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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:35 PM
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Default Autobahn Car Crash!!

Don’t know if this has been around before but….. Foowk me!!

http://landiss.info/mbz/autobahn.html
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:40 PM
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thats a funny looking autobhan, horrendous all the same
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:40 PM
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Are you suggesting that a Mk 4 Escort can do 155mph in a horizontal direction?
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:42 PM
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LOL Interesting pics all the same
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:28 PM
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Nasty
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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I've seen this before - photpshopped isn't it ?
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 06:53 PM
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Try 'ChipsAway'
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:10 PM
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It'll polish out...
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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Photoshopped.

half the car hasnt been put in the image.


no engine/ bonnet, debris, skid marks.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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......And the registration plate is Spanish, not German...
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Poor Guy
Photoshopped.

half the car hasnt been put in the image.


no engine/ bonnet, debris, skid marks.
That doesnt look photoshopped to me.

And if the car hit the tree hard enought to do that then the engine etc. could be aout 2miles further down the road.
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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at least the trees in one piece.... .....
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Terzo 333
I've seen this before - photpshopped isn't it ?

Yep, this was doing the rounds on here about a year ago. The general opinion was that the picture had been Photoshopped. I wouldn't know if it is or it isn't

If it is real, well thats another thing
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 08:34 AM
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As someone who has done a fair bit of photochopping myself, my vote would say that this is NOT a photochop. Very nasty, no one would have survived that.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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Lets hope whoever was in it either died quickly or was ejected before it hit the tree
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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not PS'd, but why is held onto the tree in the last pic with some string



oh, and that's not an Oak tree
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:22 AM
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Photoshopped without a doubt. Tiddly little tree trunk that's hardly damaged and with that sort of impact, I doubt if the tree would even be there.

Good pic though...

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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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trees are hard, tree on a bend near my parents gets hit on average about 5 times a year, every year, it never looks damaged at all, its only still there because if it wasn't the cars would have ended up in someones living room.I don't think thats photoshopped, its def not an autobahn tho
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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I reckon fake.. but not photoshopped. There's too many things that arent right.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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My suspicions are this:

Road seems too narrow to reach that kind of destructive speed (impact speed looks at about 60mph...which means the speed prior to loosing control is 90-100mph). Too many by public bystanders, which either suggests it's a busy road - so would be dificult to reach that speed, or it's in/near a town/village (note the cyclist), again that speed would be difficult. The area isn't closed off. No police, no recovery truck, No sign of any machining/cutting done to the the car to remove any passengers. No litter from paramedics such as blood soaked bandages.

And finally The petrol tank on a MK5 Escort is underneath the rear passenger seats. As you can see, that has been completely mashed, so it's very likely for it to have split/punctured. You would not have bystanders that close if that were the case

Everyone in the picture appears to be of similar age and fashion sense (students??).

Looks to me like some sort of road safety publicity stunt. Although not sure exactly how you would go about bending a car like that, un less your very handy with the backhoe on a JCB
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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If thats Photochopped, then please can someone find out who did it so I can give them a job

I doubt its chopped tbh.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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well ive written a golf off ( me mums ) ............jus the front wing and that shifted telegraph pole 6" sideways at ~45mph. I realise trees have roots but........... That thing is way too wrapped round as well i believe.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 12:17 PM
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Trees generally stand up to crashes - you never see any fallen trees after WRC crashes.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 07:15 PM
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OUCH! thats gotta hurt
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 07:28 PM
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Atleast the trees alright. thats the main thing.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream Weaver
Trees generally stand up to crashes - you never see any fallen trees after WRC crashes.

Trees are tough buggers & win every time.
They also withstand high velocity bullets far better than brick walls, metal etc as well.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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It's not photoshopped. I'm amazed people even believe someone would be able to do that - that's well beyond what Geroge Lucas could do!

It was infact a female driver who was doing 100mph before losing it and hitting the tree. She survived because she wasn't wearing a belt and was thrown clear.

It was on the Top Gear crashes site.
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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Now we see

Link: http://www.topgear.com/content/my_topgear/prangs/05/03/

Amazing how Chinese whispers turns a wet narrow road into an autobahn

I wasn't far with my guesstimated travelling and impact speeds Still looks staged...one cop car and no attempt at holding back bystanders from a potential explosion risk
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
one cop car and no attempt at holding back bystanders from a potential explosion risk
They only explode in American Movies
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Old Oct 3, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Ok ok, fire risk from a dozy bystander throwing his *** but on the ground
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