I had forgotten, but was reminded by a comment at the Reddit thread, that this was the type of accident that took Jayne Mansfield's life.
Related: Auto impalement by steel bars and by a pine tree. And why highway guard rails have end caps.
Photo below the break...
Regarding Mansfield, I'd heard that the red- and white-striped bar that projects below the rear bumper on semi-trucks is nicknamed a "Mansfield bar" as it's meant to stop the type of accident that took her life.
ReplyDeleteAnd, now I see I've just repeated what the Reddit link said.
ReplyDeleteFor anyone else who is doing what I did and is reading the comments to gauge how 'bad' the picture is, it's very evocative without being gory. While upsetting, it's probably won't make you queasy.
ReplyDeleteAnd I wish I could make a comment about tailgators getting what they deserve but there's some question as to the driver's physical/mental state.
Wow, so someone who tailgates deserves...this gory scene? Unless, of course, they are mentally unstable.
DeleteNot the original poster, but supposedly the driver was potentially unconscious, and that's what they were referring to. In support of their "tailgaters getting what they deserve" comment; hell yes, tailgaters, distracted drivers, texting while driving, etc deserve the darwin award waiting for them... the innocents they hurt by their actions, however don't deserve to be dragged down by their stupidity.
DeleteMy wife was on the way to her prom and the truck ahead of them was carrying logs, all the truck swerved and slammed to a stop and logs came spraying out trapping them in a pile of logs scattered on the road with a broken windshield, luckily no one was hurt very much at all; a foot or two in any direction and I wouldn't have the story about my wife on her way to the prom as we never would have met.
ReplyDeleteI feel for everyone involved in the photo-incident posted above.