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Here's some nice parking

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  • 30-04-2010 3:56pm
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    h3000
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    http://www.metro.co.uk/news/824037-man-ploughs-through-multi-storey-car-park-wall
    Man ploughs through multi-storey car park wall

    Squeezing your car into a parking space in the multi-storey is always a tricky affair, but it's fair to say Ralph Hudson made a right pig's ear of this effort.

    The 67-year-old somehow got his foot stuck between the brake and accelerator and sped backwards, ploughing through the car park wall.
    Ralph Hudson, Mercedes, car park

    His Mercedes shuddered to a halt with its boot and back wheels hanging precariously 21m (70ft) above the ground, sending bricks crashing down, damaging several cars but narrowly missing passers-by.

    Fortunately, staff were able to drive the car back inside and Mr Hudson was not injured.

    The accident happened in the garage of the Bank of America building in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    Mr Hudson got his second lucky escape of the day when police declined to issue him a ticket.

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    Tipp Man
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    How has the back of the car got so little damage done to it?? Is it a paper wall??


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    Mr. Presentable
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    Yeah, the car looks remarkably unscathed. I smell a rat!


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    CarMuppet
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    Auto-darts?


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    Atomic Pineapple
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    Tipp Man wrote: »
    How has the back of the car got so little damage done to it?? Is it a paper wall??

    From the pics the wall actually does look like its made of paper!


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    colm_mcm
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    probably steel strengthening in the wall around level of the top of the boot that stopped the car going all the way back.


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    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    I'm calling fake on this one..


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    Doyler92
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    May possibly be fake but I think it's real.

    Was reading about it in the star and supposedly the accelorator got stuck in reverse as far as I remember.


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    SV
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    Doyler92 wrote: »
    May possibly be fake but I think it's real.

    Was reading about it in the star and supposedly the accelorator got stuck in reverse as far as I remember.

    but it's not a toyota? :D


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    Fallen Buckshot
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    yeah i call bs ...doesnt even look like a scratch on the bumper .. that or the walls are pasteboard


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    Eoin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,238 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    The photos are nowhere near enough good quality to see what scratches there might be up close. Has nobody seen how intact a rear bumper can look after being hit at much higher speeds?


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    #12
    GTE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭GTE


    Let the recall begin
    :p


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    DonJose
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    draffodx wrote: »
    From the pics the wall actually does look like its made of paper!

    Thats a steel framed construction with clad walls and imitation brick cladding.


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    slimjimmc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,787 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    If they had a steel crash barrier like they do in many multi-story car parks here, this photo would never have existed.


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    SV wrote: »
    I'm calling fake on this one..

    Must be, it also appeared in the Daily Mail. :p


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