Showing posts with label Accidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Accidents. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Canadian Trucker gets the Fright of His Life When Oncoming 18-Wheeler Rolls Over [NSFW]


Some of the scariest situations on the road are usually the ones we have no control over, like when a massive 18-wheeler lorry flips over on a turn and is heading straight towards your vehicle.

As luck would have it, this Canadian truck driver was offered a split second to make a quick move and avoid a potentially fatal crash.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Audi R8 Picks Up a Bad Habit from Ferrari and Lamborghini Supercars in Canada


An Audi R8 sports coupe breathed its last breath on Monday after it was engulfed in flames that burned down half the car, despite the efforts from firefighters at the scene of the blaze.

While we don't know what caused the fire, we did learn from the Toronto Star that the incident took place on the Gardiner Expressway in the Canadian province of Ontario and that fortunately, no one was injured.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Cheap eBay Steering Wheel Comes off Locost Seven During Race


While this wouldn't be the first time we have witnessed a steering wheel coming off a racecar, it never gets old and…scary.

This latest incident occurred to Alex von Ehrheim while driving his Locost racer, which is a home-built clone of the open-top Lotus Seven sports car, at the Donington Park circuit in the UK.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Meanwhile In Russia: An Upset Drunk Driver, a Crazy Bride, a Man on the Hood and an Oops Moment


There's always something interesting to see on Russian roads, with today's video finds ranging from a drunk-foo BMW driver that simply refuses to calm down (wait for the "if this happened in America" comments…), despite the efforts from the cops, to a "what a catch" kind of bride that blew a fuse when her limo was caught in heavy traffic. Read more »

Sunday, June 24, 2012

You Know You Shouldn't be Driving When You Bang Into a Parking Gate…


There are some telltale signs that you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car like when you're getting ready to insert a ticket into the machine but somehow end up smashing into and breaking a parking gate.

And on top of that, you then have a hard time placing your vehicle in the correct spot to reach the machine.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

DUI Suspect Full of Swag Asks "What is Drugs" After Crashing Into Three Cars…


Here's a new meme in the making. Last Friday, 29-year old Vardan Aslanyan took police on an hour-long chase reaching speeds in excess of 100mph (+160km/h) through several freeways in the San Fernando Valley.

While being pursued by cops, Aslanyan collided with three vehicles, including a Mercedes-Benz SUV that was knocked over injuring a mother and her 3-year-old toddler, fortunately, not seriously, according to NBC LA.

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Man Lands Rental BMW X5 Atop Jaguar XJ and Mercedes E-Class


A 74-year-old man launched his rental 2012 BMW X5 SUV through some cable wires and into the air before literally landing onto a 2005 JagWire Jaguar XJ and a 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan in a looped parking garage in Chicago.

The man said that he hit the gas pedal instead of the brake by mistake. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but all three cars sustained at least some kind of damages.

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This is What Happens When You Play with a Lighter While Filling Up Your Car


Evidently, common sense took a day off this past Sunday when a young Australian motorist decided to play around with his…cigarette lighter while filling up his Toyota Corolla's tank at a gas station in Thomastown, a suburb of Melbourne.

Footage from a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera shows the reckless driver leaning inside the car and then for some reason, flicked the lighter which instantaneously sparked a fire.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Lamborghini Gallardo Charred to the Ground in Kuwait


Yes, it's yet another Italian supercar going up in flames on the road. This time the car is a Lamborghini Gallardo and the place is the sovereign Arab state of Kuwait.

As you can see, the fire has already engulfed the Gallardo with not much left to save when the firefighters show up to do their job.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Large Concrete Mixer Truck Rolls Over and Crashes into Cars


We can only imagine the terror that the drivers and passengers of these cars waiting for the light to turn green experienced when a large concrete truck rolled over at speed and headed their way. Read more »

Passenger Thrown Out of a Vehicle Crash in Turkey Walks Away Unharmed


Some six decades after Nash and Ford began offering seat belts as an option and a little over five decades after Saab introduced this life saving idea as standard on its cars, and still you find many people who foolishly oppose their use.

In a sheer stroke of luck, a man in the passenger seat of a sedan model that smashed into a Peugeot hatchback at a crossroad in Turkey, was thrown out of the car but amazingly, he made it out alive and unhurt.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

You Never Know What Might Come Your Way on Russian Roads…


There are so many weird things being recorded on film on Russian roads these days that sometimes, we just have to bundle several related videos together in one post.

Today's trio of clips can be simply classified under the "bizarre encounters" file. Though somewhat blurred, we would say the second video is NSFW. Check them all out right after the jump.

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Ford Fiesta Maxi in a Horrifying Rally Crash in Argentina


If you watch the spine-tingling video that follows, you'd be hard pressed to believe that not a single person was injured during this racing incident.

Yet amazingly, both the driver of the Ford Fiesta rally car, Nicolas Diaz, and his co-pilot, Luis Allende, walked away unscathed from the accident that occurred just 50 meters before the end of the first stage of last week's Rally de Catamarca in Argentina.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Driver Ejected from Lada Wins Chuck Norris Stamp of Approval


Sometimes the universe conspires to work against you but sometimes it works to help you out. This time it was clearly a case of the latter.

Not only did the driver of this white Lada 110 (or VAZ-2110) avoid being hit by a Mercedes-Benz E-Class when he lost control of his car; not only did he miss the concrete pole when he was ejected from the Russian sedan; not only did he avoid being run over by the German saloon but he also managed to avoid any serious injuries!

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The First Documented Crash of a Scion FR-S


We knew it was destined to happen sooner or later: the first reported crash of a Scion FR-S. The hapless driver is a member of the FT86 Club forums who goes by the nickname Neutral.

The 24-year old FR-S owner posted two pictures and a rather remorseful account of the incident that occurred during a right turn when he lost control of the rear-wheel drive sports car at about 20mph (32km/h) and then ended up smashing it into a telephone pole.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Pissed Off Woman Unleashes Hammer Hell on Her Man's (?) Fiesta


You can never know how someone will express their anger as some people simply suppress their feelings while others explode like popcorn.

Of course, anyone who will allow their fury to guide them is asking for trouble – in some cases, lots of it as this driver proved back in March.

The YouTube has it that the woman seen in this video was furious over something that her boyfriend did and she lashed out on his Ford Fiesta. We can’t confirm it, but it does seem to make sense as a scenario.

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All Hail Breaks Loose in Dallas, Cars and Drivers Under Attack by Baseball Sized Hailstones


A cataclysmic thunderstorm that produced baseball-sized hailstones for over three hours hit Dallas, Texas, late Wednesday afternoon, leaving thousands of residents and drivers stunned and scared at the same time.

State officials predict that the damages from the storm that include many broken car windows could well exceed $400 million.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

This Biker Should Better Hold his Horses…


Even though motorcycles are meant to be driven on two wheels, some riders like to pull a wheelie now and then.

But as we all remember from our younger years of bicycle escapades, one small slip up and you risk painting the road with your very own body parts.

Something tells us that this rider's first words after his fall from grace was not 'did you get this on camera'…

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

This Was No Russian Joy Ride…


Attempting to overtake a large truck from the right side of the road on a rainy day with a mediocre sedan is obviously a very bad idea.

Given the circumstances of this accident, the Russian driver of the blue sedan should undoubtedly consider himself/herself lucky with this outcome. It could have been worse, much worse…

Watch the video right past the break.

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U Report: Another Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 'Gullwing' Wreck


Less than a month after we reported about the most recent Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG crash that occurred in Poland's capital city of Warsaw, we have a fresh incident involving Stuttgart's 'Gullwing' door sports car.

According to Carscoop reader Joel K., who emailed us the above photograph, this latest incident took place in the Swiss city of Lausanne.

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