Slog - Comments on Lunchtime Quickie

Comment by JC

JC — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:29:16 -0800

At the 1-minute mark I see a single truck crash into a wall but two trucks get turned over. I really can't see where the second truck comes from. Odd.

Comment by asteria

asteria — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:36:05 -0800

I'm not sitting in the back of articulated buses anymore.

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:40 -0800

Show this to "green" mayor Nickels the next time he suggests a tunnel for the waterfront.

Comment by used to blog

used to blog — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:49:53 -0800

Russia is fucked up.

Comment by prenks

prenks — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:55:56 -0800

I can't imagine this took place in a single day. Wouldn't they have to close the tunnel for at least a couple of hours for each accident?

Comment by Gad

Gad — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:15 -0800

That truck hit the wall so hard, it morphed into two trucks. magic.

Comment by KELLY O

KELLY O — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:39 -0800

#5 - it is mysterious - I only quoted what I found on the descriptions from the YouTube page, and Wikipedia. Haven't dug too much deeper

Comment by The CHZA

The CHZA — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:19:02 -0800

That bus driver is the boss. Everybody else completely lost it and he just whacked the back end of the thing once and kept going.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:28:05 -0800

#1, I noticed the same thing and had to re-watched. The only thing I can think of is that the one truck was already hidden completely behind the other truck riding its ass when they came into the shot.

The best part of that segment, though, is the car driver that immediately puts on his blinker to try to change lanes and get around the crash.

Comment by douglas

douglas — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:46:31 -0800

i imagine that in russia closing a tunnel for something as trivial as a car accident or an out of control bus would be unthinkable.

Comment by NaFun

NaFun — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:47:11 -0800

I like when the Volvo flips and finally comes to rest right side up and THEN the gas cap blows.

Comment by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:14:57 -0800

I'm thinking we've found our viaduct fix.

Comment by rb

rb — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:32:36 -0800

I used to travel to Russia for work and every time I got into a car I took a deep breath and thought, well, I've had a good life. The one time I went through that tunnel, our driver laughed and said, "we're probably going to die in the this tunnel, but here goes!"

Comment by Sad Comment

Sad Comment — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:36:55 -0800

I could've sworn that was the 358 bus the last time I rode it.

Comment by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:14:51 -0800

@1, 6, 9: It looks like the mysterious second truck comes directly out of the wall. Maybe from the tunnel going the other direction? Or from some access tunnel we can't see?

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:15:55 -0800

@1, 6 & 9:

From what I can tell, it appears the two trucks are in fact side-by-side as they come into frame; one perhaps was trying to pass on the left by either straddling the center and right lane, or, the other was trying to pass on the right by trying to force the inside truck out of the right-hald lane. Pretty fucked up either way.

In any case, I blame all of this carnage on teh vodka.

Comment by schnoodle

schnoodle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:54:34 -0800

@16-I dunno, it looks like it's coming straight out of the wall to me...

Comment by Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:20:01 -0800

I would love a tunnel like that. I would make going to work not boring anymore. At least it wouldn't hinder anyone's view.

Comment by _<]]>

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:39:31 -0800

Oh man, the video is down! I want to watch it to... T_T

Comment by _<]]>

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:43:51 -0800

Oh man, I hate making grammatical errors too! T_T

Comment by Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:24:03 -0800

Hey Kelly,

I'm in Istanbul and the videos don't display in slog, your posts always make me laugh, is there any way you could post a link as well? Youtube is banned here so its pointless for youtube video but anyway... Yea, that would be rad.

Comment by KELLY O

KELLY O — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:46:22 -0800

#21 and #19 - try this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLW3OiH8OQ

Comment by KELLY O

KELLY O — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:48:25 -0800

also #21 - thank you! and Istanbul? you're reading SLOG in Istanbul?!