# Amazing 100 MPH crash video captured on police dash camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254 "2010-08-24T05:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/1 "2010-08-24T05:21:39Z")
[That guys lucky to be alive!](http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/video%3A-i-675-crash-caught-on-tape) > [@](#): > > SUGARCREEK TWP., Montgomery Co. (WDTN) - A single car crash on Interstate 675 shut down the southbound lanes in Sugarcreek Twp. for six hours Aug. 23. > > Brennan S. Eden, 19, of Mason, Ohio, lost control of his car and slammed into the concrete pillar of a bridge south of Indian Ripple Road about 7:15 a.m. > > The force of the crash broke the car into three pieces and Brennan was ejected. > > Witnesses said moments before the crash, Brennan was passing other drivers at speeds of at least 100 mph. He crashed when he drove off the left side of the roadway while passing a Sugarcreek Twp. police car. The crash was caught on that officer’s cruiser camera. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/2 "2010-08-24T05:32:20Z")
God looks out for children and idiots, I guess. Still, someone should tell that guy that it’s too late to hit the brakes when you’re 25 feet in the air. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/3 "2010-08-24T05:35:50Z")
Damn. There was a Mythbusters episode in the latest season where they crash two cars at 50 mph and at 100 mph and it was very obvious that cars simply aren’t made to handle accidents at 100 mph. Getting hit straight-on – which is probably the safest way to hit something – you’re still going to have the engine block smash through your chest. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/4 "2010-08-24T05:37:59Z")
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: The fact that the driver lived though that. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/5 "2010-08-24T05:39:03Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > God looks out for children and idiots, I guess. > > Still, someone should tell that guy that it’s too late to hit the brakes when you’re 25 feet in the air. Air brakes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/6 "2010-08-24T12:26:48Z")
The car simply disintegrates. And yet, no huge fireball. Amazing the way cars are built nowdays. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/7 "2010-08-24T12:35:00Z")
Gas tanks are _hard_ to ignite. Even when you vaporize the car. Which he did. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/8 "2010-08-24T12:40:17Z")
Darwin failed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/9 "2010-08-24T12:42:48Z")
I’m guessing his insurance rates go up. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/10 "2010-08-24T12:48:35Z")
Gee, that concrete abutment the vehicle slammed into sure seemed to fare pretty well… nary a discernable scratch. I was visiting with a Sheriffs Deputy at the car wash the other day discussing preferred vehicles, departments, etc. and he mentioned that not only does his in dash camera come on automatically whenever he hits his lights or accelerates to a specific speed but that it preserves a 20 second loop of what happened prior to the start. Looks like this clip is direct evidence of that as the officer gave no indication he knew what was unfolding before the vehicle flew past him on the left. > [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Still, someone should tell that guy that it’s too late to hit the brakes when you’re 25 feet in the air. I’d much prefer to have seen him try to shift into reverse. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/11 "2010-08-24T13:03:45Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The car simply disintegrates. And yet, no huge fireball. Amazing the way cars are built nowdays. Nowadays? I don’t think they ever exploded. Gas needs to be aerosolized to combust. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/12 "2010-08-24T13:07:43Z")
So you really can get in the air if you drive off the road. I owe the makers of the A-team an apology. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/13 "2010-08-24T13:10:04Z")
Looks like he was attempting suicide, but for the futile brakes. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/14 "2010-08-24T13:15:51Z")
He probably started to apply the brakes before he hit the barrier; he was going fast enough that while the signal was traveling brain-to-foot he traveled too far for it to be useful. Happened to me when I hit a deer once. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/15 "2010-08-24T13:20:22Z")
Anyone else hear the General Lee’s horn in their head while watching that? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/16 "2010-08-24T13:27:08Z")
It’s pretty rare that I say I’m sorry to see that someone lived through a car crash. At least the stupid shit didn’t kill someone else, even though he easily could have. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/17 "2010-08-24T13:52:46Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It’s pretty rare that I say I’m sorry to see that someone lived through a car crash. At least the stupid shit didn’t kill someone else, even though he easily could have. Yes, I’ve been on that road a few times, and it’s usually busier than that. In addition, the way he was driving, he could easily have crossed over the median and hit several cars coming the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/18 "2010-08-24T14:31:09Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > > > It’s pretty rare that I say I’m sorry to see that someone lived through a car crash. At least the stupid shit didn’t kill someone else, even though he easily could have. > > Yes, I’ve been on that road a few times, and it’s usually busier than that. In addition, the way he was driving, he could easily have crossed over the median and hit several cars coming the other way. I’d bet some pieces of his car did. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/19 "2010-08-24T14:34:20Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It’s pretty rare that I say I’m sorry to see that someone lived through a car crash. At least the stupid shit didn’t kill someone else, even though he easily could have. He dented that bridge something fierce though. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/20 "2010-08-24T14:51:27Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Anyone else hear the General Lee’s horn in their head while watching that? Win. > [@Giles](#): > > > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > > > It’s pretty rare that I say I’m sorry to see that someone lived through a car crash. At least the stupid shit didn’t kill someone else, even though he easily could have. > > Yes, I’ve been on that road a few times, and it’s usually busier than that. In addition, the way he was driving, he could easily have crossed over the median and hit several cars coming the other way. Would have, if not for the aerial detour. Would’ve been seriously ugly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254.md?page=2)