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Originally Posted by Car Analogy
In looking at the photos again, wondering why the car flipped, I see that those ditches seem to be designed to flip cars that slide down towards them.

There is slippery downhill grass, then at the end there is a short retaining wall that protrudes up just enough to catch the wheels and knock them out from under you, flipping your car. If you hit them sideways, you're toast. If they can flip an S, most other more top heavy cars would be even easier to flip.

You can see in the photos the S slide down sideways, hit that little wall, amd over it went upside down.

Aweful design those ditches seem to be...
That is one of the deeper ditches in relation to grade level. Many are just level with the ditch. I think on side of the car naturally descended as it went over the edge, caught the water/mud and continued to roll.

Ditches are critical infrastructure for keeping the rest of the land dry; there is a lot of land that is drained that way. Just a matter of practicality.

Here are some example at Schiphol. (Rush hour!)

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