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It's possible that he was in 2wd mode and didn't have snow tires on. Hit a patch where it was slick, and the back end twitched. And like what Berzerker said, the driver panic's and let's off the gas causing the weight transfer, hits the cube van and then into on coming traffic.

wow.... just :eek2::eek2:

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Originally Posted by falcon (Post 7812553)

I would estimate speed to be closer to 80km/h for each which would bring a closing speed of 160hm/h

Wrong, common misconception that two forces colliding equals double the speed.

I said closing speed. I'm quite aware of newtons 3rd law ;).

why is there no median and why are they going so fast

I thought the climactic part was when the SUV hit the first truck, then I saw the semi in the background and

http://i.imgur.com/eSX5q.gif

RIP, that was hard to watch

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Originally Posted by niu99 (Post 7812411)

That thing just disintegrated upon impact. any one know what brand was it? probably a chinese brand car

I'm pretty sure your car would fall apart if it got hit like that.:rukidding:

in b4 RS engineering experts crew adds 6 pages to this thread.

wow that was a bit tough to watch (and hear too). the car completely turns into chunks of metal and plastic in one split second

almost exact scenario happened to my aunt last year :/ except she was in a yaris

shouldnt have watched this sigh

Wow.. that's brutal.

RIP

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Originally Posted by supafamous (Post 7812591)

I've watched it 10 times and it still feels unbelievable. Feels like it some sort of movie special effects thing. Can anyone verify that this really happened and it's not a fake?

why would this be fake? shit like this happens all the time. Especially in RUSSIA

some english description if viewed within youtube:

Driving in the slush this morning, my mind just keep on thinking about this video.

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Originally Posted by MindBomber (Post 7812421)

A bit difficult to enjoy a video like this, knowing the occupants of the vehicle were undoubtedly killed..

There's not a passenger vehicle on earth where the passengers could survive a side impact by an 80,000 kilogram vehicle at 100km/h...

I'm not sure about the laws and regulation where that crash happened, but here in BC the GVW of a tractor truck and semi trailer is usually around
47,000kg, while B-trains get to 63,500kg. I was told that there are a few occasions that a permit will be issued for overweight transporting. The same trucks when travelling in the US their GVW stickers will be 80,000lb and 105,000lbs. When you do the math, they are less than what is allowed here in BC, as much as 1/3 less. Either way, survivability of the occupants in the smaller vehicles is very unlikely. If you watch/read the news, whenever a passenger vehicle crashed into a tractor, the occupants of the smaller vehicle often die while the truck driver is shaken but unharmed. Only time the truck driver dies is if he crashes into another tractor/semi or goes into a river/off the cliff.