this_is_nascar 162 Posted June 28, 2012 Fast forward to the 55-second mark to start. I wish I had a translator to understand what those guys were saying. I bet that highway was closed for quite some time. http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/clearysnotebook/2012/06/horrific-traffic-accident-in-russia.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLugNutZ 21 Posted June 28, 2012 cant see it at work, in for later... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Grunt 44 Posted June 28, 2012 Looks like NJTP drivers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DirtyDigz 1,815 Posted June 28, 2012 I like how the truck driver just hops out afterwards. I'm guessing the people in the cars he hit weren't able to do the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnp 45 Posted June 28, 2012 Pretty crazy accident, what's with all the explosions? Did anyone else notice that every vehicle the 'runaway truck' hit seemed to explode on impact? Unless it was just the distance from which the video was shot or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony357 387 Posted June 28, 2012 I have issues with this vid, the vehicle with the camera slowed way down before the accident as if it were waiting for it to happen.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted June 28, 2012 Pretty nasty accident..wonder what the casually count was Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 28, 2012 Crazy stuff, but it does look a little planned out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcbethr 42 Posted June 28, 2012 I have a feeling it was CGI... Look at the rolling apples and the flames. Something isn't right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamondd817 828 Posted June 29, 2012 I have issues with this vid, the vehicle with the camera slowed way down before the accident as if it were waiting for it to happen.. Bingo. Somethings not right Here is a spectacular pepsi truck accident that happened in texas. Watch the Porche Cayenne in the oncoming traffic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLugNutZ 21 Posted June 29, 2012 could be fake, but the gas tanks on a semi are right under the front cab right? could be the cause of the explosion i would imagine... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted June 29, 2012 We will probably see that in some movie down the road, looks fake or let's say staged. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy4570 15 Posted June 29, 2012 I have issues with this vid, the vehicle with the camera slowed way down before the accident as if it were waiting for it to happen.. Dude, it was a truck. Trucks have CB radios. Who do you think is talking in the video? The driver had advance warning of the impending disaster, the driver of the runaway truck was screaming over the CB. Brake failure. Could not stop. I believe it to be real. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS1200XL 4 Posted June 29, 2012 Looked like the cars were stopped, perhaps an accident had happened and the truck couldn't stop? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hd2000fxdl 422 Posted June 29, 2012 Looked like the cars were stopped, perhaps an accident had happened and the truck couldn't stop? The flashing of flames and the way they spread and the color of the flames seem like something other than conventional fuel.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 29, 2012 I didn't think cars exploded upon collision. Pretty sure that's been on Mythbusters once or twice and that cars are designed to avoid such events anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,265 Posted June 29, 2012 The flashing of flames and the way they spread and the color of the flames seem like something other than conventional fuel.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Could just be the camera. Digital sensors have IR filters, but they only do so much. REALLY hot things will come out purplish like trying to take pictures of glowing coals at night. It would still need to be a pretty hot flame. Only thing I could think would cause that much fire in that crash is if the stopped traffic was for an in progress car fire and the crash added fuel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recon Racoon 49 Posted June 29, 2012 Could just be the camera. Digital sensors have IR filters, but they only do so much. REALLY hot things will come out purplish like trying to take pictures of glowing coals at night. It would still need to be a pretty hot flame. Only thing I could think would cause that much fire in that crash is if the stopped traffic was for an in progress car fire and the crash added fuel. Diesel once ignited tends to burn hot and fast. But you need something really hot to start that fire. So your explanation of the color filtering makes sense. How I see it going down is like this: Driver has emergency, tries to brake. Brakes fail, declares emergency Breaks become super heated from trying to stop a truck that weighs between 2.5-3 tons Loses control of vehicle, flips truck over Fuel tank ruptures, diesel leaks out Super heated brakes ignites fuel Que disaster on the roadway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bulpup 98 Posted June 29, 2012 I don't see anything exploding, just catching fire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alec.mc 180 Posted June 29, 2012 I'm convinced if you have a dash cam in your vehicle, something bad will happen to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Recon Racoon 49 Posted June 29, 2012 I'm convinced if you have a dash cam in your vehicle, something bad will happen to you. Especially if its a dash cam in Russia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 29, 2012 You know how hard it is to ignite diesel? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,265 Posted June 30, 2012 You know how hard it is to ignite diesel? I suspect much less hard once you atomize it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy4570 15 Posted June 30, 2012 You know how hard it is to ignite diesel? F.n HARD! I tried to light some old heating oil (a few drops worth) with a cutting torch once. Stuff smoldered and made smoke, no flames. Might've been watered down, was in a really old empty fuel tank. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony357 387 Posted July 1, 2012 Bingo. Somethings not right Here is a spectacular pepsi truck accident that happened in texas. Watch the Porche Cayenne in the oncoming traffic. That little silver car ran that pepsi truck off the road, wonder what happened with that person??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites