This is what happens when you drive to fast and somthing unexpected happens.

[Vector]

words cannot describe the aftermath.



BE WARNED THEY ARE VERY DISTURBING, just remember he made it out alive....
Clay.


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i've seen people dodge bullets, this is the biggest one i've seen yet.

the owner of the car is my friend ben. who amazingly came out of this accident with only a broken femur and some scratches. and his passenger walked away with scratches...

if the pole was 1ft more to the back of the door, ben would have been dead.

he was doing almost roughly 100kph when he tried to avoid a car that cut him off and nailed the post.

images taken by Clay

[Civic Accord Honda]

holly ......shit........................................ .......

[Hazwan]

Thats insane!

[forrest89sei]

Ouch!

[Demon1024]

i sure hope he learned something from that. i would have expected more damage at that speed though, my crash left a dent almost that big at 45 mph

[A18A]

jesus christ

[Hazwan]

Wait, isn't there a curse with yellow CRXs?

That CRX was yellow isn't it?

:D

[Pico]

Shit...

[carotman]

He was pretty lucky.

From what I learned over the years, if someone cuts you off, don't try to avoid him at all costs. The other car "deserves" to be in the crash and cars are made to absorb impacts, poles are not. You'll get less damage from hitting a car than hitting a pole.

Of course, it's easy to say this in front of my keyboard, might be different behind the wheel.

[2oodoor]

sure looks yellow to me :eek5:
ironic seeing the firemen practicing the jaws of life in the background

[Vector]

Wait, isn't there a curse with yellow CRXs?

That CRX was yellow isn't it?

:D

.a few other people have siad the same thing to me. yes it used to be yellow.. in one of the pics you can see it on the passenger side inside door... thats fucking creepy... really creepy... guess someone tried to avoid it by painting it a different color.

[Cheeseburger]

ouch! good thing the drive and the passenger are ok

[MessyHonda]

yeah thats why im scared of driving smaller cars than ours...ours are already unsafe.

[markmdz89hatch]

wow glad (and suprised) to hear everyone's ok. A broken femur will take years to recover from, but hey at least he's still got time.

like roo said, it's eerie to see that there's a j/y or fireman training area right at the corner where he crashed.

...speedy recovery to Ben.

[w261w261]

Amazing he's even alive. I wonder if our cars could have taken a hit like that to the door and done as well? I sure don't want to find out.

[HondaBoy]

if i remember correctly, our 3gees have a safer and stiffer frame structure than the civics did of that time period. i know when mine got hit it wasnt anywhere close to being that bad. but i didnt slam into a pole either, just a 1 ton truck. but man, that civic crx is like a tin can. key is dont drift fwds!

[lostforawhile]

yes the crx's are basically tin cans, the accord is a much stronger and safer car. i've worked on both and the sheet metal in the crx is very flimsy. this is one of the un talked about reasons why honda stopped making it. it couldn't meet the newer safety requirments without total redesign. one of the weak points on it is the b pillar,it collapses and the car folds up. another thing about our accords is the steel tube reinforcing right behind the steering wheel. the dash in our cars is designed to go upwards in a crash instead of down.

[ZackieDarko]

he dominated that pole

[Vector]

another thing about our accords is the steel tube reinforcing right behind the steering wheel. the dash in our cars is designed to go upwards in a crash instead of down.

:uh: so i can hit the steering wheel twice as fast if i ever have a head on jk.


he dominated that pole

yea... but in the end the pole still won as its still functional.


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Ben recovering in the hospital.

[86ccord]

wow.. i never heard of the yellow CRX curse...hmm..

well im glad ben made it out.. SURVIVORS FTW!!

[HondaBoy]

well good luck to your friends recovery. hope he'll be just fine. apparently someone was watching over him in some sort of way.

[Vector]

Clay told me we almost lost Ben last night,Bone marrow from his femur got into his blood stream,ending up in his lungs and it made him bleed internally,they had to get it out and give him a blood transfusion. The up-side being that this is over as far as we know and his vital's are back up,he had alot of oxygen in his blood aswell,from losing so much.Clay is going over to see him again and hopefully everything will be looking alot better. its a shock to me from hearing that earlier in the day he was lifting his leg up in the air...but none the less we're pulling for you Ben and as Clay said,now the real recovery is going to begin.

[2oodoor]

that sounded scary, good thing that was taken care of quickley..
Hope the recovery goes well, let the opiates flow .. I bet it hurts like SOB, undescribable:sadwave:

[lostforawhile]

lesson,if you drive a crx,get a proper cage and five point belts,real ones. you can buy the cages already ready to go in and theres nio back seat anyway so easy.

[GraniteLXI]

Wow...that is just horrible. Stupid people who drive like assholes and cut people off.... Did the person who cut him off get in any trouble? Looked like a hot CRX too :(

[87roach]

How about buddy learns to keep to the speed limit so shit like this doesn't happen, crazy. Hope he's taking it easy and recovers well and soon.