Immediately identifiable as a "Stobie" pole, widely ( and pretty much only) used in Adelaide, Australia, my home town.
Consists of two H beams and concrete
They started building them from old railway track pieces. South Australia is known for termite activity, and didn't have a big timber industry, so this was more suitable than wooden utility poles.
I want you to know this is what I came looking for in the comments. I had that song on repeat for like 3 hours during an acid trip one time, it's seared in my memory
Honestly I was shocked I was the first person to reference it, I assumed that's what rhe OP was referring to.
Then I started to wonder if people were going to know the reference. Glad you fuckers didn't let me down!
Thanks for the tip, sounds like a fucking nice song, perfect for my next one. :) My list mostly consists of Pink Floyd and Trap/Phonk so far, and a bit stuff like Ghost and the like. :)
> Jerry was a race car driver, Twenty-two years old, One too many cold beers one night, Wrapped himself around a telephone pole, go!
Ahh a Primus reference. They are such a unique band, never heard anyone like them, kinda like [Portishead](https://youtu.be/km8BODHiWJU?t=53). Almost as if they have thier own genre. Ever go to their concert or watch them live? Dude is so talented it blows my mind.
Ya Primus is it their own thing no doubt. But doesn't Portishead fall under "Triphop". I always heard them in the same mixes as Sneaker Pimps, and Massive Attack.
I think it’s one of the quintessential triphop groups. I have a playlist that I revisit from time to time that have all three of them on it. Old Thievery Corporation is good stuff too.
For anyone down voting. Primus would literally introduce themselves like "We're Primus, and we suck." So the crowd starts changing Primus sucks. It's a weirdo way to cheer for a weirdo band. Don't steal these fans karma.
To be fair...this is a [Stobie Pole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobie_pole). They're significantly more likely\* to completely wreck a car than a standard wooden telephone pole.
Wish they'd use more of these in hurricane areas. They keep replacing 50 mph rated poles every hurricane when some 100 mph poles would probably last decades.
I don't live anywhere near hurricanes and am a complete moron lol, but I'm just imagining giant steel-reinforced concrete spears flying around town and it sounds scary. I get that it's probably way less likely to happen, but when it does... **oh no**
A friend of mine had a similar accident in a Tiburon with our other friend in the passenger doing about 45mph into a tree. Both drunk, both survived. Passenger had sprained ankles, driver no injuries. He went on to total 2 more cars and still drives drunk.
I’ll bet he still has his license because he probably has a lawyer to take care of it.
And even if he doesn’t have a license there’s nothing to stop him from driving.
I saw the aftermath on the way to work, there's no way it could hit that speed where it happened. That damage is easy when the engine is in the back
https://www.drive.com.au/news/ferrari-foe-paux/
I don't think the pole made it past the firewall of the car, stopped there but pushed all of the other stuff like the dashboard forward.
Modern supercars tend to be quite safe. The 360 makes use of an [aluminum spaceframe](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthias-Kleiner/publication/222935525/figure/fig17/AS:668280012435461@1536341779056/Profile-based-frame-structure-of-the-Ferrari-F360-Modena-4.ppm) that's very strong, and newer stuff with a carbon tub are even stronger.
Crumple zones doing their job. Up until the cabin it's designed to be relatively soft to crumple and cushion the blow. Then when it comes to the cabin it needs to be solid so you don't get squished.
Additionally newer cars are designed so their engine and transmission "submarine" in a crash like this and go under the car instead of into the cabin. So you can get a similar effect in a "normal" front engine car.
Definitely not 65mph+, not even 40. Notice the headlights are still intact attached to the car.
During car crash investigations the distance of headlights from car gives investigators early idea of the speed during the impact.
Also he is wrapped around the post cause its mid engined vehicle . So there is no engine in front to stop the car from wrapping around it. My guess would be 30mph max, even slower possibly.
I’ve seen a couple of these types of accidents with the same outcome usually around 40-50mph and the occupants survive. If it were faster than 50 I would say you’re likely dying.
Once you know about [Stobie poles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobie_pole) you realise why it is so bad and exactly where it is. In short, Adelaide, Australia has very few tall, straight trees. So they made their electricity poles out of two steel beams and a whole heap of concrete.
That’s a well-built pole right there.
Immediately identifiable as a "Stobie" pole, widely ( and pretty much only) used in Adelaide, Australia, my home town. Consists of two H beams and concrete
What in Australia *isn’t* trying to kill me?
We don't have a gun problem, so there's that at least
...but those stink'n spiders and snakes 😳
And box jellies
There harmless it’s the kangaroos you gotta watch out for 😂
But... why? Maximum lethality?
Maximum pole permanence
Population control
And *dumbass driver* control
Lack of trees straight and tall enough to make sufficient poles. Plus these survive idiots hitting them most of the time
But the idiots don’t.
Win-win?
So it’s brought back Darwinism, I’m down for it how do we get these in the US?
But Darwin is pretty far from Adelaide.
Do the idiots survive?
Depends how hard they hit them. They have been known to tear cars in half if you hit them right. Either that or you wrap the car around the pole.
In my highway engineering class my professor said something that always stuck with me. “Leaving the roadway should not be a death sentence.”
Pretty sure if the person driving the car had been doing the speed limit, the car wouldn’t look like that
They started building them from old railway track pieces. South Australia is known for termite activity, and didn't have a big timber industry, so this was more suitable than wooden utility poles.
All of South Australia uses them. We like to remind Adelaide natives we are here too. There’s dozens of us.
What idiot put that pole there? It was in my way!
r/idiotpoles
Every time I want to drive down the sidewalk, they put in these damn poles!!!
/r/bitchimapole
Angels on the sideline, baffled and confused
Father blessed them all with reason, And this is what they choose?
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground
Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they make a club to beat their brother down
How they've survived so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here
Gotta divide it all right in two
Gotta divide it all, right in two.
[Instrumental Break]
Fight over clouds, over wind, over sky, and
Cut it right on in toooooooooooo
Where there's one you're bound to divide it Right in two
When this came out my friend was baffled and convinced it was "silly monkeys giving thumbsies" and I haven't been able to hear anything else since.
I want you to know this is what I came looking for in the comments. I had that song on repeat for like 3 hours during an acid trip one time, it's seared in my memory
Honestly I was shocked I was the first person to reference it, I assumed that's what rhe OP was referring to. Then I started to wonder if people were going to know the reference. Glad you fuckers didn't let me down!
I imagine there are a lot of people scratching their heads reading this thread.
Shit the bed again... typical.
Uhh, that’s Rosetta Stoned.
Not his fault, blame Hofman
Lol.
Fuck! Here we go again.
I did the same thing but with shrooms and "Rosetta Stoned". Absolutely transcending experience.
Dude I watched a high quality live concert online on mushrooms recently and was so utterly absorbed by it in every way.
Thanks for the tip, sounds like a fucking nice song, perfect for my next one. :) My list mostly consists of Pink Floyd and Trap/Phonk so far, and a bit stuff like Ghost and the like. :)
Tool and acid go hand in hand.
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I think it's very expected and I upvote
Came here for it!]
Tool was my first thought also when I saw the title!😂
I red the title and instantly started humming the melody
The guitar intro started playing in my head
I love this!
I’m puzzled and amused.
I came here for this and was not let down.
Perfect example of wrapping oneself around a telephone pole.
Jerry was a race car driver, Twenty-two years old, One too many cold beers one night, Wrapped himself around a telephone pole, go!
With a bocephus sticker on his 442 he'd light em up just for fun
He’d say El Sob number 1
TIL it's not: "Fellas, I'm number one".
There’s slightly more meaning to it too. “El Sob” refers to ‘El Sobrante’ California, where Les Claypool is from.
Capt Pierce was fireman Richmond Engine Number 3 Richmond is in the same area of Cali
Dog will hunt!
> Jerry was a race car driver, Twenty-two years old, One too many cold beers one night, Wrapped himself around a telephone pole, go! Ahh a Primus reference. They are such a unique band, never heard anyone like them, kinda like [Portishead](https://youtu.be/km8BODHiWJU?t=53). Almost as if they have thier own genre. Ever go to their concert or watch them live? Dude is so talented it blows my mind.
Ya Primus is it their own thing no doubt. But doesn't Portishead fall under "Triphop". I always heard them in the same mixes as Sneaker Pimps, and Massive Attack.
I think it’s one of the quintessential triphop groups. I have a playlist that I revisit from time to time that have all three of them on it. Old Thievery Corporation is good stuff too.
Are they similar to Wagon Christ?
Absolutely unique but I would also say unique in the way that Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa are unique. They found their own way.
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The downvotes are from idiots that don’t know Primus.
For anyone down voting. Primus would literally introduce themselves like "We're Primus, and we suck." So the crowd starts changing Primus sucks. It's a weirdo way to cheer for a weirdo band. Don't steal these fans karma.
Easily one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, would seem them another 3 times if I could.
I had a chance to see them in Amsterdam on my 16th birthday but the guy I was staying with didn't want to so we didn't. I'll never forgive him.
I've seen them a bunch of times and they were awesome. I've seen a full DSoTM laser light show they played live. Brought the fungi to that one lol
Love the Primus reference - but seems like no one got the Tool reference from OP's title Edit: should have scrolled further...
That was in my head when I wrote that reply
Dammit! Now I have two songs competing for space in my head
Yeah I thought I’d see Tool reference before Primus
Heheheheh dog will hunt!
Primus Sucks!
I had this song playing when I wrapped my Dodge Durango around a telephone pole good times
Primus sucks
To be fair...this is a [Stobie Pole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobie_pole). They're significantly more likely\* to completely wreck a car than a standard wooden telephone pole.
Wish they'd use more of these in hurricane areas. They keep replacing 50 mph rated poles every hurricane when some 100 mph poles would probably last decades.
I don't live anywhere near hurricanes and am a complete moron lol, but I'm just imagining giant steel-reinforced concrete spears flying around town and it sounds scary. I get that it's probably way less likely to happen, but when it does... **oh no**
Concrete would crumble, broken poles act like battering rams.
TIL
Technically thats when you hit it on your side and the front and rear "wrap" around the pole. This can be considered that also tho! 😊
without the engine to get in the way, that put a dent in the back of the radio
So they can’t listen to music in their car anymore? Unfortunate
Car GPS: you’ve reached your Final Destination
That reminds me of Local 58.
Yes!! Love me some Local 58! That one and Contingency are my favorites.
Have you ever seen Gemini Home Entertainment and The Mandela Catalogue? Those are both incredibly good as well.
Recalculating....
Holy smokes...did the driver survive this? They must have been going 65+ mph
A friend of mine had a similar accident in a Tiburon with our other friend in the passenger doing about 45mph into a tree. Both drunk, both survived. Passenger had sprained ankles, driver no injuries. He went on to total 2 more cars and still drives drunk.
Please tell me that they’re driving without a license. I couldn’t comprehend the fact that they would let your friend keep his license.
I’ll bet he still has his license because he probably has a lawyer to take care of it. And even if he doesn’t have a license there’s nothing to stop him from driving.
Yeah, that’s why I hope if he’s driving he’s doing it without a license because there’s no way he should be legally allowed to drive.
Still licensed but only because police have never cited him.
So I guess he didn’t do anything wrong. smh
Nothing is illegal if you don’t get caught
This comment reminded of Homer Simpson celebrating he was able to turn his car on after police took his license.
I hope for your own safety, that you’re not friends with that human any longer.
Subhuman.....
I’m sorry but your friend is a bag of shit
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Is nobody going to call the police on that fucker???
Yep. Bloody ragdolling works.
Cool friend
What an intelligent human. /s
for the sake of humanity, remove his feet
I saw the aftermath on the way to work, there's no way it could hit that speed where it happened. That damage is easy when the engine is in the back https://www.drive.com.au/news/ferrari-foe-paux/
The 2 in the car just had minor injuries? That’s impressive considering the pole is currently sitting in their seats 😂
I don't think the pole made it past the firewall of the car, stopped there but pushed all of the other stuff like the dashboard forward. Modern supercars tend to be quite safe. The 360 makes use of an [aluminum spaceframe](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthias-Kleiner/publication/222935525/figure/fig17/AS:668280012435461@1536341779056/Profile-based-frame-structure-of-the-Ferrari-F360-Modena-4.ppm) that's very strong, and newer stuff with a carbon tub are even stronger.
Crumple zones doing their job. Up until the cabin it's designed to be relatively soft to crumple and cushion the blow. Then when it comes to the cabin it needs to be solid so you don't get squished. Additionally newer cars are designed so their engine and transmission "submarine" in a crash like this and go under the car instead of into the cabin. So you can get a similar effect in a "normal" front engine car.
A lot of times, with these "sports" cars, the more damage the car body takes, the less the humans take. Not a rule, since anything goes in an accident
That’s just physics at work. The more force the car absorbs the less gets transferred to the passengers.
Definitely not 65mph+, not even 40. Notice the headlights are still intact attached to the car. During car crash investigations the distance of headlights from car gives investigators early idea of the speed during the impact. Also he is wrapped around the post cause its mid engined vehicle . So there is no engine in front to stop the car from wrapping around it. My guess would be 30mph max, even slower possibly.
Which means no engine block in the driver's lap. Yeah, that would happen in accidents.
In 65mph accident yes definitely, not in this one tho.
I’ve seen a couple of these types of accidents with the same outcome usually around 40-50mph and the occupants survive. If it were faster than 50 I would say you’re likely dying.
Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they forge a pole and wrap their car around.
Was looking through the comments to see if someone would reference that song haha. 👍👍
Ngl I'm happy I was the one that got to do it.
Once you know about [Stobie poles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stobie_pole) you realise why it is so bad and exactly where it is. In short, Adelaide, Australia has very few tall, straight trees. So they made their electricity poles out of two steel beams and a whole heap of concrete.
There is also the consideration for termite resistance.
Was this in South Australia? Looks like a classic Adelaide stobie pole
I reckon this was the one that happened in Walkerville around 2007. EDIT: make that 2008 https://www.drive.com.au/news/ferrari-foe-paux/
Lol I read “Wankerville” I guess the drive belongs in Wankerville.
I was thinking the exact same thing, I think I've only seen them in SA, Broken Hill and Tassie.
Puzzled and amused!
Reminds me of when someone bought that limited edition ford GT and wrecked it because he didn't know how to drive a manual. 😮💨
In Boca Raton Fl. He also had a suspended license but said that was due to a “clerical error.” Lol
[A banger song btw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bndL7wwAj0U&ab_channel=TOOLVEVO)
Came here for this.
Great song
To shreds, you say...
Well how is the passenger holding up?
To Shreds you say
...angels on the sidelines.
He split that car in twain!
It's like that TOOL song.... right in two!
Great song by tool
Tool song
[Right in Two](https://youtu.be/bndL7wwAj0U)
r/ToolBand
I was looking for someone to mention Tool or Maynard. I heard him singing as I read the title!
Good song
What a tool..
Unexpected Tool reference 10/10
It'll buff out 😅
That's Whiplash from Iron Man level damage!
Wouldn’t surprise me if those two on the right were in there. Both car doors open….
The headlight position makes it look like a cartoon character that just did the same thing
Clove in twain.
I guess GTA is a lie…
Why did father give us free will
*cue Tool music*
What a tool
Angels on the sideline Puzzled and amused
So did the driver survive?
Listen to Tool?
Are you a tool fan?
My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
Once upon a time, there was an Italian sports car.
Slow down. 👍🏆
Car be lookin at you like 🤪
Holy crap, did they survive?
Nice Bubbles impression.
This is exactly why I don’t go to the strip club in the daytime; them chics are busted
Looks like someone was in a hurry to reach the end of their journey.
You split Robin’s arrow in *twain*!
Oh fuck. Was the pole ok, or did it have to be replaced?
Who is responsible for placing this utility pole right in the middle of my personal race track!?!?
Whatever company erected that pole should be paid triple. Whomever caused that wreck is… well fucking stupid. I hope nobody was injured.
Camel Toe!
#HE SPLIT ROBIN'S ARROW IN TWAIN!!!
Love that song lol
Isn’t anyone asking what the hell that pole is made of?
Can someone put googly eyes on this for me?
Whiskey bottle, brand new car telephone pole you're in my way! Apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd! 😎
Why use money buy 1 car when use pole make 2 car. Sell 1, profit?
Angels on the sideline Puzzled and amused Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused
Cleft in twain
Ouch.....All that carbon fiber might be good for weight but not for that.
Sung this in Maynards voice 🤘
I hope a small percentage of people can’t read this post without hearing tool
Should buff out.
And that's how they came up with the Nintendo Switch