Posted on 06/19/2014 2:31:19 PM PDT by nascarnation
It’s been an important part of who knows how many stunt-filled car movies: the jump over the car carrier. Now, thanks to alcohol, we know how it would work in real life.
The official report is surprisingly free of words like “bad-ass” and “awesome” but some news stories on the incident do contain the word “impaired”. This is pretty much how I always figured a jump over a car hauler would work. Unlike bicycle or motorcycle stunt jumping, the rotation of a car that’s doing a big jump is set entirely by the conditions of launch and can’t be changed by the actions of the driver post-launch. We can chalk this one up as another case of unibody SUVs being surprisingly safe. I mean, can you imagine making a jump like this in a BOF SUV? Don’t worry, I won’t make you imagine it.
I guess that, as soul singer Keith Sweat would say, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it.
And the KHP report https://www.accesskansas.org/ssrv-khp-crashlogs/display.do?log=2014-008253
All righty then.
I guess I can scratch that off my bucket list.
Well that isn’t like in the movies at all.
Hold my beer and watch this!
Sure wasn’t!
Why did he keep telling the Chinese guy to empty his bowels?
I laughed at your line. My Wife just rolled her eyes.
Why did he keep telling the Chinese guy to empty his bowels?
Wasn’t that the name of one of the flight crew of that Asian air liner that recently crashed? Pilot’s name was Sum Ting Wong if I remember correctly.
That's ok. I'm used to it. My wife rolls her eyes alot at things I say
It’s people like him who keep people like you in business.
Bang Ding Ow.
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