Category:
Accidents

Wild at the Wheel



The filmmakers seem to have hired an Iron Butterfly cover band to do the soundtrack, which makes all the dangerous risk-taking seem alluring..

Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 20, 2013 - Comments (3)
Category: Accidents, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, PSA’s, 1970s, Cars

Scene at a plane crash


I found this image over at the USC Digital Archive. According to the title, it shows the scene at the crash site of an experimental plane in 1951. Text written across the top of the image provides more detail: "Off. Gale Whitacre and crowd with plane James Martin killed in."

My question is, what's the deal with the guy in his underwear? Was he just wandering by and stopped to see what was going on? Was it a particularly hot day? I can't imagine any other reason why he'd be standing around in his tighty-whiteys.

Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 19, 2013 - Comments (13)
Category: Accidents, Air Travel and Airlines, 1950s

Liar! Liar! Hair on Fire!!

A Dominican talk show host lit an American magician's hair on fire -- and we have it on tape!!

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Here's a link:

http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2012/12/03/15648481-tv-host-lights-magicians-head-on-fire?lite

Wayne Houchin is recovering, but is calling the attack criminal.

What do you think -- on purpose? Or just another Santeria purification ritual?

Posted By: gdanea - Wed Dec 05, 2012 - Comments (6)
Category: Accidents

Redneck First Aid

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If your child shoots himself in the head with a bb gun trying to dig out the bb with a knife is probably a bad idea. But, if you do and you are unsuccessful, waiting for 24 hours to take him to the ER just might get him pulled from the home.

Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 30, 2012 - Comments (8)
Category: Accidents

Atomic Planes

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Sometimes even generals come to their senses. The notion of airborne nuclear reactors proved too worrisome even for the military, despite the brilliant failsafe plan of catastrophic ditching into water.

Original article here.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 22, 2012 - Comments (10)
Category: Accidents, Disasters, Flight, Military, Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters, 1950s

Sunday Drivers!

A weekend outing by Japanese sportscar entusiasts ended abruptly this Sunday, when one of the Ferraris accidentally clipped the center barrier of the Chugoku Expressway and started a series of collisions that ended up writing-off eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini and a Toyota Prius.

Although 14 cars were actually involved in the accident, there were no serious injuries (those to pride and wallets don't count). The cost of the damage is estimated to be in the region of $1 million (AutoGuide.com)

Posted By: Dumbfounded - Mon Dec 05, 2011 - Comments (4)
Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups

What’s the Big Hurry?



Perhaps the most surreal and post-apocalyptic safe-driving PSA of all times. But then again, 1974 was a trippy year.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 26, 2011 - Comments (10)
Category: Accidents, Anthropomorphism, PSA’s, 1970s, Cars

Good Advice

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Posted By: Paul - Thu May 26, 2011 - Comments (4)
Category: Accidents, PSA’s, 1920s, Brain Damage

Art Lover Puts His Foot In It!

A visitor to the Boijmans van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam, Holland made quite an impression this week after inadvertently stepping onto one of the exhibits. And if that weren’t bad enough, the exhibit in question was a featureless, floor level tank filled with over a thousand litres of peanut butter.

Much to the amusement of nearby tourists , the startled art lover promptly sank into the installation, a 1962 work by Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers named – appropriately – Peanut Butter Platform, but since the piece is only a few centimetres deep, he was quite able to extract himself, leaving only a few nutty footprints as record of his adventure.

The museum meanwhile has demanded that the unfortunate fellow pay for the damage caused by his impromptu art-criticism, but they may have no solid foundation to do so. This is not the first time someone has accidentally trod on the exhibit, but museum bosses have previously refused to erect any form of barrier around the piece claiming that to do so would spoil its beauty (Herald Sun).

Posted By: Dumbfounded - Fri May 13, 2011 - Comments (4)
Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Art, Avant Garde

Bikes and Cars



Here is a "how-to" video for stopping those annoying and sanctimonious bike riders.

Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 21, 2010 - Comments (36)
Category: Accidents, Bicycles and Other Human-powered Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, PSA’s

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