Subaru BRZ Rear Ended And Sent Speeding Into Crash Barrier - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

GrantedTaken · 02-26-2019, 08:05 PM

Saw this on the news today.
Wonder if he's a member here

https://www.carscoops.com/2019/02/su...crash-barrier/

Joveen · 02-26-2019, 08:14 PM

Dang bro. I'm glad your ok tho by the looks of the comments on the video. Smh

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Mr.ac · 02-26-2019, 08:22 PM

Ouch. Just how fast was that other car going to send you flying like that?

mazeroni · 02-27-2019, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Joveen

Dang bro. I'm glad your ok tho by the looks of the comments on the video. Smh

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Wasn't OP.

The person behind was probably watching the helicopters. I'm shocked the guy didn't die. Looks like he stopped dead in a matter of a second. That sort of impact should kill you. Maybe he was only going like 55 or less.

I always have to remind myself that lots of people are just that easy to distract. Put a flashing billboard next to that road and they will forget the rest of world is a thing until it is too late.

Joveen · 02-27-2019, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mazeroni

Wasn't OP.

The person behind was probably watching the helicopters. I'm shocked the guy didn't die. Looks like he stopped dead in a matter of a second. That sort of impact should kill you. Maybe he was only going like 55 or less.

I always have to remind myself that lots of people are just that easy to distract. Put a flashing billboard next to that road and they will forget the rest of world is a thing until it is too late.

I know he was hit by someone else. Not sure why you had to quote my comment

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Tcoat · 02-27-2019, 12:41 PM

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I know he was hit by someone else. Not sure why you had to quote my comment

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It wasn't that he was hit by someone else it was that the guy that posted wasn't the guy that got hit. Nobody in this thread was involved. He did edit his original post after your replied to make it clear it wasn't him.

mazeroni · 02-27-2019, 01:06 PM

Didn't see the unedited text by OP. I see where the confusion is.

My quote was not meant to be aggressive or implying you "don't get it" or anything

Chikna · 02-27-2019, 03:41 PM

OP, are you okay?

Tcoat · 02-27-2019, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chikna

OP, are you okay?

God I hope that was a joke.

Tcoat · 02-27-2019, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mazeroni

Didn't see the unedited text by OP. I see where the confusion is.

My quote was not meant to be aggressive or implying you "don't get it" or anything

It was originally just the title and the links. Even then there was nothing to indicate that the OP was the one that was hit though.

Dadhawk · 02-27-2019, 04:03 PM

Looks like the OP is OK (since it wasn't him), but i'm having a little PTSD after watching the video, had the almost exact same thing happen to me in 1988 in my Toyota MR2. I was driving along minding my own business when the guy in the lane next to me (would not have been in the video shot) decided he needed my lane.

I ran completely off the road to avoid him but before I could come to a stop ran in to the guard rail just like that. Caught the rail with the front left corner of the car and in a reverse PIT maneuver got spun across three lanes of traffic in rush hour in DC and managed NOT to get hit.

The phantom car that caused the issue kept going, but one person did stop and gave an affidavit with a plate number so the guy got charged with reckless driving later (or so the officer said, I didn't have to go to court). Thing is, I drove the MR2 home and it was repaired to good as new.

No idea how fast I was going when I hit it, but I was doing over 65 when I first went off the road.

It definitely was not my day to die.

Dave-ROR · 02-27-2019, 05:14 PM

Wow, that's a hard hit.

Glad the driver was OK. And that's NOT a car I'll be buying from auction!

new2subaru · 02-27-2019, 06:57 PM

Everytime I watch something like this I can't help but think how engineers save so many lives.

There's no doubt that Doctors, Paramedics, Fireman and Police Officers save lives. But, I don't think Engineers get much credit.

That crash system hasn't been around all that long. There was a time when that car would have been launched into mid air, if lucky.

02-26-2019, 08:05 PM	#1
GrantedTaken Banned Join Date: Nov 2017 Drives: BRZ Location: The Sun Posts: 426 Thanks: 30 Thanked 230 Times in 113 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Subaru BRZ Rear Ended And Sent Speeding Into Crash Barrier Saw this on the news today. Wonder if he's a member here https://www.carscoops.com/2019/02/su...crash-barrier/ Last edited by GrantedTaken; 02-26-2019 at 08:24 PM.

02-26-2019, 08:22 PM	#3
Mr.ac [insert cool phrase here] Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: BRZ Premium Location: Central Coast CA Posts: 2,368 Thanks: 709 Thanked 1,559 Times in 930 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ouch. Just how fast was that other car going to send you flying like that? __________________ New daily driver - Subaru BRZ Premium Weekend fun/track car - '91 MR2 Turbo Gen3 Old daily driver - '88 MR2 Supercharged

02-27-2019, 04:03 PM	#11
Dadhawk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86) Location: Powder Springs, GA Posts: 20,086 Thanks: 39,603 Thanked 25,406 Times in 11,585 Posts Mentioned: 187 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Looks like the OP is OK (since it wasn't him), but i'm having a little PTSD after watching the video, had the almost exact same thing happen to me in 1988 in my Toyota MR2. I was driving along minding my own business when the guy in the lane next to me (would not have been in the video shot) decided he needed my lane. I ran completely off the road to avoid him but before I could come to a stop ran in to the guard rail just like that. Caught the rail with the front left corner of the car and in a reverse PIT maneuver got spun across three lanes of traffic in rush hour in DC and managed NOT to get hit. The phantom car that caused the issue kept going, but one person did stop and gave an affidavit with a plate number so the guy got charged with reckless driving later (or so the officer said, I didn't have to go to court). Thing is, I drove the MR2 home and it was repaired to good as new. No idea how fast I was going when I hit it, but I was doing over 65 when I first went off the road. It definitely was not my day to die. __________________ Olivia 05/03/2012 - 01/06/2024. 231,146 glorious miles. Visit my Owner's Journal where I wax philosophic on all things FR-S Post your 86 or see others in front of a(n) (in)famous landmark. What fits in your 86? Show us the "Junk In Your Trunk". Last edited by Dadhawk; 02-27-2019 at 04:34 PM.

02-27-2019, 05:14 PM	#12
Dave-ROR Site Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Drives: Stuff Location: Florida Posts: 10,317 Thanks: 955 Thanked 5,965 Times in 2,689 Posts Mentioned: 262 Post(s) Tagged: 8 Thread(s)	Wow, that's a hard hit. Glad the driver was OK. And that's NOT a car I'll be buying from auction! __________________ -Dave Track cars: 2013 Scion FRS, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 1993 Honda Civic Hatchback DD: 2005 Acura TSX Tow: 2022 F-450 Toys: 2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo, 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Parts: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited, 2005 Acura TSX Projects: 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited track car build FS: 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 LT CCSB 8.1/Allison with 99k miles

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02-26-2019, 08:14 PM	#2
Joveen Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Drives: Bone stock Location: Windsor, CT Posts: 776 Thanks: 535 Thanked 234 Times in 164 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Dang bro. I'm glad your ok tho by the looks of the comments on the video. Smh Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

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02-27-2019, 06:57 PM	#13
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