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Wisconsin driver skids off interchange ramp and plunges 70 feet to the highway below (video)
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It probably would have kept him on the road if it wasn't for the snow plowed on the shoulder.
That is crazy. Glad he survived that. I don't know what I'd be thinking that whole way down. My life would be flashing before my eyes.
JFC.
Yup. Years ago I hydroplaned when driving down a mountain. My car skidded into the median, flipped upside down and skidded down the highway. If my car had swerved right instead of left I'd have plunged down the mountain. As the accident was happening everything was absolutely going in slow motion - I think because your natural instincts to survive all kick in and your body is just processing so much information so quickly perception of time is alerted. All I thought while the accident was happening was "wow, I'm having an accident right now." When it was over I undid my seat belt which caused me to fall down (car was upside down) and I climbed out the the broken out window. I had such an extraordinary high when I was safe out of my car; I felt incredible.
Yup. Years ago I hydroplaned when driving down a mountain. My car skidded into the median, flipped upside down and skidded down the highway. If my car had swerved right instead of left I'd have plunged down the mountain. As the accident was happening everything was absolutely going in slow motion - I think because your natural instincts to survive all kick in and your body is just processing so much information so quickly perception of time is alerted. All I thought while the accident was happening was "wow, I'm having an accident right now." When it was over I undid my seat belt which caused me to fall down (car was upside down) and I climbed out the the broken out window. I had such an extraordinary high when I was safe out of my car; I felt incredible.
God bless modern safety regulations.
It's insane he's alive, and I'm so happy we've come so far.
Surprised this doesn't happen every 12 minutes with how generally garbage the driving population of Wisconsin is.
Those people are everywhere in winter weather.
Usually two feet off my back bumper.
"There was one survivor, and he was miraculously unharmed."
Jesus fuck, I've never driven on a highway so high. How is it so high?! So happy the driver lived.
Houston and LA have massive flyovers like hundreds of feet
Yep, Houston is nuts. Would be a graveyard if they ever got ice/snow regularly.
All cars since 2009 are required to have roofs that absorb a minimum of 3x the weight of the car.
There are parts of Dallas which also have massive ramps high up in the air like this.
I drive that way a lot and it is scary ( I don't like heights). The speed limit for it is 40 I think but most people do double that.
He must play GTA 5 to be able to fall so far and land upright.
Looks like flames of some kind right before he hits, but I suppose it could just be a video artifact or a trick of light.
Looks like flames of some kind right before he hits, but I suppose it could just be a video artifact or a trick of light.
Reminds me of the time I thought I was for sure gonna be killed on the highway.
Highway was ploughed and all the snow was pushed to the on ramp. I either could have went really slow and merged at a dangerously slow speed or hammer it and break through.
I hammered it. This caused me to lose control of the car. I did a 180 across 3 lanes and stopped just before I hit the median. I was lucky no cars were there that early in the morning. Looking out the windowI saw numerous cars flying towards me fast. I turned around before they gotto me but wasn't able to speed up fast enough. A few cars were blowing by me.
Highway was ploughed and all the snow was pushed to the on ramp. I either could have went really slow and merged at a dangerously slow speed or hammer it and break through.
I hammered it. This caused me to lose control of the car. I did a 180 across 3 lanes and stopped just before I hit the median. I was lucky no cars were there that early in the morning. Looking out the windowI saw numerous cars flying towards me fast. I turned around before they gotto me but wasn't able to speed up fast enough. A few cars were blowing by me.
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Driver breaks silence after footage shows car plummeting from icy overpass
Richard Lee Oliver and his fiancée, Candice, say they are thankful he is alive after losing control of his truck on the highway in Milwaukee before the plunging 70 feet to the road below.
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100% with you there. Completely changed the dynamics of driving in snow.
People pay for all kinds of car maintenance, but no one pays for the last thing between the car and the road
Jesus fucking Christ..lucky ass driver. I'm sure a driver below probably thought it was raining cars and was the start of the apocalypse lol.
There's a bridge just like that near me and every single time I get stuck on the peak(around 90ft) in traffic , I start getting a bit queasy
I fucking HATE driving on these bridges. Every time I end up on one I become a nervous mess (scared of heights btw)
Poor guy; had a bystander help call his mom because he thought he wasn't gonna make it. Amazing stroke of luck that he survived.Driver breaks silence after footage shows car plummeting from icy overpass
Richard Lee Oliver and his fiancée, Candice, say they are thankful he is alive after losing control of his truck on the highway in Milwaukee before the plunging 70 feet to the road below.
