• Eheran@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    How fast was she supposed to be to jump up at least a meter, come to a dead stop, drop down… but have no more than a scratch on the impact zone?

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      2 months ago

      First, I didn’t say it came to a dead stop before it dropped. I think the impalement killed its momentum. Second, fast probably wasn’t the right word, but she hit the gas hard enough to climb that bollard. I was thinking she just plowed into it, but she might’ve backed into it slowly, got stopped, didn’t know why, then pressed down harder on the gas. That would explain the minimal impact.

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        2 months ago

        backed into it slowly, got stopped, didn’t know why, then pressed down harder on the gas

        yeah, this is probably what happened

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      2 months ago

      My guess is it wasn’t speed. It’s probably an all-wheel drive car and the front wheels are really close to the front.

      So a stubborn driver could tap the bollard, get mad their car stopped, then after contact hit the gas hard and ride up the bollard while still keeping traction on the front wheels because they’re never pushed off the ground. The bumper would take less damage because after the first push most of the motion is upward.

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        2 months ago

        How does it ride up the bollard when we assume the bollard does not budge?

        Seriously, you can even see the damage on the bollard, it is clear that it got bend down.

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            2 months ago

            Where did you find the specification of this one specific bollard and where is the furnace that it is supposed to protect? If there is nothing to protect, why should it be up to the same standard?

            We can see that it is damaged, there is really no need to discuss it. It did not bend concrete but the steel tube. The concrete just snaps, it can’t handle bending. It is just in there to prevent collapsing of the tube, so compression, which concrete can do really well.

            There is also no other way for this to happen other than the bollard bending or a crane etc. dropping the car.

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              2 months ago

              Sunken ones are the same and given such a dumb statement you clearly know you’re wrong now but won’t admit it.

              The concrete is not there to prevent the tube from collapsing. You have that completely backwards.

              It’s clearly not bent. Get your eyes checked.