# Bad driver (with pic) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865 "2010-04-30T14:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/1 "2010-04-30T14:24:48Z")
In the words of Mr. Neville, [yikes!](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2010/04/29/dip.DTL&object=/c/pictures/2010/04/29/ba-Garage_Car_Ac_0501568504.jpg) Anybody have any idea roughly how fast the car would need to have been going to do something like this? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/2 "2010-04-30T14:37:14Z")
Why does the car appear to have suffered zero damage? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/3 "2010-04-30T15:08:05Z")
Isn’t there a chain of restaurants which have an old Thunderbird or something sticking out of the front wall? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/4 "2010-04-30T15:12:15Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Why does the car appear to have suffered zero damage? Yes, going through a brick wall at any speed, at least the lights would be broken. My guess is that they made a car-shaped hole, then carefully drove a car into it without touching the sides of the hole. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/5 "2010-04-30T15:21:08Z")
Gotta wonder if this isn’t Photoshopped. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/6 "2010-04-30T15:27:32Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Yes, going through a brick wall at any speed, at least the lights would be broken. My guess is that they made a car-shaped hole, then carefully drove a car into it without touching the sides of the hole. Seems to be [real.](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2952796/Reverse-parking-gets-h-airy.html) From the close-up picture, it looks like more of a brick veneer than an actual structural wall. Doesn’t have very much resistance at all to lateral impacts. And there is very little damage to the car, so I’m guessing the collision was less than 10 mph. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/7 "2010-04-30T15:47:11Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Why does the car appear to have suffered zero damage? The driver is THAT good. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/8 "2010-04-30T16:01:49Z")
Ouch. Apparently the rain of concrete chunks did more damage to cars parked on the ground than it did to the car that actually went through the wall. Looks like the wall was pretty thin in [this pic](http://www.benzinsider.com/2010/04/mercedes-benz-c-class-crashes-through-parking-garage-wall/12391667_bg2/). ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/9 "2010-04-30T16:52:11Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Seems to be [real.](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2952796/Reverse-parking-gets-h-airy.html) From the close-up picture, it looks like more of a brick veneer than an actual structural wall. Doesn’t have very much resistance at all to lateral impacts. And there is very little damage to the car, so I’m guessing the collision was less than 10 mph. Wow, I would’ve sworn that it was either trompe l 'oeil or some kind of sculpture installation. Hell, they should just keep it there as art. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/10 "2010-04-30T18:49:07Z")
Now, why would they just leave the car there? It looks like they can drive away. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/11 "2010-04-30T19:05:30Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Now, why would they just leave the car there? It looks like they can drive away. Mercedes, probably rear wheel drive. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/12 "2010-04-30T19:10:01Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Now, why would they just leave the car there? It looks like they can drive away. The article that **Finagle** linked to said the authorities were able to drive it away. Probably the driver was so scared he skedaddled, and the pics were taken before the authorities removed it. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/13 "2010-04-30T19:13:58Z")
It may be real, but I can totally see that as public art. Hmmm. I wonder who’s on the city’s public art committee. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/14 "2010-04-30T19:16:25Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > It may be real, but I can totally see that as public art. Hmmm. I wonder who’s on the city’s public art committee. The car was great, but there is a big stain on the driver’s seat… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/15 "2010-04-30T19:18:18Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Anybody have any idea roughly how fast the car would need to have been going to do something like this? Depends… was he leaving or entering? ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/16 "2010-04-30T19:22:48Z")
I think this may actually be real. Notice the yellow tabe and rubble at ground level. Granted there isnt much rubble , but some is visible. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/17 "2010-04-30T19:51:48Z")
Man, what an ugly building. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/18 "2010-04-30T19:57:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > It may be real, but I can totally see that as public art. Hmmm. I wonder who’s on the city’s public art committee. We have that in Toronto: [City TV building](http://api.ning.com/files/nPUWBaP5FT2YCsaiBup0xGoaWltZ6FES26Nncz2Hh21M1xzLXZsInpst6U6kEkRx4mJx8DOZn6lcjknKI03lY99wLyOVQ2pS/TorontoCityTVbuilding.jpg). The one in the OP is real according to news reports though. I too was amazed by the lack of damage to the car. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/19 "2010-04-30T20:01:49Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Gotta wonder if this isn’t Photoshopped. It’s not. There’s an AP [video on YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1O7nbIWiBE&feature=player_embedded) that details the story much better. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865/20 "2010-04-30T20:14:13Z")
> [@Pullet](#): > > Man, what an ugly building. Yeah, where’s Tim McVeigh when you need him ? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-driver-with-pic/537865.md?page=2)