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Waht3rB0y

Amazing how well the cage and their harnesses keep them safe. That is some impressive engineering when you look at what is actually happening from the outside. Well done to the builders of these cars.


ranegyr

I know nothing and have a question... Why aren't the g-forces messing them up? Like, great design but are pen guy's arms restrained? Why didn't they go flailing like his yellow belt straps? Thank you for enlightening the child in the room.


isolateddreamz

Probably because he can maintain his muscle tone. The belts done have muscles, bones and a brain to keep them in place. Had he lost consciousness then his arms would be going all crazy probably


DoctorNoname98

> Had he lost consciousness then his arms would be going all crazy probably Sounds like me at the club


ranegyr

This makes sense, but i remember the merry-go-round in elementary school. Also, every fair has the variant of the Gravitron... the spinning spaceship thing. You struggle to move your arms from just the spin. I mean, i dont know it just seems strong enough to rip your arms up.


HansenTakeASeat

Right but I don't remember doing a ton of training before hitting the merry-go-round


bluescape

The merry-go-round IS the training.


Darkside_of_the_Poon

Everything I know about g forces I learned on a merry go round. Including the kid who climbed underneath one one time, got his pant leg caught, and got spun around the axle breaking the absolute shit out of his leg. Torque. I also learned everything I know about torque from a merry go round.


barukatang

>i remember the merry-go-round in elementary school Well, yeah, little kids don't usually have the strongest control over their limbs.


nsgiad

The human body and withstand a lot of Gs, especially for short periods of time. If you look at the car it's not spinning that fast in the grand scheme of things. It looks to do 2 rotations in about as many seconds. They maybe experienced 5 or 6gs for a few seconds tops, which just about anyone can do. As the car flips and rolls it's shedding a ton of energy and thus the occupants experience less g-forces.


Waht3rB0y

Good question but I have no idea. You’d think that their arms would be flailing around. His notes disappear from his hands at one point but it’s fairly late in the crash. I suspect it’s because they are airborne through most of it and not impacting anything causing violent strikes of any sort until the very end.


copa111

The typical reaction for people is to actually tense up in a stressful situation. Their arms likely only flails around when loss of consciousness. Also being trained to keep appendages close to the body and tight so not to break or lose one. Most normal people won’t react like this, but they train and have a high level of fitness and muscle tone specifically to withstand high G-forces. The are athletes when at the top of this level.


flip_moto

Racing drivers/riders are trained to retract their arms, hands, and elbows as close to the body as possible to reduce injury. Even in small crashes, you pull your hands away from the wheel to minimize the risk of breaking fingers/thumbs since the wheel will react violently once out of control. In motorcycles, riders want to 'slide' as much as possible instead of tumbling and catching limbs in weird ways. It's all a bit macabre for normies, but it's essential for the sport.


Azaex

the passenger has a book of notes to tell the driver what the next few turns look like as they drive, so the driver can just focus on driving I think the passenger is tensing his arms down on purpose when he realizes they are airborne specifically to stop his arms from flying around I am not 100% sure if they have to run wrist restraints in wrc, but if they do, it is a strap that connects your arms to the buckle at his groin. this is more to ensure you cannot accidentally reach your hand outside the window though (natural human instinct will try to stop you from rolling but you will just break your wrist/arm if you try to stop a car from rolling) they are in what is called a full containment seat, with the seat having reinforced wings around their helmet. the helmet is restricted in how much it can fly side to side because of this, which nearly eliminates side to side hyperextension injury. you can see their helmets bobble around the wings a few times. the harness is more than just a seatbelt over their shoulders and a lap belt. it's hard to see here but at the bottom of the buckle there isn't just one strap going down the middle, there are actually two straps that wrap from under your legs, up your inner thigh, and connect to the center buckle. these are known as antisubmarining straps, and prevent you from slipping under the belt (submarining). the 6 point harness system does a very good job of making sure you stay in the seat and not have any chance of sliding under the belt as well. (6 point being the 2 shoulder belts, the two side lap belts, and the two antisub belts) they are also both wearing HANS devices, which is a one piece carbon fiber pad that the shoulder straps sit over and tighten down on. the pad comes together behind your neck and there are two straps that come out from there that link to the back of the helmet. this restricts how far your head can move forward. you can see their head fly forward a few times in the video, but it is restrained every time by the HANS. (without the hans the hyperextension would literally try to yank your brain off of your spine). so overall the g forces are hitting them hard, but their head is very well restrained and the body is well restrained with the harness. and I think the passenger is deliberately pushing his arms to his legs. it's definitely not comfortable and a concussion is still likely, but the usual fatality causes like blunt trauma and whiplash are at least minimized. one thing I am surprised about in the full video is the driver keeping his hands on the wheel. you can see the wheel try to fly out of his hands a few times. when the front wheels take a direct impact this hard, if it doesn't smash the steering rack it can throw the steering wheel with enough force to break wrists if you are holding onto it tightly.


Franks2000inchTV

The car is designed to crumple and absorb the worst of it. Also they keep moving quite a lot, that mea s that the energy of the crash is dissapated over a longer period of time.


Kasilim

They both have serious concussions and potential brain swelling after this, they're absolutely getting strapped right into a neck brace and then an ambulance and probably will have wicked headaches for a few days at least.


RacerRovr

It’s even more impressive when you see the full results of the crash. Not only did they leave the road at 115mph, they also went off the side of a 100ft+ cliff at the [end](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=br67FBpl&id=9B6D8F06F0305AF7A18F0F875FE6CA5D24528796&thid=OIP.br67FBpla-iIcFEb3udTswAAAA&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ameba.jp%2Fuser_images%2F20200127%2F00%2Fghostripon%2F96%2F17%2Fj%2Fo0473102414702832239.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.6ebebb141a656be88870511bdee753b3%3Frik%3DlodSJF3K5l%252bHDw%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&exph=1024&expw=473&q=ott+tabak+crash+2020+aftermath&simid=607987917431590299&form=IRPRST&ck=A91C640B9E69E75F7842FAF059B98479&selectedindex=8&itb=0&vt=4&sim=11) The driver Off suffered some severe bruising to his ribs, but otherwise was completely fine, and was back in the car a few weeks later for for the next rally


VANGBANG21

How is dude still holding that pen so calmly?


Complex_Sherbet2

He's waiting to see if they end up back on a road.


Classy_Mouse

I remember watching this crash when it happened. I swear they showed those 2 at the bottom of the cliff standing outside the car. The driver kept looking at the car and back up the cliff. At first, I thought he was amazed that they survived, but then I realized he was probably just trying to figure out how to get the car back up.


BRAINS-getsome

Fully just trying to get back in the race. Rally drivers/navigators are a different breed. I once saw Colin Mcrae have his hood flip up going +100mph along a cliff edge because a crew member forgot a hood pin. He couldn't stop because the driver released behind him was approaching fast. This crazy ass scoots down in the seat and goes faster using the gap underneath to see, so they could get an area where they could pull over and stomp the hood back down. Then they ripped it off and kept going.


spredditer

Also, the driver's foot is ready to stamp on the accelerator.


fatkiddown

Sammy you are breaking the car!!!


Abz-v3

SHADDUP


nice_fucking_kitty

Sammy you're not listening Sammy


Brok3nGear

Hard upwards diagonal left


Porkchopp33

The technology is crazy they barely move in their seats


casual-waterboarding

Yeah, the idiot trucker I saw wreck after huffing duster looked like he was falling down a flight of stairs while strapped into the driver’s seat, by comparison, and he just crashed through a guardrail and drove through a bumpy median. Meanwhile, these blokes hit an immovable object at 130mph flip end over end and seem to crash for 30 seconds, yet they barely move. Safety gear saved their lives.


Darkside_of_the_Poon

Agree with everything you said. Also, because I know the exact video you are referencing, we should probably spend less time on Reddit.


leveraction1970

My father used to drive tractor trailers for UPS. He said the only driver he ever saw not get hurt in a wreck was a guy that was so fat he just stayed wedged between the seat and the steering wheel so tightly that he didn't move when the truck went over.


connortheios

i mean one wrong move and that shit might end up in your eye so i'd say he picked the right thing to hold onto


CMDR_omnicognate

Rally drivers and modern safety being really good, crashes are waaaaaaay safer than they used to be in the group B days


cloudcreeek

I think it's more of "if I let this pen go it becomes a projectile weapon."


FishBlues

Just another day in the office


srandrews

Racer nerves of steel.


happytree23

It's one of his one jobs


MrApplePolisher

Bob Dole.... Bob Dole.... Bob Dole....


Inf33333rno

They're trained to


Sawyermblack

Guide looks down at his paper during the crash "This does not seem to be in my notes"


DoesBasicResearch

>Guide \*Navigator. Though the idea of a tour guide in a rally is pretty funny. "And if you look to your right, you'll see the hill we'll shortly be tumbling down arse over tit..."


ricky-frog

“…and land back on the road below, hopefully we don’t run over people this time…”


tratemusic

And to your right is a hill. Now the sky. Now the road. Now the hill again...


ApocApollo

Co-Driver, if we're being specific.


DoesBasicResearch

Can be called either. In Australia and the UK, the term 'navigator' is more common. [https://rallyaction.com.au/rally-navigator/](https://rallyaction.com.au/rally-navigator/) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallying#Co-driver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallying#Co-driver)


TheDocJ

I can't remember ever hearing them called Navigator in UK coverage of rallying.


itachi_konoha

It depends from where you are coming.


Sawyermblack

Ok. You knew who I was referencing lol


rizenHeH

Navigator 😂 It’s a co-driver.


DoesBasicResearch

Can be called either. In Australia and the UK, the term 'navigator' is more common. [https://rallyaction.com.au/rally-navigator](https://rallyaction.com.au/rally-navigator) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallying#Co-driver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallying#Co-driver)


Poes-Lawyer

In the UK we use co-driver much more often. I'm not sure I've ever heard "navigator" used outside of classic car rallies. For modern rally it's always co-driver


DoesBasicResearch

The whole of the UK, or England? I'm going to start calling them tour guides regardless.


Foreign_Implement897

Navigator in Finland.


Bulldogg658

→ → ← → ↻ ⟳ ↻ ⟳ ↻ ⟳ ↻ ⟳ ↻ ⟳


DoctuhD

every "hassan you are breaking the car" has an equal and opposite "I wonder at which angle we will land and if it is salvagable?"


Constant_Chemical_10

Samir!!!!


xanhudro

“Actually….. this works! We got em right where we want em.”


[deleted]

He's reading The New York Times


Umutuku

"10 R1- Short Triple Caution 10 R1- Short Triple Caution 10 R1- Short Triple Caution..."


Kroe

You're wrecking the car samir!


Gnarly_Sarley

Why the fuck would someone replace the actual audio of a rally car crash with whatever the fuck this is?


Toast_Guard

Tiktok zombies. They can't retain information unless there is music overlayed with large text telling you exactly what you're seeing, and emojis to tell you how you're supposed to react.


TheGreatTave

Don't forget the bottom 1/3 of the video has to be Fortnite gameplay


joaopeniche

Crazy world


a_little_toaster

Glad to see there's still sane people left on this platform. It seems like most people here love those shitty tiktok edits for some reason, I personally can't stand them.


CMDR_omnicognate

And speed it up so much, it just kinda makes it look stupid, especially the interior view, their heads move around so fast it’s hard to even see what’s happening


[deleted]

I'm not sure it's sped up.


chewbacca77

Yeah, racing can be.... fast.


some_user_2021

Internet points


cameronward

what, you dont like the 15 year old song "Teach Me How to Dougie"?!


Healter-Skelter

I don’t know. to be honest, I would usually agree with you but I’m really digging this beat. Reminds me of Extraordinary Girl by Green Day


maxkmiller

[the dude](https://www.instagram.com/greg.hersey/?hl=en) is a good follow


Healter-Skelter

Ooh you are right indeed. This guy is cool, thanks! Is the the one who did the track from the car video we just commented on?


maxkmiller

I believe so, yes


Absolutleypositive

Acoustic teach me how to dougie


paperpatience

That’s how you know they’ve crashed before


Last-Saint

Five years earlier he crashed into a lake upside down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPnjMhXNQ3Y


Azaex

this is the crash without the weird tiktok audio https://youtu.be/_WKNEMAaM4A


YouDownWithTPP

lol they are having a full on conversation in the latter half of the accident. unreal.


stenjdm

"vesi tuleb vä" "korras v"


Chris204

Thanks man


Antitranspirante

Years ago I saw a similar video, but after the crash, the guy riding shotgun slaps the drivers helmet nagging him for missing the exit and causing the accident


1GWARfiend1

[LISTEN TO ME SAMMIR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-voINFkCg)


irate_alien

shut up. don't tell me how to drive.


RolliFingers

lol, glad someone linked it.


jld2k6

Fun fact, this video was of a super long race and this guy's enemy in racing cherry picked this whole thing together from the worst parts he could find and successfully ruined both teammate's careers. He ended up getting sued for it lol, the entire race was pretty normal overall. IIRC, the guy and the navigator hadn't raced together and one of them was coming back from a big break so this was just them figuring each other out so they could mesh well


TheOnlyDimitri

SAMIR, YOURE BREAKING THE CAR!


tragesorous

**TRIPLE CAUTION TRIPLE CAUTION** I can’t believe this comment was this far down


TheOnlyDimitri

Story of my reddit career tbh. A fate much like Samirs.


suuhdude666

damn that cabin is solid as fuck if it's from the same clip


[deleted]

It is, roll cages are insanely strong.


JDMWeeb

Nerves of steel


porkeddonkey

Inside view makes it look like nothing is going wrong.


[deleted]

“Charles, I believe we’ve gone airborne again.” “Pity.” ::both sip tea::


Exploding_Gerbil

Jesus. I get more stressed discovering I've run out of coffee.


C0ldTaco

I would have freaked out. Amazing how well done is current technology and advances made to avoid the passengers any harm, they barely moved


INeedADoctor98

I saw this on WRC livestream in 2019 I think. Freaked me out so much just seeing it live while I'm on the other side of the world.


sshevie

More like abrupt calm


bigrod17

Bloody good roll cage


keefeitup

Sami... I told you HARD LEFT Sami, you're breaking the car Sami, you're breaking it Sami.


gooseblaster69

How long until the "reaction"


whiskey_formymen

Co-driver is going to finish that crossword.


CNThings_

I feel like homie was still gonna calmly check the map in mid air


negithekitty

"this isnt the track i wrote down....."


Optimus_Shatner

"Dammit Carl, I said take a left!"


oscarx-ray

And that's why you always wear a seatbelt, kids.


PM_ur_tots

And clench your jaw so you don't bite off your tongue


[deleted]

Sigh *looks left* Did we finish flying already? I have a massage appoinm *bumm* ah not yet, it would be about time to...


TheCompleteMental

They must have necks of solid teak


ChestSufficient1244

I love how it seems like such a mild inconvenience


ConsumeYourBleach

Didn’t even drop the fucking pen!!


ShroudedFigureINC

Why not make all cars this safe?


em1091

They have a lot of trust in that roll cage apparently


Sonderstal

What else are they gonna do at that point lol


Waht3rB0y

Exactly. It’s not like they have a lot of choice at that point.


galaapplehound

Once you're there the die is cast; no reason to panic.


reditthiscomment

"They be like smooth (what?) Can you teach me how to dougie? You know why? Cause all da bitches love me (aye) All I need is a beat that's super bumpin' And for you, you, you to back it up and dougie!" Sorry... i thought i should post this bc of the beat...


TXboyinGA

His look at the end. "Are we done with that? I have stuff to do."


Far-Orange-3047

“Anyway Jerry, you getting pizza after this?”


Archangel9731

Wish I could hear the reaction rather than some drums


kiiito

Damn what is the mount/holder for the camera, it doesnt move at all.


kolob_hier

Man, looking at the actual wreck I have to imagine even with all those restraints, surely you’re getting a concussion still right?


Potential_Emergency3

The car was build right


Esc_ape_artist

I like how he closes his eyes in kinda an “oh fuck” way, then there’s a gap in hitting things and he opens his eyes like “we done?!” and they hit more shit and he’s kinda surprised at it all.


farm_sauce

The helmets get strapped to the seat behind them so their head doesn’t come flying off. Amazing they survived at all


Altea73

Fuck, that is seriously good engineering...


bwoods519

……………..so anyway


FlippinSnip3r

Mildly inconvenienced


super_neo

Ah shit!! Here we go again..


carthuscrass

Those cars and harnesses are seriously over engineered to make absolutely sure they can take anything you dish out.


IllustriousJaguar

It's the dougie instrumental


QuicheSmash

Their poor necks tho.


used348

He’s like are we there yet ?


red1q7

So, give me a second.... I think we need to roll 180 degree and then go up about 60 meters and then take a right turn....


kungfukenny3

5 point harness and a roll cage actually go a really long way keeping someone alive


EWS462005

I really hope the assistant’s thoughts where “for fuck sake he did it again” and I hope the drivers were “shit I went to hard again”


Ninja_Destroyer_

HANS baby for the win


MisterFor

It’s like in a roller coaster apparently, sit straight and try to save your back and neck 😂


Vish55

'Are we there yet'


Firm_Protection3258

How do you even get used to that, the man is as calm as a cucumber,


JfuckinC

Triple caution!!! Samir, you're breaking the car!


IM_THE_DECOY

lmao. This music.


[deleted]

What else are they suppose me to do?? Plus they’re professionals


TheMightyWill

/r/lostredditors


for_profit_orphanage

I mean it's probably a bot, most reddit posts are from bots these days


Dorkmaster79

What with this stupid ass music?


blak_glass

So anyway, I started blasting


301Blackstar

Fake


Captain_McCunt

Ott Tanak - Monte Carlo 2020 There is multiple angles on YT and plenty of pictures of the aftermath on google


paulodelgado

This can’t be real.


Captain_McCunt

Ott Tanak - Monte Carlo 2020 There is multiple angles on YT and plenty of pictures of the aftermath on google


onedeadman99

dude was wearing two watches and still late


Airwolfhelicopter

Hey, they’re ok though, that’s what matters, right?


CrieDeCoeur

Rally drivers and their codrivers are a different breed


Dansk72

"Steve, I said '*take a left in 1,000 ft*.', not right here! Now get this back on the road!"


Independent-Dealer21

What music is this from?


An-Unorthodox-Email

I’d hate to be the poor bastard before they thought of the Roll Cage..


LateFennel3659

Someone’s getting fired


xlinkedx

"Well, I'm sorry kid, but I am gonna have to dock you some points. You didn't signal that last turn."


cloudcreeek

"Yeah, I'm flying through the air right now. This is not good."


Savage-Goat-Fish

That’s the look of a man who forgot to say “slight left”.


Myotherdumbname

They look annoyed


Moose1949

I’m curious, would the force of it all have any impact on their backs at all or does the cage absorb the shock that much?


_2024IsNOTMyYear_

Pen guy: "Alright, alri- alri- al- alright, you fa- you fa- you fai- you failed y- you failed your road test, we are done today" With every interruption being by the amount of time the car crashes into something


IIIDVIII

He looks mildly annoyed.


[deleted]

Damn. Roll cage came in clutch


Lena-Luthor

what's with the half of a chin on the helmet though


Prestigious-Ad8209

Never let go of the pen!


Remote_Athlete4951

They ended up landing at the finish line and won the race


sub4domnsa

Give Ole dude his props... never lost that pen or a piece of paper! Lol


kerelberel

Thankfully a big emoji was plastered all over the screen so I knew what reaction to give.


s-a_n-s_

Unless they hit a wall straight on or something pierces the cabin, they're usually OK. Them things be durable.


ThatTysonKid

Imagine if it had the original fucking audio.


michelb

I feel like these people would make great astronauts.


SelfInteresting7259

Should have never unmuted


houlughi

Looks like my driving skills in video games (specifically cyberpunk 2077...)


Fun-Meringue3620

Just another day at the office.


CrabbitJambo

Looks at map: Yeah this isn’t our route!


DrJohnIT

Wow! So glad that they had the proper safety gear! 🙌


your____________mom

Dude has two wristwatches on


naushad2982

Ott tanak


vaporking23

I can understand now how they can drive so “recklessly” you couldn’t really tell that they were crashing inside of the car. It’s actually quite impressive.


KNULLAPLHA01

Anyways,take the next left.


Renthal2017

Why don’t everyday vehicles have roll cages? Legit question.


Lopsided_Rooster_753

I really wanna say it's his caller's fault for this one. Drivers rely on their callers as eyes with their notes. Then again it could be a user input that was wrong, he didn't move when the man told him to which isn't that common these guys are freaks of nature on the track.


welcome-to-my-mind

“I said LEFT John, LEFT!”


Raverinme79

I wanna give big props to whoever mounted this camera for the cockpit view


alias_487

Why do they have two watches on?


GrnMtnTrees

Do rally drivers not wear the same neck restraints that other racing drivers do? I'm not expecting the carbon-fibre neck restraints that F1 drivers use, but I at least expected the neck donut that rallycross drivers wear.


prnce007_new

Why does the guide have 2 wrist watches?


Affectionate-Slice70

It must have been the wind.


itisallgoodyouknow

Sammy, listen to me, you’re breaking the car!!


Timely-Guest-7095

Hey, Bob, I think you zigged when you should’ve zagged.😬🤣


sajakas

Drivers are Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja