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Austin - Dumptruck Plows Through Intersection at High Speed - Hits Several Cars

Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:21 pm
Posted by SUB
Member since Jan 2001
Member since Jan 2009
21078 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:21 pm
Start at 1:45. First part doesn't show much, besides initially passing up the truck. Then plummets off a small bridge.

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This is a busy intersection of a highway. Cars crossing had to have been going at least 40 mph, probably 50. Somehow, nobody died.
This post was edited on 2/26/16 at 4:25 pm
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
52026 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:25 pm to
Someone has been playing too much GTA.

Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
85485 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:28 pm to
Figured I'd use this post to continue my fight for embedded video capabilities on this board.
Posted by papasmurf1269
Hells Pass
Member since Apr 2005
20942 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:29 pm to
Somebody's getting paid when they get out of the hospital.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
120000 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:30 pm to
quote:

Somehow, nobody died.


The person in the car he plowed into didn't die? Wow.
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
25965 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:31 pm to
Dude needs to pull up to the car in front of him, and the person in the grey car to the right was on the phone I guarantee.

I'll bet Trevor was driving, I would love to hear his commentary during the incident.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23776 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:34 pm to
A lot of fluff in that video - jump ahead to one minute.

Posted by Anonymous95
Member since Sep 2014
2079 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:37 pm to
Santo la mierda!
This post was edited on 2/26/16 at 4:38 pm
Posted by SwatMitchell
Austin, TX
Member since Jan 2005
2314 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:41 pm to
Dash cams, eventually 360 cams, are game changers.

Also, love how the little black car spins with minimal damage and apparently only minor injuries.

That downhill (Jester) is my shortcut home.
Posted by Cooter Davenport
Austin, TX
Member since Apr 2012
9006 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:42 pm to
2222 is stupid dangerous.

Look on the article where it says a motorcyclist was killed in an unrelated crash later that same day.

It's the main artery between central Austin and the hills/lake to the west but it isn't divided, graded or shouldered like a major highway is - it's little better than a neighborhood road. It's steep, lacks a central divider, has a lot of turns.

The icing on the cake is despite being a major artery there is no grade separation and there are multiple stoplights for at-grade intersections that are triggered by just one person from the side street pulling up. So you'll have traffic going 50 coming downhill around a corner and all of a sudden, just because someone pulled up at a side street, the light goes yellow.

To add insult to injury, because it's the way from central Austin to the hills, at night there are always drunks on it, coming from downtown.
Posted by DaBike
Member since Jan 2008
9363 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:44 pm to
Cars kill >30k Americans every year

Something must be done about this
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
90164 posts
Posted on 2/26/16 at 4:48 pm to
If anyone was wondering - I'm okay...
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