People who do physics in California...that car in Santa Ana 2nd floor Dentists office

[irisblue]

Last edited Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Speed& Angle of the curb?::how tall are curbs in California? I can't get a picture to embed. I hope someone else can. From ABC7.com
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two people suffered minor injuries in a bizarre crash Sunday morning when a car went airborne and slammed into the second floor of a dental office in Santa Ana, officials said.

According to the Santa Ana Police Department, the collision was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. near the intersection of 17th and French streets.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two people suffered minor injuries in a bizarre crash Sunday morning when a car went airborne and slammed into the second floor of a dental office in Santa Ana, officials said.

According to the Santa Ana Police Department, the collision was reported shortly before 5:30 a.m. near the intersection of 17th and French streets.
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The white Nissan Altima crossed three lanes on 17th before it hit a center divider, soared into the air and plowed into the two-story structure, the Orange County Fire Authority said.


The white Nissan Altima crossed three lanes on 17th before it hit a center divider, soared into the air and plowed into the two-story structure, the Orange County Fire Authority said.

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It was unclear if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, police said. ## Right##

[Angry Dragon]

1. The flying cars we were promised

[lunatica]

18. LOL!

I waited 51 years for the year 2000 so we could have those flying cars!!

It never occurred to me that our scientific progress would be de-evolving!

I'm so disappointed!

[Irish_Dem]

2. They must have been speeding? And they are lucky to be alive. nt

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Car soars into second floor of Santa Ana building in bizarre crash; 2 hurt

Link to tweet

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http://abc7.com/traffic/2-injured-in-bizarre-santa-ana-car-crash/2943129/


I'm only familiar with regular physics. Californian Physics may very well be different. I have often suspected it is.

[irisblue]

5. Proved that premise here...lol, I'll edit my subject line😉

[Tobin S.]

15. They must have been doing about 90 mph.

And/or that center divider was a ramp about 5 feet high.

[Fla Dem]

4. Are they thinking the car was under the influence of drugs or alcohol ?

Only way I can think of the car getting that high.

[longship]

6. Driver and passenger were flapping their arms like crazy.

That's the only rational explanation.

[procon]

7. I actually saw a car go airborne and hit a utility pole about 20-25 ft up.

We were driving in the opposite direction and saw a cloud of dirt and this car came flying out it. We had to stop. It was horrible, three people died, two were little kids who got ejected. Cops were there really fast, took statements. They said the car drifted onto the soft should at a high rate of speed, the driver over corrected and a tire caught the asphalt edge of the road and the inertia launched it upward and into the pole.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Number one: start with a whole bunch of kinetic energy. Number two:

turn it into potential energy.

California content: totally, for sure.

Yeah, I saw the pictures. That was an impressive thing.

[Iggo]

9. Dude musta been MOVIN'.

Purdy sure that's like physics and stuff.

[Mr.Bill]

10. It was more than a curb.

It was a median strip with somewhat of a berm in the middle of it. You can see part of it in the lower right of the picture. The car still had to be moving pretty fast, though.

[Iggo]

11. Surveillance video.

Could've been way worse.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Wow, that was close. NT

[Tobin S.]

16. He was trucking along pretty good.

I'd say drugs and/or alcohol were definitely involved. I guess he might have dropped a lit cigarette into his crotch.

[Iggo]

21. He was going full speed without let-up.

Hitting that curb saved his life.

[rsdsharp]

27. There is dash cam video from the bus.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Dashcam-Video-Shows-Car-Going-Airborne-Crashing-Into-Building-469476603.html

[Kaleva]

13. Driver was late for his dental appointment.

[Kaleva]

14. Imagine sitting in a 2nd floor office and getting killed by a freaking car.

One would sitting at a watering hole in either heaven or Hell and telling other patrons "This is a real no-shitter!!".

[snooper2]

17. are physics in California different from physics in other states?

[lunatica]

19. Well, marijuana has become legal, so maybe

[irisblue]

20. Not really.

But someone who lives in California would have a better idea of the curb/ median heights then I do here in Ohio. And when I saw from the WaPo video that the medians there are rather mounded, then flattish as they are here...explained the ramp affect for me. Plus the idea of the mathematical angles, speed& mass of the car& passengers appealed to me.

[Codeine]

22. Fast+furious*ramp Oh/shit nt

[ailsagirl]

23. I saw that... WTF???

[FuzzyRabbit]

24. Looks to me like he flew over the bus.

If he hadn't gone airborne he might have hit the bus.

[Iggo]

25. Bus dash cam.

Looks like he probably would've killed the bus driver.

So far I've counted three ways he could've died (tree, black car, bus) and at least four people he could possibly have killed (himself, his passenger, black car guy, bus driver).

Might not seem like it right now, but that was his lucky day.

[FuzzyRabbit]

28. Good lord!

Iggo, thanks for posting this.

[importDavid]

26. Driver was on LSD

I saw on a FB news post that the driver was under the influence of LSD - which explains a LOT!

[Iggo]

29. A LOT !!!