re: 2 Men Died Attempting to Jump a Drawbridge in Calcasieu Parish

quote:

---

I need to see the video. I NEED it.

---

Is this a Camarro? Please baby Jesus let this be a Camarro? I think is an Impala or something similar though?

That is not a Camaro. It is likely a Malibu, a bit small for an Impala which would also have that Impala logo on it.

The passenger actually got out to lift the arm.... were they afraid of denting the grill or scratching the paint ?

Probably a rental.

Holy shite!

Dukes of Hazzard

The General Lee woulda made it easy.
Dukes of Calcasieu.

quote:

---

Zero drag, no suspension, 95 mph will clear 185 ft at a 10% slope.

125ish should be safe for clearing. Not landing obviously. Speed increases distance exponentially

---

Thanks, and one other update to my original hypothesis....at a high speed speed in a regular car (i.e. not a huge vehicle with large tires that would distribute the force the ramp places on the car) hitting the ramp would initially result in loss of speed and likely significant structural damage to the vehicle and its passengers before it even begins to traverse the gap.

So even if 125 is safe for clearing you might still need to be at 150 before the ramp to compensate for the loss of speed due to hitting the ramp at high speed. So its almost a catch 22, too much speed and the car is damaged so much it falls apart mid-flight or not enough and don't come close to clearing the gap.