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.
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?
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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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.
I believe that all cars sold in the US since 2016 have been required to have back-up cameras.
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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.
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.
Yeah there's not nearly enough damage to the back of the car for it to have hit so hard as to launch it into the air. Plus you can see yellow paint on the ground where the bollard was clearly laid over. OP is right.
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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?
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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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. 😬
Oooh, I like your answer better.
Oh good eye, I think you’re right especially from the paint on the bumper
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 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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She did the Picard maneuver I think
More like a vehicular version of the Riker maneuver.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHFRgl_2qfMHioWXfh6d3sSDDKpHr8wI8CSA&s
(Couldn't find one with Riker driving, but close enough)
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.
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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ok maybe the wife part is false but someone still got into this predicament somehow?? these pics aren't AI generated...
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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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.
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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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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His wife had Frank pick her up cause she couldn't resist backing up on that long, hard pole.
My ex-wife regularly damaged my truck. My favorite was when she managed to drive it onto a tree stump such that it was resting on the axle with only two wheels contacting the ground.
At least I had it better than this guy.
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I'm going to guess she ran it over backing up and then when the car was over the pole, she drove forward and the pole went straight up and went through the trunk flooring.
Anyone have any thoughts?
First time I've seen somebody need to jack off a car.
That one's a little taller, but still; I turned while backing out into one of these concrete barriers that was impossible to see from within the car because it was only 2 or 3 ft. tall. Crushed the bumper in my case, and it was my fault, but still: fuck the people who make these difficult-to-see barriers in parking areas.
This thing is like 4+ foot tall and bright yellow. You need to learn how to park safely and be aware of your surroundings. It's all you.
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For her new car the husband suggested a vintage Pinto.
I did something similar one time. I was maneuvering around a cleared lot in a work truck and I drove over a tree trunk that was hidden by tall grass. The bumper slid up over the stump and then dropped down on the other side, trapping the truck. Had a hell of a time getting the truck jacked up high enough to get it back over.
What did she do like drive up it until it pierced the car?
Assuming this isn't AI gen or Photoshop, probably backed up, reached the bollard, kept reversing forcing the car to go up because it can't go back, eventually got car over, bollard pierces car bottom as the car frame gets past and it's weight forces it down.
Stupidity in short, maybe intentional. I don't believe the story. I don't know if I even believe the photo.
Looking at the bottom corner of the bumper, I definitely think this is the case
Either AI has gotten better, the person who photoshopped it was really dedicated, or based on the dent and paint transfer on the back the person backed up fast and rode the post up then dropped down on top of it.
A different person posted that they found this image(reverse search) attached to a number of tweets this month. So the caption is 100% fake
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Probably just reverse too quickly and the hitboxes merged. I've had a similar experience with swing sets.
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Nope... I'm not buying it...
To me it feels fake.
Especially the description sounds like a teenager is trying to build up tension in a story. Real people don't talk like that.
To be honest, the text somehow manages to even more forced and photoshopped than the actual photo (which probably is shopped as well.)
(Edit: I realized I have red shift enabled on my screen so I'm probably totally unfair to the photo.)
there's yellow paint and an indent on the back of the car, in the path of the bollard, which looks quite real to me and feels like a lot of effort to go into for an internet post
edit: now that i think about it some more, and look closer, i'm gonna wager that they did really hit the bollard and maybe fucked up the car, but they then posed things to fake the bollard going through the car. It's convenient how the first photo hides the base of the bollard and the area where it would pierce the car, and the second one could quite easily be two separate photos with the middle of the bollard erased to match the outline of the car's rear.
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nature finds a way
She thought she was on GTA6
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