Althouse: "A £100,000 Ferrari literally wrapped itself around a telegraph pole...."

November 2, 2008

"A £100,000 Ferrari literally wrapped itself around a telegraph pole...."

Driver and passenger walked away with minor injuries.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...: gay marriage; 11/2/08, 8:38 PM
cardeblu said...: Ferrari's must have one hell of an airbag...; 11/2/08, 8:55 PM
Kevin said...: Can you hear me now?; 11/2/08, 9:00 PM
Chip Ahoy said...: Mid engine.; 11/2/08, 9:12 PM
Michael Ryan said...: The poor British! Isn't there some way we can get them telephones so they can stop using telegraphs?; 11/2/08, 9:14 PM
Too many jims said...: Literally wrapped itself around a telegraph pole? Maybe I am missing some British take on the english language, but how did the car do it "itself" if it had a driver. I mean KITT from Knight Rider could wrap itself (himself?) around a pole but other cars need actors to do the wrapping.; 11/2/08, 9:16 PM
Anonymous said...: Driver and passenger walked away with minor injuries.

But they were later beaten senseless by a gang of Ferrari aficionados.; 11/2/08, 9:38 PM
Palladian said...: It's not actually wrapped around a "telegraph" pole. It's cleft nearly in twain by a telegraph pole. It's been half-bisected by a telegraph pole. Come on! These people supposedly invented the English language! Time to start using it more carefully!; 11/2/08, 9:41 PM
Unknown said...: God bless crumple zones.; 11/2/08, 9:55 PM
Unknown said...: Maybe I am missing some British take on the english language, but how did the car do it "itself" if it had a driver.

Well, the driver gave it the necessary kinetic energy, but the Ferrari's structure put it to good use :); 11/2/08, 9:56 PM
Maxine Weiss said...: Their ego was bruised.; 11/2/08, 10:18 PM
Anonymous said...: "That Ferrari wrapped itself around a telegraph pole" makes as much sense as "that gun killed a robber..."; 11/2/08, 10:48 PM
Grames said...: Australians!!! Damn commenters who don't click the link.; 11/2/08, 10:56 PM
former law student said...: Many people with more money than driving experience have a tough time getting used to oversteer.; 11/2/08, 10:57 PM
Unknown said...: Well, let me defend the seeming anthropomorphism. I actually think it is fair to say that the Ferrari wrapped "itself" around the telephone pole.

If you launch a car at a high rate of speed at a pole such as that, there are quite a few ways it could turn out. I've done the experiment once myself, and it didn't turn out quite that way. The exact result is going to be determined by the rate of speed, the angle of attack, the precise point of contact, and many aspects of the specific design of the car: engine location, crumple zone design, etc.

So the way I see it, all the driver really did was to get it there with considerable momentum left to spare. The car took it from there. Indeed the car's designers probably had more to do with the "wrapping" aspect of the final outcome :); 11/2/08, 11:36 PM
Nichevo said...: How fast was he going? Wonder what that crash safety test rating is.; 11/3/08, 1:03 AM
ricpic said...: Good onya mate, you walked away.
So ya di'n't get laid.
But ya sure enough paid
Fer gettin' turr'ble pissed in Adelaide.; 11/3/08, 1:15 AM
rhhardin said...: That's a top-quality telephone pole. The ones around here shear off and hang from the wires they had been supporting.; 11/3/08, 3:23 AM
Eric said...: That's a top-quality telephone pole. The ones around here shear off and hang from the wires they had been supporting.

That's what I was wondering. The poles where I live are designed to shear off as a safety feature. This one seems designed to kill people.; 11/3/08, 4:03 AM
save_the_rustbelt said...: Am I mistaken, or is that a metal pole? Ouch.

I would have loved and cherished that car and kept it on the road. The rich are so undeserving.; 11/3/08, 6:23 AM
Tibore said...: Is it just me, or with those big headlights and doors open, doesn't that car look like a big, dazed bug?; 11/3/08, 7:25 AM
MadisonMan said...: Australians!!! Damn commenters who don't click the link.

Or pay attention to the plants in the background of this picture (or note the sunshine!)

Too many look but do not observe.; 11/3/08, 7:46 AM
MadisonMan said...: That said, Michael Ryan's comment at 9:14 made me silently chuckle.; 11/3/08, 7:47 AM
Kirk Parker said...: MM,

You're a better class of individual than I am, as Michael's comment made me jealous that he got there first! :-); 11/3/08, 9:12 AM