# 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:** 3
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/41 "2010-08-24T19:36:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I think it’s only a matter of time before cars start having cameras and black boxes factory installed. Already do. They’re used by mechanics for diagnostics, but insurance companies have already started pulling the content after losses. And it’s going even beyond that: [Progressive](http://warofillusions.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/insurance-companies-utilizing-black-box-technology-in-cars-offering-discounts-to-good-drivers/) has offered discounts to drivers willing to undergo monitoring of their driving habits. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/42 "2010-08-24T20:10:46Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The car simply disintegrates. And yet, no huge fireball. Amazing the way cars are built nowdays. It’s actually pretty uncommon for an accident to cause a fire. If the impact is strong enough to rupture the fuel tank, you probably don’t have enough gasoline near a source of heat. If the tank remains intact, there’s not going to be enough oxygen to sustain a fire (and likely, not enough heat, either). > [@ducati](#): > > I have cameras running front and rear because people do stoopid things around me every freaking day… > > Left turn idiot > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=typicalday.flv) > > Idiot hits me > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=930annivwreck.mp4) > > Redneck Hood Launch > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=hood.flv) > > UPS tries to hit me. > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=Movie.flv) > There are so many more… > > Long ago, as I stood with my hand on the door to a donut shop (insert cop joke here- I was in uniform) a Camaro launched over a curb and embankment just like above and landed in the parking lot, headed for me. Luckily it stopped a few feet away, and I was able to arrest all three lunkheads for a variety of things. > Anyone want a ride? What exactly happened in that second video? Was the driver of the convertible drunk? It looks like he just stomps on the gas, and then…the guy behind him did so as well? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/43 "2010-08-24T20:23:49Z")
I don’t have the sound turned on as I’m at work, so apologies if someone in this video explains this. Is that the body of the driver skimming across the road from left to right? It sure looks like a human figure. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/44 "2010-08-24T22:46:56Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > You might want to re-examine your life if the most interesting parts of it are all recorded on police dash-cams. Who said these are most interesting parts? That’s an entirely \*\*different \*\*tape library! I haven’t been a cop in many years, but I do still work with my county EMA, and I’m on call 24/7, so I’ve got lights & sirens along with the cameras in my POV. They’re mostly for my benefit, since I \*\*am \*\*a stupid magnet. I get hit or hit-and-run more than you’d believe. You know your last accident where the other guy said this and you said that? I just say “Let’s go to the tape!” and prove my innocence or at least lack of culpability! The truck was just a hoopty with a poorly attached hood; he hit a bump there in the road, and that’s all she wrote. The rear-end wreck was just pure inattention on the part of the Mercedes. Traffic slowed quickly in front of me, so I hit the brakes; the BMW was a little late on the draw, but was managing not to hit me when Mr. S-class hit him from behind. Mr. BMW and I spent my 20th wedding anniversary in the hospital. This little filly was riding in the HOV lane (illegally alone) when her hood latch failed, flipping her hood back over her windshield and blocking her vision. I came along seconds later, and guided her across the highway with red lights flashing so she wouldn’t get plowed from behind. Ba dum bum. > **[Photo Storage](https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=HoodUp.flv)** > > Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today! And as a motorcyclist, I was heading into the twisties to take pictures of bikes doing their thing. I let these guys pass me, only to catch them 5 minutes later; one of the guys had wrecked pretty bad into the guard rail and needed medical care badly. I’m a First Aid and CERT instructor, so after setting a broken leg and stopping the blood, I rode him back down the mountain to an ambulance, saving over an hour of delay… > **[Photo Storage](https://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=20c956d7.flv)** > > Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today! Just your average good samaritan with a camera. And stupid-magnet. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/45 "2010-08-24T23:02:14Z")
I’m thinking that it was because the crash was so spectacular is the reason he lived. He hit the guardrail which dissipated energy, the car flew apart which dissipated energy and he didn’t hit anything head-on. It’s like a race car accident. A high performance race car is designed to break apart and take the energy of the crash away from the driver. That’s how those drivers walk away from some spectacular crashes where the car flies into 1000 pieces. The unspectacular crashes (like Dale Earnhardt’s), can be the most dangerous for the driver. If that guy had driven straight into the bridge there would have been a big crash and no worry about a summons or car insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/46 "2010-08-24T23:31:50Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I have cameras running front and rear because people do stoopid things around me every freaking day… “Redneck Hood Launch” turned out to be a lot less funny than I had hoped. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/47 "2010-08-25T03:51:24Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > [Progressive](http://warofillusions.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/insurance-companies-utilizing-black-box-technology-in-cars-offering-discounts-to-good-drivers/) has offered discounts to drivers willing to undergo monitoring of their driving habits. I see the link is from 2008. Fascinating. From 2002: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2572118](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2572118) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/48 "2010-08-25T05:32:19Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > What exactly happened in that second video? Was the driver of the convertible drunk? It looks like he just stomps on the gas, and then…the guy behind him did so as well? Those cars aren’t accelerating, the camera car is braking and the following drivers, particularly the one behind the roadster, are plowing on ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/49 "2010-08-25T10:12:47Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Idiot hits me > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=930annivwreck.mp4) Those guys (and the driver of the car behind who swerved to avoid them) were amazingly lucky they didn’t get flattened by that truck right behind. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/50 "2010-08-25T12:40:28Z")
The OP reminds me of this accident involving a Corvette, a semi truck and 165mph of speed…[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JucCMjyLd7U](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JucCMjyLd7U) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/51 "2010-08-25T12:52:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > [@Giles](#): > > > > 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. If you let the video play out on the OP’s link, another video starts that is the news story that aired, and they interview a trooper who says that no other vehicle was involved in any way, seeming to mean that no debris significantly damaged any other vehicles. For sure, oncoming traffic would have been fucked if not for that guardrail. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/52 "2010-08-25T12:54:37Z")
The thing about these crashes that really annoys me is that I know people who sincerely believe that the pursuing officers should be arrested for attempted murder. _“Clearly,”_ they say _" the police department’s needlessly aggressive and hostile pursuit strategy provoked a completely innocent person into this reckless and destructive act!_ Rampant idiocy is spreading and we are all doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/53 "2010-08-25T14:03:50Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I have cameras running front and rear because people do stoopid things around me every freaking day… > > Left turn idiot > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=typicalday.flv) > > Idiot hits me > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=930annivwreck.mp4) > > Redneck Hood Launch > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=hood.flv) > > UPS tries to hit me. > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/?action=view¤t=Movie.flv) > There are so many more… > > Long ago, as I stood with my hand on the door to a donut shop (insert cop joke here- I was in uniform) a Camaro launched over a curb and embankment just like above and landed in the parking lot, headed for me. Luckily it stopped a few feet away, and I was able to arrest all three lunkheads for a variety of things. > Anyone want a ride? Is that Neal Boortz you’re listening to? ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/54 "2010-08-25T14:12:09Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > The thing about these crashes that really annoys me is that I know people who sincerely believe that the pursuing officers should be arrested for attempted murder. _“Clearly,”_ they say _" the police department’s needlessly aggressive and hostile pursuit strategy provoked a completely innocent person into this reckless and destructive act!_ > > Rampant idiocy is spreading and we are all doomed. In this particular case, the trooper wasn’t pursuing the crash victim. He may have the spooked the driver or something, but I think it was just coincidence that a law enforcement officer was in just the right place with his cruiser-cam.. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/55 "2010-08-25T14:18:06Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Wow. > > I bet some idiots use this as an excuse for not wearing seatbelts; “See, he was thrown from the car and survived, that proves that you shouldn’t wear seatbelts!” _Always_ wear your seatbelt. [http://embracethis.co.uk/](http://embracethis.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Sehmket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Sehmket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sehmket)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/56 "2010-08-25T14:28:38Z")
My mom lives one exit up the highway from where this crash occurred - I was asking her how her day was, and she said as soon as she pulled out to the main drag, and saw people getting off at HER exit because traffic was backed up that far, it was going to be an exciting drive to work. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/57 "2010-08-25T15:14:00Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > > [@ducati](#): > > > > I > > Idiot hits me > > [Photo Storage](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v677/ural/videos/holding/?action=view¤t=930annivwreck.mp4) > > WTF? > > Thank god it didn’t turn out worse. That semi in the next lane could’ve made that whole scene quite a bit gorier. I kinda feel sorry for the Beemer in the middle. He saw the idiot coming up behind him, tried to get out of the way and discovered he had no where to go. Of course the idiot at the back still sould have rearended\*\* ducati\*\*. ---
**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 25, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/58 "2010-08-25T15:56:57Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > > [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > > > You might want to re-examine your life if the most interesting parts of it are all recorded on police dash-cams. > > Who said these are most interesting parts? > That’s an entirely \*\*different \*\*tape library! You’re also not the one being recorded. I was referring to the people (or cars) actually appearing in the vids. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/59 "2010-08-25T16:27:17Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I don’t have the sound turned on as I’m at work, so apologies if someone in this video explains this. > > Is that the body of the driver skimming across the road from left to right? It sure looks like a human figure. Yep. The body lands just to the left of a car that stops on the right shoulder. If you have a twisted enough sense of humor, there’s a video on youtube of the crash set to the _Knight Rider_ theme. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254/60 "2010-08-25T17:04:00Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Is that Neal Boortz you’re listening to? Always! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-100-mph-crash-video-captured-on-police-dash-camera/551254.md?page=4)