BMW vs Buick

fbonatto · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2005, 07:37 PM

Thank god no alfa was involved or that anyone got seriously injured. I was at the scene of this today and felt like posting. It appears that the buick ran the stop sign.

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JudgeDredd · #2 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 01:11 PM

Looks like the Buick won. Ouch, maybe nobody won that one.

**italcarguy** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 01:16 PM

judge,

you crack me up! i love your new signature although. mine looks like it'd be about the same. i dunno about your cars though....

Aghevli · #4 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 01:35 PM

fbonatto,

Are you also one of those guys I'm always stuck behind who slows down to a near stop at the sight of an auto accident?

johnei · #5 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 02:13 PM

I read some article saying your brain slows down when seeing pictures of porn or of gore. It apparently has a sort of processing bottleneck because its either trying to figure out - am I gonna get some or get it? (depending on what you're seeing obviously). So that's one of the reasons why people slow down at accidents.

fbonatto · #6 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aghevli

fbonatto,

Are you also one of those guys I'm always stuck behind who slows down to a near stop at the sight of an auto accident?

JudgeDredd · #7 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by italcarguy

judge,

you crack me up! i love your new signature although. mine looks like it'd be about the same. i dunno about your cars though....

series1gtv · #8 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 04:45 PM

No offense fbonatto, but I don't think this stuff is really a good use of the BB.

Jeff

BKCowGod · #9 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 08:21 PM

Jeff - Maybe it should have been in the offtopic instead of picture room, but I actually find it somewhat interesting. I have a book called "Car Crashes and other Disasters" that shows 40's wrecks a lot less violent than this one that ended in multiple fatalities. I like seeing how modern cars treat themselves and their occupants. That applies to all drivers.

fbonatto · #10 (**permalink**) 10-05-2005, 08:26 PM

I also posted because of how interesting and well designed i found the crumple zone of the BMW to be. Both were EXTREMLY lucky to be in such safe cars. If the BMW driver was in another car he would have probably been killed. The buick was a bit iffy because it hit towards the front of the car but obviously the impact beams in the door may have pretecter her legs from being crushed. As he said, this is relevant to drivers in general.

Alfa Hopper · #11 (**permalink**) 10-06-2005, 08:14 AM

Not to hijack the thread, but Judge, I'd have to put Manuela at the top of my list. Stunning.

HOP

th0th · #12 (**permalink**) 10-06-2005, 09:37 AM

bellucci, definitely:

oh yeah....

Aldehyde · #13 (**permalink**) 10-06-2005, 09:49 AM

Everyone has a morbid curiosity and likes to see smashed up cars - That's why NASCAR is so succeful! A-OH!

But just don't forget that people were in there, and while they were ok this time, many times there is an extreme amount of pain that goes along with accidents.