« So not only do I have a blog... | Main | Good News! »

October 11, 2003

GOOD MORNING, CARNAGE.

Do you have any idea how fast you've got to be going to overturn an SUV?

Neither do I. But I betcha it's pretty fuckin' fast. Or maybe not, higher center of gravity. But still, in a sedan? Gee whiz.

The Intersections of Woe never disappoint. Anyone who's been reading this site for a while probably already knows about how prone the street outside my apartment building is to car wrecks, but I usually just snap these sorts of pictures from the window. This one was actually worth hopping out of bed, getting dressed, and going downstairs to rubberneck for.

I didn't get any shots of the bleeding guy they hauled out of the sedan, the Starbucks counter girl acting as an impromptu traffic cop, or the two towtruck guys arguing over who got there first, each in his own exotic accent. So you'll have to imagine all that.

Strangely enough, the chick in the SUV was perfectly all right; She crawled out of the sunroof after the crash. I guess those things really are tanks. The EMTs made her put on a neck brace and lie on a gurney anyway, but you could see they had to talk her into it.

Posted by Spike at October 11, 2003 12:39 PM

Comments

Methinks idd be a tad more tersting with some bloody body parts, or somesuch. Is't only the cars get crapped?

Posted by The Bloated Camel at October 12, 2003 01:40 PM
64.12.96.139

It's like watching a nature show and some leopard just took down a rhino. Take that, Soccer Rhinos!!!

Posted by Zack at October 12, 2003 08:35 PM
24.91.144.201

Still looks better than the street I live on in any given moment.

Posted by Psychomelody at October 12, 2003 08:40 PM
151.197.201.65

I lied. I do have some shots of the bleeding sedan driver getting hauled off in an ambulance, but they were too blurry to post...

And this was the best accident in days, no doubt. My block runs an average of three a week.

Posted by spike at October 12, 2003 11:33 PM
68.20.180.165

Actually, turning over an SUV is quite easy, especially in a sedan. SUV are real heavy, big, and thin. They are WAY top heavy, so they turn over if you try to turn in one at 40 MPH! They are much more dangerous than sedans, in that they are basically death traps.

Posted by biatch at May 14, 2004 09:35 AM
24.1.50.185

Post a comment