234 points

Looks like they backed over it, laying the pole down, then drove forward, poking the pole through the undercarriage and standing it back up.

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No, that bollard didn’t budge. She backed into it fast enough to shoot the SUV straight up the bollard, it clears the bumper, and BAM! — the SUV dropped down on the bollard. That bumper should have crumpled, but it was rugged and rounded enough to deflect the impact downward or, equal and opposite reaction, send the vehicle upward. Traffic bollards are still tough enough to stand up to SUVs, but not tall enough to be seen by the drivers.

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but not tall enough to be seen by the drivers

They’re the height of a child and also high-vis yellow. You need More Proof someone’s not paying enough attention to pilot 2 tonnes of metal?

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14 points

someone’s not paying enough attention

That’s one way of looking at it.

Another would be, its evidence of bad vehicle design & inadequate visibility from the driver’s seat.

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12 points

One thing to note is that if the vehicle being driven wasn’t an SUV, that bollard would have easily been seen through the rear view mirror. Looks like the bollard is ‘just’ low enough to stop below the top of the rear seats. SUVs bad.

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This is the right answer. Bollards made of concrete and steel are designed to stop cars. There is no elasticity in that bollard. If she bent it, it would’ve stayed bent.

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Check the bottom of the bollard, it looks visible damaged where it meets the ground, like it had bent backwards towards the camera.

I think the OP is right. It wouldn’t need elasticity; it got bent down just far enough for the back end of the car to ride up on it, then when they pulled forward it dragged the bollard upright, at which point it punched through the floor.

My guess is the metal had begun to rust where it meets the ground, and then some freeze thaw cycles crumbled the concrete, leaving it weak right where it meets the ground.

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23 points

How fast was she supposed to be to jump up at least a meter, come to a dead stop, drop down… but have no more than a scratch on the impact zone?

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First, I didn’t say it came to a dead stop before it dropped. I think the impalement killed its momentum. Second, fast probably wasn’t the right word, but she hit the gas hard enough to climb that bollard. I was thinking she just plowed into it, but she might’ve backed into it slowly, got stopped, didn’t know why, then pressed down harder on the gas. That would explain the minimal impact.

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My guess is it wasn’t speed. It’s probably an all-wheel drive car and the front wheels are really close to the front.

So a stubborn driver could tap the bollard, get mad their car stopped, then after contact hit the gas hard and ride up the bollard while still keeping traction on the front wheels because they’re never pushed off the ground. The bumper would take less damage because after the first push most of the motion is upward.

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dropped down on the bollard.

I wasn’t expecting to see another example of, ‘impaled by bollard,’ but at least it’s an inanimate object this time. 😬

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Oooh, I like your answer better.

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Oh good eye, I think you’re right especially from the paint on the bumper

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So reversing the car should flatten the ballard again and get the car free? Or maybe the ballard only went to an acute angle and lifted the car up till the ballard poked through a weak point in the frame. Either way she’s reversed into it at a decent speed…and then completed her yoga class before calling for help.

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I mean… Theoretically if she had a strong enough drive train, and the car was overall very heavy, she could absolutely back up again.

However, given the height of the bollard vs the ground clearance of the undercarriage, I believe it would pinch the bumper downward and possibly prevent the car from going anywhere. It depends on how strong the bumper materials are, and if anything from the frame is in the way.

Source: my ass, but it’s my best guess based on studying more crashes than I care to count.

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I believe you are right except I don’t think the pole moved at all. The ground seems in disturbed. And typically they are made to withstand being hit by a car. So more likely they backed up so fast that it sent the rear up on top of the pole and then just came crashing down on it.

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Great point, I didn’t look closely enough, it seems.

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Thank you for posting this. Until I read your summary, I thought it was a yoga mat that had somehow escaped from inside the trunk and was completely flummoxed.

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Yup. That’s the only way this could have worked. Unless the car was jumped off a ramp first, Knight Rider style.

As @qooqie pointed out, the paint transfer on the bumper supports your theory.

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1 point

That’s what she said!

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135 points

She did the Picard maneuver I think

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(Couldn’t find one with Riker driving, but close enough)

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I once had the pleasure of witnessing someone flood their engine in a perfectly dry parking lot.

They drove over a curb and fire hydrant. The curb popped them up enough to land their engine compartment firmly onto the hydrant.

It’s pretty amazing how much air you can catch from even small obstacles.

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It’s pretty amazing how much air you can catch from even small obstacles

This is why games like GTA don’t have realistic physics.

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3 points

True. GTA would be nothing but rollover crashes.

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90 points

A reverse image search shows this picture posted on several tweets in the last month. Safe to say, this guy made up a story and probably doesn’t have a wife.

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I feel like these kinds of liars are sad egotists. Not because they made up a story, but they made up a story that painted them a hero, and the other person being an absolute buffoon. Even more frequent is the “dumb wife” or “idiot girlfriend” trope.

These made up stories like this is all they have in their depressing little lives.

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I believe the technical term is “deflecting blame” or “being a cowardly jackass.” They’re pretty interchangable.

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20 points

ok maybe the wife part is false but someone still got into this predicament somehow?? these pics aren’t AI generated…

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17 points

Looks like they backed into it from the paint rubbed off on the bumper. Probably going too fast in reverse and rode up on the pole, getting on top of it. Once on top the weight of the car forced the pole through the floor of the car.

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More likely - backed over it, pushed it over, pulling it out of the ground a bit, until they got far enough over it that the top was behind the bumper, then finally noticed something was wrong and tried to pull forward again, which started pulling the post upright again… All the more impressive because they would have been doing it slowly, and giving the car gas to overcome the extra resistance…

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3 points

that seems to be the case yes but… that pole is really though so that’s insane!

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9 points

He just wanted a “let’s make a woman look stupid” story

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1 point

Those women right guys? Always going to yoga and crashing cars!

fucking boomers

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1 point

Are all the tweets about this same story?

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67 points

Remember, when you hear a crunch of your car hitting something just double down and add more throttle. Only a pussy would stop and asses the situation.

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3 points

Apparently with automatic cars people can sometimes confuse the accelerator with the break? Maybe this is one of those cases…

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4 points

Or confuse the break with the brake

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Thankfully the only injuries were to grammar nazis

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