airbourne in a car i might add, and im sure its a 180sx, its quite frightening as to how unsafe safety barriers are, he is so lucky

 

http://uk.autoblog.com/2010/08/24/video-driver-survives-airborne-100mph-smash/

Was a 1995 Pontiac Firebird?

Ouch.

 

In regards to the comment about safety barriers, I'm not sure what can be done. It would be HUGELY costly to actually make everything you could possibly crash into 'crash friendly.'

 

It's only speculative and of course he might have had mechanical malfunction etc, but it looks like he was doing 100mph, missed a gap and ended up having to veer to avoid having to slam into the back of the car with the camera in it. 100mph is asking for it on roads with anything but bare minimum traffic density. You can be the best driver in the world but the person who pulls out on you as you're about the blitz past probably isn't.

 

As I said though the problem may be mechanical. Who knows, he may release a statement.

airbourne in a car i might add, and im sure its a 180sx, its quite frightening as to how unsafe safety barriers are, he is so lucky

 

http://uk.autoblog.com/2010/08/24/video-driver-survives-airborne-100mph-smash/

 

A 180SX is a Japanese car. They do not import them to the States as they have the 240SX (2.4 litre non turbo).

 

Its a Firebird.

In regards to the comment about safety barriers, I'm not sure what can be done.

 

Think he meant to stop the car from getting into the central reservation or even on to the other side of the road head onto oncoming traffic.

 

90% of British main 70mph roads have them, either a solid metal or concrete barrier or those cable things that stretch with the car (Ment to be very good and the safest)

Think he meant to stop the car from getting into the central reservation or even on to the other side of the road head onto oncoming traffic.

 

90% of British main 70mph roads have them, either a solid metal or concrete barrier or those cable things that stretch with the car (Ment to be very good and the safest)

 

Oh right, I missed his point.

 

I am actually British, and am of course familiar with the metal barriers you refer to. I have always wondered how strong they are. I suppose generally they don't have to be strong at all, in most motorway accidents the force is fairly parallel to the barrier. Not many people go into them 'head on' at any speed.

 

I've not seen the cable ones, I'll keep an eye out.

 

I've not seen the cable ones, I'll keep an eye out.

 

This is the stuff.

 

 

stops the car from flipping, absorbs all the impact and means very very little in the way of impact for the occupants.

This is the stuff.

 

 

stops the car from flipping, absorbs all the impact and means very very little in the way of impact for the occupants.

 

That looks excellent.

 

However, some of the comments on the video make a good point. For motorbike accidents it must act like cheese wire.

 

Another point on the video - it says he was thrown from the car. He was either not wearing a seatbelt, or his seatbelt broke.

However, some of the comments on the video make a good point. For motorbike accidents it must act like cheese wire.

 

Aparently they are no worse than hitting any other kind of barrier for motorbikers? How true that is I dont know.

Oh right, I missed his point.

 

I am actually British, and am of course familiar with the metal barriers you refer to. I have always wondered how strong they are. I suppose generally they don't have to be strong at all, in most motorway accidents the force is fairly parallel to the barrier. Not many people go into them 'head on' at any speed.

 

I've not seen the cable ones, I'll keep an eye out.

 

Go down the M4 if you are ever south, they still have sections of the wire there.

Those central reservations in the Us often dip down whihc this one looks like it does if you are going 100 the car will not dip as in the video so when it hits the barrier it will already be off the ground, there very dangerous, so is the condition of some roads in the us. I have driven all across the US in many states and its the same story you can be going along and all of a sudden a crater or a gap/ lip appears on an otherwise perfectly good piece of highway. Our roads are not always perfect but there are worse.

sweet jesus! :shock: