What happens when a car hits a pole at just 18mph

[bpr97050]

Jerry, is your car up a pole agian?

[RapAndChopin]

that pole must have been moving pretty fast

[QeXeQ]

18 mph in slow motion?

[tudy98]

the car goes sideways....lol

[mikedrazen]

@Jsoto1115 i call bs, cars dont crash side ways, i know because..... i am a car

[nolangreen]

good luck skidding at 18 mph in most cars

[mikedrazen]

why would a car go sideways into a pole

i can see a motorcyce hiting a car at 40mph or so

not a pole

[hitssquad]

@mikedrazen "why would a car go sideways into a pole"

Because it was being driven by a 16-year-old. See: iihs. org/research/ fatality_facts_2009/teenagers. html

[zlee415]

@hitssquad Not true. When I hit my pole at about 15mph it was the passenger side of my front bumper. I'm a great driver BTW. My right contacts was messing up, and anyone who wears contacts knows how bad that sucks when you really need your vision. So when I say "that pole came out of no where." I actually mean according to my eyes, that pole came out of no where. You see I always drive fast. cruising at 95mph on the highway is fun. So to me speed kills, but going slow is what gets you.

[hitssquad]

@zlee415 "I'm a great driver BTW. My right contacts was messing up"

That's supposed to be a joke, right? If your contacts were interfering with your vision, why didn't you pull over to the side of the road and stop? Because that's something a 30-year-old would do, and not a 16-year-old?

[zlee415]

@hitssquad Well old sir, I had shit to do. I was driving at around 1am to pick up my mother, and step father at a mexican resteraunt. I went to three different places, and couldn't find theirs. I was planned a threesome that night, and I was ready to get them home so I could leave. Then I hit the pole, and had to call for a pickup. Some VJ later that night got my mind off things, and made me feel somewhat better. So no it wasn't a joke, shit happens.

[SgtMustang]

@zlee415 It's your fault you got into that accident, if your right contact is messing up, pull the fuck over. I can't imagine what level of stupidity it takes to think driving blind is still a good idea. I don't care that you were horny, your lust was on the path to murdering you.

[cattus9999]

@zlee415 no offense, every driver thinks they are a "great driver" even the crappy ones. I'm not saying you are but .....

[MarcoTUV]

@cattus9999 good comment

[aelita12345678910]

0:05 hes sleeping shhhhhhhhhhh!

[whattheheck1000]

curtain airbag hits pole lol

[whattheheck1000]

@whattheheck1000 curtain airbag hits pole during its deployment - it deploys into the pole

[YerkireYerkirChi]

depends on what car it is... u cant prove any thing wit this video of generaly just cars.... for example 2008 and up mercedes.... barely even bends at 45 mph hit from the side.

thank you.

[wildbloodydragon]

I hit rear ended a car doing around 20-30 and I only fucked up the rear bumper of the car I hit.

Granted, I did total my own car.

[TheWelshbiker]

thats not 18 mph

18 mph hardly kills a bug its going so slow

[Razastar1971]

the point of the side is that u wont slide...the other car will hit you in the side

[WARzone4912]

its true iv seen it where i live .........(Australia)

[fabjonjon]

i slide at 40 all day long

[rooneyboi1]

bull

[theonetitty]

if your car is sliding sideways at only 18 mph...you got problems

[thexmole]

@theonetitty if you're Canadian you've got a snow storm...

[TSmitt00]

@theonetitty the point of this test is to see the effects of a side impact collision at 18mph, therefore it doesnt matter whether the car or pole is moving

[cattus9999]

@theonetitty Really! This is a sideways impact at 18mph. its not a car going at 18mph forward hitting a tree at 90 degrees. you would have to be moving quite a bit faster forward to impact sideways at 18 mph.

[Ryantravisaol]

This looks like a 35-40 mph crash

[StraySilence]

@Ryantravisaol in such speed, the car would be wrapped around the pole.

[Ryantravisaol]

@StraySilence or possibly in two, if it were a very poorly designed car.