they should have obeyed the sign...

Fishy · Post by **Fishy** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:54 pm

SNAP DAWG!

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:57 pm

Why does that look like a photochop?

stant093 · Post by **stant093** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:18 pm

unless they were going 100mph, theres no explanation why theres no glass on the road....

And the stop sign looks too big to fit through the drivers side rear window...i call phake

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:30 pm

The windshield is safety glass. It doesn't break into a million pieces that scatter all over the road.

The sign bent and therefore cleared the window.

http://www.wvrs.org/albums/wvrs2004/200 ... 181720.jpg

EJ22_SLO · Post by **EJ22_SLO** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:39 pm

ufff...

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:35 pm

looks real to me

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:14 pm

What the hell happened to the driver?

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:55 pm

There is glass on the ground where the side window was blown out. Look close. I don't see blood all over, so the driver may be ok. I imagine if it wasn't they would've been schooled in the head and that makes a mess. Hopefully there was only one person in the car. They might not have been stupid, either - maybe they were driving along and wind or something swung the gate out. Happens, though I've never seen that result.

magicmike · Post by **magicmike** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:18 pm

you wouldn't see glass where the car sits because the gate is stationary and swinging on an axis. you are picturing it like the car was stationary and the gate went through the car. the glass I'm sure is under the car somewhere. I'm sure the car was slid out by along the axis of the post.

subawhatsubawho · Post by **subawhatsubawho** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:13 am

so the car hit the gate head on and because those gates are hardcore it probably just swung and moved the car in a similar direction.

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:49 am

i can clearly see glass on the road on my laptop here

magicmike · Post by **magicmike** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:17 pm

how about some trivia? what kind of car is in the backround?

I say a volvo or a saab but its really hard to tell.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:38 pm

I say it's a Saab 9-3 convertible. Look at the full-size picture:

http://www.wvrs.org/albums/wvrs2004/200 ... 181544.jpg

As for why the fog lights are on... I dunno.

This happened on Sligo Creek Parkway in Wheaton, MD. Maybe you can figure out where, using Google Maps and the clues in the photograph? Here's the North end of Sligo Creek Parkway:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&l ... 015095&t=h

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:00 pm

People drive with the fog lights on all the time when they don't need them.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:24 pm

But why? Do they think people like glare?

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:27 pm

They think that it puts more light on the road and therefore they can see better. Or they just forget that they're on.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:27 pm

lol, I'm guilty of that. In my defense, they're yellow and do not glare much, as the cutoff is very very very low. I always leave my headlights on for visibility, and the fogs have a green LED on the switch that stays on if you don't have the fogs on

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:40 pm

They actually can cause more glare than headlights, because there's roughly the same amount of light coming from a smaller area, and because it hits the ground at a grazing angle where the surface can reflect quite strongly, at least if it's wet.

Anyway, anybody having any success figuring out where this incident took place?

subawhatsubawho · Post by **subawhatsubawho** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:15 pm

I'm pretty sure it is a early 90's Mercury Carpi.

Or a Saab 9-3 convertable.

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:36 pm

It's a 9-3 convertible... much newer than either of those.

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:36 pm

Id have to agree with vikash on the 9-3 vert.
those capris are kinda cool, they have a mazda 323gtx motor in them.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:30 pm

Def. a Saab

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:01 am

Saab.

I use my fogs all the time when I don't need them so slow assholes will get the f*&% out of the way. The big yellow Hellas did a better job of that than the OEM Mazda3s, which pretty much only get people to move and don't seem to do anything in terms of helping in fog. The headlights, however, are the balls with almost no glare, so it's a fair trade. Mounting some Hellas would be so much easier than in the Legacy, but I don't need them, dammit.

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they should have obeyed the sign...

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