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    Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/22/09

    In reply to Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam
    Car Chess. Black Pawn takes out White Pawn en passant! Whump!
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    Image of ppiddy ppiddy
    09/22/09

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    Amazing how fast that happens.

    Where are all the commenters who always post about how all accidents can be avoided if you stay off your cell phone and how 1950's safety tech is just fine as long as you're a defensive driver?
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    09/22/09

    In reply to Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam
    There is surprisingly little damage to the front of the rental car. I wonder if the driver had time to brake before hitting the the (sideways) oncoming car. Thank goodness neither one was an x frame.

    BTW, how did the oncoming car manage to get sideways while on a relatively straight road?
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was starred Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm was unstarred
    Image of wacopaco wacopaco
    09/22/09

    @Tiberiuswise: Tokyo Drift
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/23/09

    @Tiberiuswise: Blowout?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/22/09

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    What's going on with the back of that van? Why doesn't it have a rear wheel? Or wheelwell?
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    09/22/09

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    So Japanese rental cars are outfitted with dash cams?
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment Jagvar was starred Jagvar was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/23/09

    @Jagvar: Yeah, that really is sorta creepy.
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    Image of Maxximtl Maxximtl
    09/22/09

    In reply to Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam
    Glad to hear everyone was O.Kei
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    09/22/09

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    Wow, that shows that sometimes there's just no way of avoiding an accident. It's kind of scary. I can just imagine the pucker factor involved when the driver noticed that thing flying towards him.

    Am I correct that the van seems to have lost its wheel? I wonder if that's what caused it to lose control.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    09/22/09

    @MaWeiTao: Hubcap.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/22/09

    @Mr.chophopperz: Looks like it loses its front hubcap just before impact (as it crosses the barrier) but to me it looks like the rear tire is gone (though the rear hubcap is still there).
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/22/09

    In reply to Head-On Crash Caught On Dash Cam
    It's bad when you can see it coming but can't possibly react fast enough and have your vehicle respond quickly enough, to avoid it.

    Unpleasant, but the saving grace of this was the van coming over the "barrier", large-diameter city-titties, the giant, metal ones, would have been more of a deterrent, BTW, kinda sideways, so it was a tangental head-on. It was much like a very high-speed T-bone, but the 'boned' vehicle was hit in the front half, not the middle.

    Still, not something I'd like to experience.

    This goes to show just how fast things go from utterly, almost depressingly, normal to holy-shit-we're-gonna-die abnormal.
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    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    09/22/09

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    I feel that perhaps they've failed to understand the full meaning of "barrier" when constructing this highway.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    09/22/09

    @DrewTweetsToo: They were expecting politeness and honor to cover all possibilities, but that has failed.

    I'm certain there's a civil engineer spilling his viscera all over his office floor right now. Shame!
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    09/22/09

    @DrewTweetsToo: Exactly! That was a huge stretch of highway on a curve no less with nothing but a little curb to deter something like this?

    Major Civil Engineering fail
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