Man dies after being launched onto a roadway sign

Started by ET21, October 30, 2015, 05:59:12 PM

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ET21

October 30, 2015, 05:59:12 PM  
http://abc7chicago.com/news/victim-dies-after-landing-on-freeway-sign-in-rollover-crash/1059495/

"A driver who police say was driving recklessly was ejected onto a 5 Freeway sign in Glendale following a rollover crash Friday morning."
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kkt

#1
October 30, 2015, 06:00:32 PM  
Hey guys, watch this... I'm gonna roll three times and then end up on top of the BGS!

KG909

#2
October 30, 2015, 07:13:24 PM  
This shit is fuckin gold lol.

:clap: :ded:
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Zeffy

#3
October 30, 2015, 07:32:33 PM  
He wouldn't have flew into the sign if he wore his seatbelt. I don't understand why so many in my generation do some of the dumbest shit when it comes to driving.
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jakeroot

#4
October 30, 2015, 08:06:13 PM  
I'm not usually so quick to laugh at someone's demise, but this is pretty damn funny.

Trying now to think of more ironic street names that he could have "hit". Seat Belt Drive? Barrel Roll Lane?

TravelingBethelite

#5
October 30, 2015, 08:14:58 PM  
Sounds like a way most of you guys would want to go out.  :bigass: Ok, me too...  :sombrero: I'd prefer being struck by lightning, though.
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kendancy66

#6
October 30, 2015, 10:47:03 PM  
I first read this on la times web site.  The first thing that came to mind was that someone here would create thread titled "BGS kills driver"

Duke87

#7
October 30, 2015, 11:20:26 PM  
Well, that certainly one ups the dude who committed suicide by hanging himself from an overhead sign a couple months ago.
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PHLBOS

#8
October 31, 2015, 11:22:05 AM  
Candidate for Darwin Award of the Year anybody?
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mgk920

#9
October 31, 2015, 12:41:05 PM  
Quote from: PHLBOS on October 31, 2015, 11:22:05 AM
Candidate for Darwin Award of the Year anybody?

Let's see - indestructible 20 YO in a fancy car?

Yep.

:nod:

BTW, Why didn't CalTrans use an MUTCD-complient exit number tab on that BGS assembly (or should I bother asking, seeing as it is CalTrans)?

:hmmm:

Mike

PHLBOS

#10
October 31, 2015, 12:45:31 PM  
Quote from: mgk920 on October 31, 2015, 12:41:05 PMLet's see - indestructible 20 YO in a fancy car?
The car in question was a Prius.  To me, fancy means either luxurious, sporty and/or exotic.  The Prius (no offense Oscar) is not a fancy car.
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6a

#11
October 31, 2015, 03:49:52 PM   Last Edit: October 31, 2015, 04:03:41 PM by 6a
Check out the car, though. The windshield isn't broken, so he had to be going hard enough to get tossed around the car, out one of the other windows, and up to the sign. That's some talent there.

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Quote from: mgk920 on October 31, 2015, 12:41:05 PM

BTW, Why didn't CalTrans use an MUTCD-complient exit number tab on that BGS assembly (or should I bother asking, seeing as it is CalTrans)

Aren't they supposedly worried about "wind load" with exit tabs? Imagine the trouble they'd have with body load! :)

GCrites

#12
October 31, 2015, 05:32:31 PM  
Looks like somebody had been playing too much Flatout.

Duke87

#13
November 01, 2015, 11:21:40 PM  
Quote from: 6a on October 31, 2015, 03:49:52 PM
Aren't they supposedly worried about "wind load" with exit tabs? Imagine the trouble they'd have with body load! :)

...and now I just spent the last 20 minutes attempting to estimate what wind speed would put an equivalent load on that sign to a human body impacting it. What are you doing with your evening?
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gonealookin

#14
November 03, 2015, 05:47:46 PM  
Turns out it's the Revenge Of The Sacrificial Lamb.

Brian556

#15
November 03, 2015, 06:49:39 PM  
His body got pretty high,and the street name is "Colorado". That's the best one that I can come up with.

noelbotevera

#16
November 03, 2015, 07:41:22 PM  
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SSOWorld

#17
November 03, 2015, 08:39:55 PM  
Exit tab would have been busted off if it were in that proper place.
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#18
November 03, 2015, 10:33:07 PM  
Quote from: Zeffy on October 30, 2015, 07:32:33 PM
He wouldn't have flew into the sign if he wore his seatbelt. I don't understand why so many in my generation do some of the dumbest shit when it comes to driving.

If it makes you feel any better, generation after generation has been performing dumb acts with self-propelled vehicles since day one.

KG909

#19
November 03, 2015, 10:46:02 PM  
Quote from: SSOWorld on November 03, 2015, 08:39:55 PM
Exit tab would have been busted off if it were in that proper place.
Don't know about the tab but I definitely busted off to this picture

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roadman

#20
November 04, 2015, 01:26:39 PM  
Quote from: 6a on October 31, 2015, 03:49:52 PM
Aren't they supposedly worried about "wind load" with exit tabs? Imagine the trouble they'd have with body load! :)

"Wind load" is the official Caltrans excuse explaination for not installing proper exit tabs on their signs.  I've heard from reliable sources that, due to California laws, they would have to first do an environmental assessment of the shadow effect caused by adding separate exit tabs to BGSes.

As for the structural loading issues, most of the BGS supports were installed between the 1950s and the 1970s.  Ignoring the fact that these supports probably should be replaced anyway simply due to their age, it's my understanding that fabricators during that time period used enough of an 'overbuild' safety factor in their designs that the minimal additional loading from a separate exit tab would not be a factor.
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kinupanda

#21
November 04, 2015, 03:37:19 PM  
Quote from: gonealookin on November 03, 2015, 05:47:46 PM
Turns out it's the Revenge Of The Sacrificial Lamb.
Well, there's the problem... they should've used a goat (and also not used a goat).

roadman

#22
November 05, 2015, 01:14:19 PM  
Quote from: kinupanda on November 04, 2015, 03:37:19 PM
Quote from: gonealookin on November 03, 2015, 05:47:46 PM
Turns out it's the Revenge Of The Sacrificial Lamb.
Well, there's the problem... they should've used a goat (and also not used a goat).
Now, if this had happened on the Cross Westchester when they used to have the signs reading "White Plains  No White Plains", ...
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noelbotevera

#23
November 05, 2015, 03:17:42 PM  
Quote from: roadman on November 05, 2015, 01:14:19 PM
Quote from: kinupanda on November 04, 2015, 03:37:19 PM
Quote from: gonealookin on November 03, 2015, 05:47:46 PM
Turns out it's the Revenge Of The Sacrificial Lamb.
Well, there's the problem... they should've used a goat (and also not used a goat).
Now, if this had happened on the Cross Westchester when they used to have the signs reading "White Plains  No White Plains", ...
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#24
November 18, 2015, 01:25:21 PM  
Quote from: gonealookin on November 03, 2015, 05:47:46 PM
Turns out it's the Revenge Of The Sacrificial Lamb.

Maybe they needed to sacrifice two lambs. And did anyone notice the irony that the young man was on his way to work at Glendale Collision Center?
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