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Toyota vs. Train, Toyota saves a life

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Politburo, May 7, 2010.

  1. Politburo

    Politburo Active Member

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  2. Rae Vynn

    Rae Vynn Artist In Residence

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    Those aren't Prius wheels. The "orange" looks like luggage straps, to me.

    Glad she's going to be okay.
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Good catch. They look familiar:
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    We had them on our 1991 Toyota Camry.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    "mangeled" ??! Wth happened to anything we could call "competent
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    Definitely not a hybrid. Impressive lack of doors, though.
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  5. nerfer

    nerfer A young senior member

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    Lack of doors might be partly from the first responders, to get the people out.
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    A Toyota but not a Prius as has been said already. Look at the dash in the second video, the instruments are behind the steering wheel.
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Looks like the "Prius" was replaced by "Toyota".

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    If you ask me, it looks like an early 90s Corolla (1991-1992.. i.e. after the midlife update).
     
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    Wow, it's pretty impressive that she's going to be ok. Where's the unintended acceleration when you need it?
     
  10. JimN

    JimN Let the games begin!

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    Hopefully PennDOT/SEPTA will check out the gates. I doubt they will find that the gates dropped too soon. If this is ruled to be the driver's error her license should be pulled.
     
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    JimN... So long as the gates meet a certain minimum warning time, they can't be dropped too early, IMO. If they drop around you and a trains coming... drive through them!

    Also, a vast majority of the gates i've seen don't cross the entire width of the road - typically, they cover slightly more than halfway, leaving plenty of room to go around one if you're "caught" in the middle.
     
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    SlowTurd I LIKE PRIUS'S

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    train vs cow


     
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    If the car survived, the train wasn't really trying... (Note that in the cow video, the train doesn't lose any speed at all)

    Never, EVER, stop on the tracks.