I can pass just one more before my exit...

[stevej37]

Also....I think the guy with the dash-cam hit/ran over a big chunk of the Camaro's front end or fender.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Well when the car weighs 3,400 pounds (more than some SUVs) it’s going to be a bit more stable. Newton’s First Law of Motion and all that... Most newer cars are PIGS, the Camaro especially so - it’s huge and it’s not light.

Heavy car, lower to the ground with mildly stiff suspension. No problem taking the fender and door skin off.

It looks like the driver did not initially judge how much to turn the wheel to clear the barrier. The car was turned at a greater angle nearing the barrier and it responded, but it was too late.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

Another few feet farther and he would have pulled a Grosjean.

You have just coined a new phrase regarding drivers and barriers.


The Grosjean.

[EagleIronCorn]

If he had a bigger motor, he would have made it.
Turbo ??

[stevej37]

^^^ Concrete beats sheet metal any day.

[vash]

Originally Posted by stevej37

It's amazing to me, that the collision didn't put the Camaro into a spin.

not good tires..great tires!

i cant see what is the end treatment on that barrier. it was metal?

[stevej37]

I'm surprised that the DOT doesn't require a post or a tower where the concrete division is.
Might be hard to see the actual separation.

Still no excuse for the driver trying to pass when he shouldn't have.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by stevej37

It's amazing to me, that the collision didn't put the Camaro into a spin.

From the look of the damage he just barely touched the concrete. It doesn't take much force to tear the hell out of a modern car.

[sc_rufctr]

Lots of damage IMO. That car would be a write off... And I'd bet the driver was hurt

[stevej37]

I agree. That front end and drivers side is toast. Expensive lesson.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I'm surprised that the DOT doesn't require a post or a tower where the concrete division is.
Might be hard to see the actual separation.

Still no excuse for the driver trying to pass when he shouldn't have.

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

From the look of the damage he just barely touched the concrete. It doesn't take much force to tear the hell out of a modern car.

He didn't hit concrete. He something like this that was sticking out past the end of the concrete.



And it was still there when he went past. I don't think he moved it much.

[ckissick]

That'll buff right out. Of the barrier, that is. Not the car.

[A930Rocket]

I wonder what the impact resistance is for that type barrier on a highway? I can only imagine at speed, you’re not going to walk away. Would barrels of water (with reliefs) or some other substance be batter?

[pwd72s]

Fess up, guys. You'd have loved it more if the car had been a Mustang.

[ltusler]

Just turn that into one of those lambo doors.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Fess up, guys. You'd have loved it more if the car had been a Mustang.

Why was that in green?