Wanna stay up tonight, eyes wide open while you contemplate the sleep you’ll never get? Click on this Brazilian ad pitching the V6 AWD Ford Fusion. Scary SpiderHorse is scary! [Copyranter]
Wanna stay up tonight, eyes wide open while you contemplate the sleep you’ll never get? Click on this Brazilian ad pitching the V6 AWD Ford Fusion. Scary SpiderHorse is scary! [Copyranter]
This Virginia commuter found herself in a precarious position after losing all sense of direction traveling through a construction zone. How’s she going to explain this mishap to her insurance company?
We could attempt to make some sort of sense out of the situation at hand, but the NASIOC forum member and Virginia Transportation Engineer who took these images has taken the time to umm… delicately… dissect the actions and reactions that resulted in this epic ‘Dukes of Hazzard‘ style failure. Read on:
Dear Asian Woman in Grey VW Passat,
Every once in a while I come across pictures of accidents that are amazing, embarrassing, stupid, tragic and hilarious. But never have I ever come across an accident such as the one you had at one of our job sites this morning.
The first thought to go though my mind was the emoticon :-D, then a set of Internet slangs (ROFL and WTF to be exact) then an Internet meme of failblog. That’s right, you have managed to create a scene so jawdroppingly incomprehensible, completely illogical, and physics defying that all the logical and reasoning receptors of my brain rejected these thoughts and they jumped straight to the portion of my brain destroyed by the Internet and alcohol. Taking the time to deduce the events prior to the current situation in the picture has made my brain hurt.
I have seen the maintenance of traffic plans on Frying Pan Road/Route 28 interchange and they are pretty simple. There were no sudden lane shift or complicated detours and the project was signing and marking was placed by the book. The lanes were narrowed from 12 feet to 11 feet and the traffic was shifted to one side to allow room for the construction area off the shoulder. The situation created should have been anything but confusing. All the cars entering the work zone were reduced in speed and the giant orange reflective barrels, signs and concrete barriers on either side channeled you into your lane.
If you could, please answer the following questions because Deep Blue would have trouble crunching the permutations it took for you to end up the way you did.
* How did you not notice that you at one point came off pavement and onto 50 feet of dirt, still manage to have enough speed traverse the dirt pile and jump 20 feet to land on the concrete wing wall?
* Are you familiar with operating a vehicle on a US roadway before?
* Do you know that on US roadways there is always pavement under your tires?
* Do you know the difference between driving on dirt and asphalt?
* Were you under the influence of and drugs, video game episodes or alcohol?
* Are you aware that there are no jumps to clear giant concrete obstacles while driving?
* Are you aware that there are no points, money, gold coins to gain if you attempt to jump mounds of dirt on the side of the road?
* Do you think you are Ken Block?
* Has the positions of the gas and brake pedals been modified on your vehicle?
* Do you know which pedal does what in your vehicle?
* Has your car been modified in anyway such as rocket boosters or anti gravity jets?Thank you in advance. Hopefully these answers will stop the hemorrhaging in my brain. If this incident has not taken your license away permanently please voluntarily cut it up right now.
Cheers,
Oodles-of-NoodlesP.S. I was going to put the typical unamused picture here but I am not. This was anything but. In fact, it requires an applause picture. Bravo for making my day, Bravo.
Too harsh? Probably exactly what she deserves. (Hat Tip To Angus!)
[via NASIOC]
This Virginia commuter found herself in a precarious position after losing all sense of direction traveling through a construction zone. How’s she going to explain this mishap to her insurance company?
We could attempt to make some sort of sense out of the situation at hand, but the NASIOC forum member and Virginia Transportation Engineer who took these images has taken the time to umm… delicately… dissect the actions and reactions that resulted in this epic ‘Dukes of Hazzard‘ style failure. Read on:
Dear Asian Woman in Grey VW Passat,
Every once in a while I come across pictures of accidents that are amazing, embarrassing, stupid, tragic and hilarious. But never have I ever come across an accident such as the one you had at one of our job sites this morning.
The first thought to go though my mind was the emoticon :-D, then a set of Internet slangs (ROFL and WTF to be exact) then an Internet meme of failblog. That’s right, you have managed to create a scene so jawdroppingly incomprehensible, completely illogical, and physics defying that all the logical and reasoning receptors of my brain rejected these thoughts and they jumped straight to the portion of my brain destroyed by the Internet and alcohol. Taking the time to deduce the events prior to the current situation in the picture has made my brain hurt.
I have seen the maintenance of traffic plans on Frying Pan Road/Route 28 interchange and they are pretty simple. There were no sudden lane shift or complicated detours and the project was signing and marking was placed by the book. The lanes were narrowed from 12 feet to 11 feet and the traffic was shifted to one side to allow room for the construction area off the shoulder. The situation created should have been anything but confusing. All the cars entering the work zone were reduced in speed and the giant orange reflective barrels, signs and concrete barriers on either side channeled you into your lane.
If you could, please answer the following questions because Deep Blue would have trouble crunching the permutations it took for you to end up the way you did.
* How did you not notice that you at one point came off pavement and onto 50 feet of dirt, still manage to have enough speed traverse the dirt pile and jump 20 feet to land on the concrete wing wall?
* Are you familiar with operating a vehicle on a US roadway before?
* Do you know that on US roadways there is always pavement under your tires?
* Do you know the difference between driving on dirt and asphalt?
* Were you under the influence of and drugs, video game episodes or alcohol?
* Are you aware that there are no jumps to clear giant concrete obstacles while driving?
* Are you aware that there are no points, money, gold coins to gain if you attempt to jump mounds of dirt on the side of the road?
* Do you think you are Ken Block?
* Has the positions of the gas and brake pedals been modified on your vehicle?
* Do you know which pedal does what in your vehicle?
* Has your car been modified in anyway such as rocket boosters or anti gravity jets?Thank you in advance. Hopefully these answers will stop the hemorrhaging in my brain. If this incident has not taken your license away permanently please voluntarily cut it up right now.
Cheers,
Oodles-of-NoodlesP.S. I was going to put the typical unamused picture here but I am not. This was anything but. In fact, it requires an applause picture. Bravo for making my day, Bravo.
Too harsh? Probably exactly what she deserves. (Hat Tip To Angus!)
[via NASIOC]
Noon was marked in high style at the Festival of Speed: the RAF’s Red Arrows acrobatic team performed a tight and very loud flyby. Click through for the scream of nine Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofans.
The Red Arrows use BAE Hawk T1A jet trainers to display their aerial moves in their incredibly busy schedule. The unit was set up in 1964 and has flown over 4000 shows since.
Forming an excellent and even redder backdrop to their acrobatics was a line of Ferraris you can see in the video. Not a shabby selection, with the rosso corsa on one of the world’s 39 250 GTO’s, a 1969 312P Le Mans prototype and a 1950 166 MM Barchetta wreaking havoc with MPEG compression algorithms. But the real star of the lineup is the second from right: Scuderia Serenissima’s mad Breadvan. It’s the racing car with perhaps the most insane, comical, revengeful and inspiring story ever.
This I knew well before Goodwood. What I didn’t was that it eclipses pretty much everything in aural ferocity. You’ll hear it soon enough.
Photo Credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images (Red Arrows) and the author
Noon was marked in high style at the Festival of Speed: the RAF’s Red Arrows acrobatic team performed a tight and very loud flyby. Click through for the scream of nine Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofans.
The Red Arrows use BAE Hawk T1A jet trainers to display their aerial moves in their incredibly busy schedule. The unit was set up in 1964 and has flown over 4000 shows since.
Forming an excellent and even redder backdrop to their acrobatics was a line of Ferraris you can see in the video. Not a shabby selection, with the rosso corsa on one of the world’s 39 250 GTO’s, a 1969 312P Le Mans prototype and a 1950 166 MM Barchetta wreaking havoc with MPEG compression algorithms. But the real star of the lineup is the second from right: Scuderia Serenissima’s mad Breadvan. It’s the racing car with perhaps the most insane, comical, revengeful and inspiring story ever.
This I knew well before Goodwood. What I didn’t was that it eclipses pretty much everything in aural ferocity. You’ll hear it soon enough.
Photo Credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images (Red Arrows) and the author
Let it not be said Australians aren’t a tough breed, as this one proves the point by smashing his now-bleeding forehead through the laminated windshield of a busted up Ford not once, but twice.
This video was originally posted to Youtube in early December, and we’re assuming large quantities of alcohol where involved prior to being filmed, which probably led to the inevitable airing of grievances followed by boasts of feats of strength. What we have here is the Aussie version of Festivus. Instead of an aluminum pole and wrestling the head of the household to the floor, we have a clapped out Ford and smashing your forehead on the front window until you either make it through or pass out from the concussion. A fine tradition going on down there in Australia, a fine tradition indeed. [Youtube]
Let it not be said Australians aren’t a tough breed, as this one proves the point by smashing his now-bleeding forehead through the laminated windshield of a busted up Ford not once, but twice.
This video was originally posted to Youtube in early December, and we’re assuming large quantities of alcohol where involved prior to being filmed, which probably led to the inevitable airing of grievances followed by boasts of feats of strength. What we have here is the Aussie version of Festivus. Instead of an aluminum pole and wrestling the head of the household to the floor, we have a clapped out Ford and smashing your forehead on the front window until you either make it through or pass out from the concussion. A fine tradition going on down there in Australia, a fine tradition indeed. [Youtube]
According to Autocar, development of the Mercedes SLS Gullwing eDrive is well underway. The magazine claims to have seen internal documents describing four electric motors making a combined 532 HP and 649 Lb-Ft of torque.
The original Mercedes 300SL was ahead of its time, offering peerless luxury and extreme performance that outpaced 1950s competitors. An electric SLS could perform a similar feat, becoming the first zero-emissions supercar to be produced by a major manufacturer.
Wolf Zimmerman, the engineer in charge of the vehicle’s development, claims the SLS eDrive would accelerate to 62 MPH in less than four seconds and continue on to a top speed in excess of 120 MPH. Range will be between 93 and 112 miles depending on how it’s driven.
Front suspension is being swapped from upright double wishbone to pushrods with coilovers to accommodate electric motors sitting close to each of the wheels. Each 133 HP motor will drive its own wheel, effectively mimicking the performance of a torque vectoring all-wheel drive system.
Off-the-line performance should compare favorably with the 571 HP, 479 Lb-Ft 6.2-liter V8 version, but the eDrive will obviously give up top speed to the gasoline-powered Mercedes SLS Gullwing.
Autocar suggests that the battery pack would be mounted in the transmission tunnel and behind the seats, where the fuel tank is located in the regular SLS. Sales could start as early as 2015. [via Autocar]
According to Autocar, development of the Mercedes SLS Gullwing eDrive is well underway. The magazine claims to have seen internal documents describing four electric motors making a combined 532 HP and 649 Lb-Ft of torque.
The original Mercedes 300SL was ahead of its time, offering peerless luxury and extreme performance that outpaced 1950s competitors. An electric SLS could perform a similar feat, becoming the first zero-emissions supercar to be produced by a major manufacturer.
Wolf Zimmerman, the engineer in charge of the vehicle’s development, claims the SLS eDrive would accelerate to 62 MPH in less than four seconds and continue on to a top speed in excess of 120 MPH. Range will be between 93 and 112 miles depending on how it’s driven.
Front suspension is being swapped from upright double wishbone to pushrods with coilovers to accommodate electric motors sitting close to each of the wheels. Each 133 HP motor will drive its own wheel, effectively mimicking the performance of a torque vectoring all-wheel drive system.
Off-the-line performance should compare favorably with the 571 HP, 479 Lb-Ft 6.2-liter V8 version, but the eDrive will obviously give up top speed to the gasoline-powered Mercedes SLS Gullwing.
Autocar suggests that the battery pack would be mounted in the transmission tunnel and behind the seats, where the fuel tank is located in the regular SLS. Sales could start as early as 2015. [via Autocar]
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