Man backs car through parking tower wall
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Man backs car through parking tower wall
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
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
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that's an epic picture.
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+1 on the bumper.
#11
I drive a Subata.
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what if he went a little bit more could he have been survived from that?
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that contractor should now
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One on the right for me
Maybe the car didn't back out but actually crashed into the wall
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I notice that too. wow it went pretty far.
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An Acura would have lost the fight.
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crushed 4G TL bumper >> not crushed 4G TL bumper
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The sizzle in the Steak
The exterior wall of the parking garage is a simple curtain wall. It's not structural.
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One on the right for me
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.
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Holy shit.
I would be pissed if my car was the one on the ground that got sprayed with bricks.
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The sizzle in the Steak
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.
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One on the right for me
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