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Iced-up Portland: Automotive pinball

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Iced-up Portland: Automotive pinball

Unread postby Zardoz » Tue 16 Jan 2007, 20:06:10

Ice-covered streets really suck:

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Real-Life Bumper Cars

Unread postby Aaron » Tue 16 Jan 2007, 23:37:06

The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.

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Re: Real-Life Bumper Cars

Unread postby PolestaR » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 01:21:00

Ah thats one of the funniest videos I've seen in a while. Did you see that car at the end... it crashes into that other car on purpose to stop itself. Thanks Aaron.
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Re: Real-Life Bumper Cars

Unread postby Benzin » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 01:32:46

Not sure if it would help in that situation, but at the very least they could have pumped the shit out of their brakes. Instead all they do is stand on them while it is evident that it does nothing.
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Re: Real-Life Bumper Cars

Unread postby seldom_seen » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 02:02:34

Holy sheep shit that is too funny, and is precisely the reason towns like Seattle and Portland shutdown and board up if someone even mentions the word "snow."

This video should be saved in a time capsule, and shown to people 100 years from now. "Here's what humans looked like just before they ran out of oil."
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Re: Real-Life Bumper Cars

Unread postby NEOPO » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 03:18:06

Good stuff.
So what better then more of the same!?!?! :o

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You gotta love the idiots who jump out and try to stop the car with their "flintstone" breaks!! ahahah

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Re: Iced-up Portland: Automotive pinball

Unread postby TheDude » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 13:59:06

Growing up in eastern Oregon it always seemed the snow and ice was less slippery than in the west of the state where I live now. More gravel/dust, perhaps. I was watching this show late at night on Oregon Public Broadcasting TV about these skiing operations out in eastern Oregon - people'd be coming in from all over for the quality of the "powder," drier snow than the runs at Mts Hood or Bachelor, where all the yuppies go to break their necks and sundry other limbs. So perhaps these knucklenobs deserve a bit of a break.
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Re: Iced-up Portland: Automotive pinball

Unread postby PeakOiler » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 14:30:12

Too bad they don't have emergency airbags on the outside of the vehicles!
Now that would be funny!
Perhaps the last generations of vehicles will...(?)
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Re: Iced-up Portland: Automotive pinball

Unread postby lotrfan55345 » Wed 17 Jan 2007, 19:17:55

I spun out into the median a few weeks ago. :)
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