03tlCHARCOL

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A 67-year-old Oklahoma man had quite a fright after backing his car at high speed through a seventh-floor exterior wall of a parking garage.
Ralph Hudson says his foot got stuck between his Mercedes' brake and gas pedal as he was backing up in a towering parking garage in downtown Tulsa on Wednesday.

The car burst through the building's exterior wall and sprayed debris on a parking lot below before stopping just in time. The car's trunk and part of its back wheels were left hanging precariously out of the building but officials were able to safely drive it back inside.

Police officer Jason Willingham says Hudson was not ticketed over the incident.






At least it wasn't a Toyota

justnspace

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Are MB's built that strong?
How come there isn't any back end damage?

vas25tl

Niice

myron

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seems like the tail lights are built stronger than the body.

MyCarIsntInMyWifesName

German engineering at its finest. We were toying with some internals on a totaled last generation C280 and man those things are built like tanks underneath it all.

speedemon90

my thoughts exactly

subinf

Hmm, and some thought it was a chick

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...77546&page=112

subinf

Here is another view

JS + XES

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that's an epic picture.

JS + XES

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+1 on the bumper.

JS + XES

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what if he went a little bit more could he have been survived from that?

princelybug

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Rockstar21

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greatness

woulda been a helluva fall....

subinf

Either that or some contractor put together a shit building.

CocheseUGA

That's what I'm thinking. Poor design, too.

Every garage I've been to has a 1' thick concrete and rebar wall up to about waist height.

JS + XES

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that contractor should now

subinf

On a different topic - what the hell would he be ticketed for? The garage is probably private? so maybe littering with the bricks?

justnspace

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you can see the right quarter panel fucked up...but if it came straight through....wouldn't the back end receive major damage even if the walls weren't that strong?
I mean barely bumping into a wall will cause a little damage.

1StGenCL

wow, that is a crazy pic especially since the car looks ok

CocheseUGA

That wasn't the car that went through first. The Toyota is on the ground behind the trees.

justnspace

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^hahahhahahhahaha

subinf

Maybe the car didn't back out but actually crashed into the wall

JS + XES

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dallison

wow, he must have been moving fast. Look where the bricks landed. Are we sure he wasn't trying to kill himself?

JS + XES

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I notice that too. wow it went pretty far.

Whiskers

An Acura would have lost the fight.

subinf

^ - but it would have made the rear end look better

JS + XES

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crushed 4G TL bumper >> not crushed 4G TL bumper

subinf

Although to be fair, you actually might not be able to tell whether there is a difference.

ChicagoNick

the car that got pelted with bricks looks to have more damage than the mercedes....

tmnhs81

Just saw a news clip. It was a dealer loaner car..

Moog-Type-S

The brick is veneer....look closely.....it's why the car has very little damage to it, and also why the "bricks" were thrown halfway across the parking lot instead of straight down.

The exterior wall of the parking garage is a simple curtain wall. It's not structural.

subinf

but you would at least think there would be something to prevent a car from going through the wall. around here the barriers are pretty intense.

alexSU

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I doubt it falling backwards 7 stories, the odds would be against him.

CLtotheTL32

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Holy shit.

I would be pissed if my car was the one on the ground that got sprayed with bricks.

phee

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WLcDwP1Mt4

ANC297

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Exactly, Moog type-s....Its not a solid wall, kinda looks like dry wallish.
Doesnt look to be too safe in a storm or anything.

Moog-Type-S

A conc. wheel bumper is all that is required.

You can't design a parking structure idiot (oldie/blue-hair) proof.

Parking structures are not designed for high speed...aka stomping on the accel. pedal. A conc. wheel bumper will "stop" a car from 5 mph.....when pulling into a space at parking speed.


However, most new parking structures are concrete construction, utilizing the exterior conc. walls as part of the structural portions of the building.

subinf

I guess I haven't paid much attention to the various parking structures around SF but my general impression was that most had more than a concrete stop. I'll check it out next time I'm in one

'01White3.2CL

in for the FAIL photoshops...classic picture, hope no one got hurt though, car on ground got smashed window it looks like.