart ForTwo v.More »
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When Ferrari-Smashing Parking Attendants Attack
Continuing our Monday morning Ferrari smash-up meme, check out this Ferrari 575M spotted in L.A. looking like it was taken for a Ferris Bueller-style valet joyride. Unlike the mileage run-up in the movie, this 575M seems to have come back in a noticeably more Cameron Frye-like state of wellness. We'd hoped that Audi A8 from Brooklyn was a mere isolated instance of parking valet hoonage, but perhaps this incident demonstrates it can happen no matter the 'merican coast. Oh, and by the way, although we've got absolutely no proof parking attendants were the cause of this catastrophic waste of good Italian metal, we've also got absolutely no proof they weren't the cause. Take that, journalistic standards! [Hat tip to Anthony!]
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Brilliance BS4 Barrel Rolls Down Hill, Driver Not Obliterated
After the soda can performance of a Brilliance BS6 in a German test, the crash survival of drivers in a Brilliance car was assumed to be heavily based on divine intervention. The driver of this BS4 seems to have tested those limits after crashing through a guard rail at 60 MPH and rolling over twice going downa hill. Aside from destroying the car, the driver walked away with nothing more than seat belt bruising. We're impressed with the quality of that front wheel casting almost as much as this guy's survival.[China Car Times via WCF]
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manhoonhood, but for this Aussie boy, it may be a while before he will fully appreciate the accomplishment of crashing his dad's Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, though never being able to see daylight may accelerate that process.
[via AOL] Hat Tip to Andy and Matt!
Aussie Son Crashes Daddy's Ferrari 360CS
It's happened time and time again, and it will continue to happen until the end of days. A jumpy teenager has a crazy idea, perhaps induced by peer-pressure, to sneak the old man's car out for a late night joyride. As Jalops, we've likely all put ourselves in such a situation. In retrospect, we're able to look back at it as a right of passage into[via AOL] Hat Tip to Andy and Matt!
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Ayrton Senna's Last Lap
It was 14 years ago to the day that this world lost Ayrton Senna. More »
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Jackknifed Truck Spills Load Of Jello, Billy Cosby Sheds Lone Tear
When first responders made it to the scene of a flipped truck in St. John's County, Florida, they probably thought the worst. The interstate was covered with blood, gelatinous blood. Oh, the humanity! Wait. Blood isn't usually gelatinous. It's Jello. And not just any Jello, that's a truckload of strawberry snack packs. Oh, the hilarity! Well, maybe not so much hilarity for the driver who flipped the truck. He's in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is likely to face charges when he recovers. A semi-driver passing through the area noted that it was a delicious smelling accident. Conveniently, two busloads of elementary students returning from a day spent visiting the oldest wooden schoolhouse were trapped behind the accident and were able to clear the scene. [First Coast News via Motive Forums]
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It's not easy being a stuntman on the set of the new James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace." If you'll remember, earlier this week we told you about that stunt driver taking Bond's Aston Martin DBS into the drink (and the subsequent video aftermath) in what's being described as a highly dangerous "delivery-related" stunt. Now they've seen another car accident. Although this time it wasn't the DBS, it was double trouble as two of the men all about stunts were involved. Reportedly,
Second Car Accident Befalls Bond Film Stuntmen
It's not easy being a stuntman on the set of the new James Bond movie, "Quantum of Solace." If you'll remember, earlier this week we told you about that stunt driver taking Bond's Aston Martin DBS into the drink (and the subsequent video aftermath) in what's being described as a highly dangerous "delivery-related" stunt. Now they've seen another car accident. Although this time it wasn't the DBS, it was double trouble as two of the men all about stunts were involved. Reportedly, "the accident happened when the car used by two stuntmen rammed into a filming lorry and then into a wall on set near the picturesque Lake Garda in northern Italy..."More »
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"I don't like helicopters. I've only been in one once, and it crashed."
That's the first thing I remember saying, as the paramedic was strapping me to the back board. Apparently my argument worked because they decided to cancel the air lift and take me to the hospital by ambulance instead.
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So I Crashed A Motorcycle...
"I don't like helicopters. I've only been in one once, and it crashed."That's the first thing I remember saying, as the paramedic was strapping me to the back board. Apparently my argument worked because they decided to cancel the air lift and take me to the hospital by ambulance instead.
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Crash Avoidance Technology Only "Kind of" Works, Says IIHS
The Institute for Highway Safety has concluded a study that shows the crash avoidance technology like blind-spot sensors, forward collision automatic braking, lane-departure warnings, emergency brake assistance and adaptive headlights won't significantly help prevent fatal car crashes and it is mostly due to the drivers. So much for PReVENT. The study shows that the crash-avoidance technology won't be cared about and ignored by the drivers. They technology also causes the drivers to be more reckless and careless while driving. More »
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It was a rough day for a pair of waste workers in Ynysybwl, Wales. They were picking up recycling bags on the top of a hill in the tiny village when their truck mysteriously went out of control. The driver was in the runaway rig as it suddenly accelerated down the hill and towards a school bus. Luckily, he was able to wrestle the heavy, plastic bottle-laden dump truck out of the way of certain charges of manslaughter. Unfortunately, after missing the bus, the driver and his vehicle managed to run through an Audi A4 convertible, a rover wagon, a white van and at least two Ford Kas before ending up nose-first in a garage.
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Runaway Recycling Truck Creates Havoc In Welsh Town, No Vowels Damaged
It was a rough day for a pair of waste workers in Ynysybwl, Wales. They were picking up recycling bags on the top of a hill in the tiny village when their truck mysteriously went out of control. The driver was in the runaway rig as it suddenly accelerated down the hill and towards a school bus. Luckily, he was able to wrestle the heavy, plastic bottle-laden dump truck out of the way of certain charges of manslaughter. Unfortunately, after missing the bus, the driver and his vehicle managed to run through an Audi A4 convertible, a rover wagon, a white van and at least two Ford Kas before ending up nose-first in a garage.More »
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Hoon Of The Day: 1967 Camaro + Wall = Compact Car
It takes a lot of work to build your very own, custom 1967 Camaro drag racer. Though accidentally crashing it doesn't necessarily make you a hoon, taping it from multiple angles and putting the outcome in a video that's book-ended by before-and-after shots is awesome. While the driver and the camera come out of the unfortunate incident without much in the way of damage, the poor Camaro comes out Corolla-sized.[YouTube via Edmunds]
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Runaway Car Knocks New Zealand Man Off Toilet, Ruins Reader's Digest
A man in Christchurch, New Zealand was enjoying his evening porcelain meditation when all of a sudden he had an unexpected visitor in the form of a four-wheel-drive truck (not pictured). Let this be an important lesson that, when parking on a hill, you need to engage that handbrake properly. Also, don't put your bathroom on the bottom of thirty-foot-long hill. Police said the vehicle belonged to a contractor next door who was a little displeased to find out that said truck was suddenly parked in someone else's house. Our favorite part below the jump. More »
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60-Car Pileup On Austrian Autobahn
The good folks at CarDomain were kind enough to point us to another example of vehicular destruction today. As if we hadn't already had our fill with that crushed Nissan GT-R in Malaysia and the toppled Genesis sedans. Maybe we're just starting to feel a little bit dangerously destructive these days. Who knows. Anyway, there was a 60-car pileup on a motorway near Seewalchen, Austria today. One dead, 30 injured. And look, there's video for all you sick fucks to enjoy. I'm going to go and open a new bottle of scotch. And no, not the good stuff — the real rot-gut, twist up your insides kind that you buy for cheap at the bodega down the street. Yeah, it's just that kind of a day. [MSNBC via CarDomain]
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Ohio Men Crash Into Safe Insurance
Safe happens. Two Ohio men were injured Tuesday when the Jaguar XJ12 they were racing against another vehicle "at more than 100mph" crashed into the brick storefront of Safe Auto Insurance of Whitehall, Ohio. It's not currently known, but is thought unlikely, that the men were insured through Safe Insurance. [Via The Columbus Dispatch]Photography credit: foundphotoslj
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A horrific crash involving at least 200 vehicles occurred this morning on the highway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. At least six people were killed, it's unclear how many were injured. Several of the vehicles caught fire after the series of crashes, which are being attributed to the heavy fog. Speaking to the Gulf News, a German crash victim said, "The accident was a combination of fog and people using their hazard lights. After the crash I looked behind and people were yelling and screaming." Due to the dense fog, helicopters were unable to evacuate victims for two and a half hours. The accident caused extensive traffic jams.
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200 Car Pile-Up Takes Place In UAE
A horrific crash involving at least 200 vehicles occurred this morning on the highway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. At least six people were killed, it's unclear how many were injured. Several of the vehicles caught fire after the series of crashes, which are being attributed to the heavy fog. Speaking to the Gulf News, a German crash victim said, "The accident was a combination of fog and people using their hazard lights. After the crash I looked behind and people were yelling and screaming." Due to the dense fog, helicopters were unable to evacuate victims for two and a half hours. The accident caused extensive traffic jams.More »
