technical cunning person

September 26, 2008

I knew it was too good to be true…

Filed under: Car Stuff

So I came across this website for a company in Kansas called Fannin Fabrication that makes rollover simulators - they take the cabs of old S-10 pickups, bolt them to a rotisserie mounted on a trailer, and power it all with a hydraulic drive system to spin it around. The idea is for public safety agencies to use them to demonstrate the importance of seatbelts. I got all excited until I read the part about the company not providing the crash test dummies to be used in the demonstration - here, I thought they were actually putting volunteers in there and twirling them around like a hillbilly carnival ride. Oh well…

Determined to get hurt

Filed under: Batshit Insanity

If this doesn’t fit the “Batshit Insanity” category, nothing does. Let me set the scene for you: Twin sisters from Sweden, walking down the center median of the M6 in England, are approached by cops in a patrol car. So they do the sensible thing, and hop the guardrail straight into traffic, where both are immediately struck by cars, though neither is seriously injured. When more police and paramedics arrive to treat their injuries, both once again run into traffic, and get hit AGAIN. Think that’s the end of the story? Not even close. Well, fortunately, the whole incident was captured on Britain’s ubiquitous CCTV cameras and by a BBC crew.

The real victims here are the poor bastards these crazy broads stepped in front of…






















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