Expensive car crash
Monday, 14th January 2008 by Rob
It seems the Street View camera car has a habit of coming across expensive car accidents, and today we see that a white Mercedes E-Class has, rather inexplicably, managed to drive into a tree on a quiet, straight road in Minneapolis.
Judging by the bumper damage, I'm reckoning it wasn't just a handbrake left off or a mistake whilst parking. Thankfully, the driver appears to be unhurt, and looks like she is being assisted by a friendly neighbour!
Thanks: Jalopnik.com
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If you go way south we can see some streetview driver went on a dirt road! View Placemark,,0,19.758842443729932&ll=44.487811,-93.433228&spn=0.077519,0.160675&z=13
It is pretty difficult to get injured in a Mercedes E at speeds that are at least near the legal limits for city traffic. You would really have to plan ahaed.
An unapplied handbrake is also unlikely as a cause of this mishap for the simple reason that the road in question is as flat as a tabletop 🙂
One strange thing about the situation is the way the women are standing around the opened trunk. What’s the point in opening the trunk that way right after a crash?
A small correction – judging by the map, it looks as if this crash is not in the Minneapolis suburbs, but within the city limits. And in the low-rent part of town, for that matter.
“drive into a tree on a quiet, straight road in the Minneapolis suburbs.”
Yeah, in North Minneapolis.
Who saw this coming?
Well … one reason for opening the trunk like that would be to get at the first aid kit.
Cheers Peter! I’ve corrected it. 😀
There are several more accidents here.
‘…Now I ain’t gonna axe who smashed the E-Class….”
Ma$e
Nice one XF #1 — did anyone else notice the nice big ding in the trunk of the googlemobile? 😛
The carwash i have see that, wow :O