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re: 2 Men Died Attempting to Jump a Drawbridge in Calcasieu Parish
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:28 pm to YOURADHERE
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:28 pm to YOURADHERE
I'm sure there was no alcohol involved since it was 2:00 am. 
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:45 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Fly high baws
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:46 pm to YOURADHERE
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This post was edited on 5/24/19 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:47 pm to YOURADHERE
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After stopping briefly, the driver placed the vehicle in reverse then accelerated forward in an attempt to “jump” the ramp of the bridge. The vehicle became airborne
Freeze frame.
Narrator: how are the Duke boys going to get out of this one.
Cut to commercials
quote:
landed in the waterway
End credits.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:50 pm to Bleeding purple
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Bo? Luke?
Could be The Dukes Of Hildalgo Del Parral
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:57 pm to oleheat
Most likely "Dukes of the Valley"
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:57 pm to fallguy_1978
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Looking at the pic above with it opened, they wouldn't have made it going 100 mph
Not even 200 mph. Cars are front heavy from the engine. The ones that fly level in the movies have weight placed in the rear to keep it from flipping forward, nosing down.
Point is, if they make it somehow, yhey would have died from probably landing on the roof of the car.
Bottom line..ZERO chance of success, unless dying was the goal
Posted on 5/24/19 at 2:58 pm to YOURADHERE
That bridge was destroyed and rebuild after Hurricane Rita.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:01 pm to YOURADHERE
If only there was video.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:04 pm to Jaydeaux
There's stupid and then there's stupid.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:05 pm to GeeOH
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Not even 200 mph. Cars are front heavy from the engine. The ones that fly level in the movies have weight placed in the rear to keep it from flipping forward, nosing down.
Point is, if they make it somehow, yhey would have died from probably landing on the roof of the car.
The roof is smashed in and windows broken out in the car in the pics of it being lifted in the water, so this makes sense.
That part of the bridge at an angle is steep as hell, there's no way hitting that going 50-100mph was remotely good. I'm sure the impact either jacked up the wheels or jacked up the steering of the driver to where they went off course.
It would be pretty epic if they actually covered the distance but landed to the left or right...
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:06 pm to baldona
I still cant get over that there was 2 of them. I can see one person doing this. And the fact the passenger got out to raise the gate shows that he was fully involved in the decision making. lol.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:17 pm to rsbd
quote:"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right."
2 Men Died Attempting to Jump a Drawbridge in Calcasieu Parish
-- Mark Twain
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:17 pm to ExtraGravy
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If you've done the math I won't try to question you, but it seems incredible to me that going only 50 mph would have gotten them a 50 yard jump. How then could they not have been going at least that fast? Even someone dumb enough to attempt this maneuver would've logically thought they needed to make their car go as fast as possible.
Yeah I was kind of surprised by that figure too. Drag would obviously increase it, but the number is in the ballpark. The world record motorcycle jump is a little more than twice the distance these two needed to jump, and the motorcyclist left the ramp at 105 MPH.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:19 pm to leftovergumbo
That's such a huge gap Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:26 pm to baldona
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I was betting it was either like a 2001 Mustang or early 90s Chevy Blazer or 1500.
I would have bet even money on a Chevrolet S10
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:26 pm to YOURADHERE
I guess they didn’t have a Charger
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:27 pm to baldona
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How busy is that bridge at 2AM? It says there were witnesses
If the bridge was up, I would imagine someone in a boat had front row seats to the entire thing
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:34 pm to rsbd
The Mexican version of Bo and Luke Duke.
RIP Bo & Luke Sanchez
RIP Bo & Luke Sanchez
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:34 pm to YOURADHERE
Always wondered what happened to Coy and Vance.
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