S2000 Crash
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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...
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...
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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