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  • - Hello, I'm Gav. - I'm Dan.

  • Welcome to the "The Super Slow Show."

  • Dan, are you aware of a website

  • called 11foot8.com?

  • It's about this bridge in North Carolina,

  • exactly 11 foot 8 inches of clearance.

  • - Who'da thought? - For some reason,

  • people keep crashing moving trucks into it,

  • so frequently that a guy has set up two cameras

  • permanently recording this bridge.

  • ( tires screech )

  • ( tires screech )

  • Today we're going to recreate that experiment.

  • - We have our own moving truck. - Excellent name.

  • ( theme music playing )

  • Well, not a great name for a moving company, though,

  • especially if they charge by the hour.

  • - Well, you'd make a lot of money. - You would.

  • Yeah, I'm kind of nervous about driving a truck into a bridge.

  • And you don't drive at all.

  • This is true.

  • Which is why we've got our very own stunt driver, Kyle.

  • Afternoon, Kyle the stunt driver.

  • - Good afternoon. - How's it going?

  • This is our bridge. It's not actually a bridge.

  • Dan: Yeah, it's also not 11' 8".

  • But it will be solid impact for a truck.

  • I should think so, which I why I'm scared of it.

  • Have you done anything like this before,

  • like running into a bridge?

  • You know, thankfully, I've never run into a bridge before.

  • - No? - No.

  • You nervous about it?

  • No, not too really.

  • I'm definitely interested to find out what happens.

  • It's kind of scary

  • because a lot of the trucks just stop dead.

  • It's like actually crashing into a wall almost.

  • - Yeah, it's interesting. - Are you prepared for a sudden impact

  • just in case it doesn't tear the top off?

  • Yeah, yeah, I've got a five-point harness system in there.

  • I should be good to go,

  • even coming from a 35-mile-an hour truck,

  • coming to a dead stop, I think.

  • Is that how fast you're going?

  • Yeah, 30, 35.

  • I still wouldn't want to be doing this myself.

  • I'm so glad that we've got you to do this instead.

  • Hopefully it just peels the lid right off.

  • That's the effect we want.

  • - Kyle: That's the plan. - Yeah.

  • All right, well, from this point on

  • the video's in your hands.

  • Yeah, I guess we're just gonna radio and just go, "Go!"

  • - And then that's it for us. - That's it, yeah.

  • - It's all on you. - Great. Good luck, Kyle.

  • Thank you.

  • - Dan: Cool. - Gav: Let's get to safety.

  • See you guys on the other side.

  • We're going to record this at a thousand frames a second, in 4K,

  • one camera looking down,

  • one looking right at the point of impact.

  • - Are you ready? - I'm ready.

  • - Let's hope Kyle's ready. - Okay.

  • Kyle, go, go, go!

  • Gav ( laughing ): It's so scary to look at.

  • Dan: Oh, I can't wait already.

  • Oh, he's bookin' it.

  • He really is.

  • He's really going for it.

  • ( together ) Ooh!

  • ( laughing ) Oh!

  • Dan: Damn!

  • It completely split.

  • Look, it's literally like the top of a can. Isn't it?

  • It ripped the top off and then snapped the back.

  • Dan: It's completely wrinkled.

  • Oh, man.

  • I didn't realize they made convertible trucks.

  • Properly, like, accordioned it.

  • It's actually, I think,

  • - got inside the container. - Oh.

  • Oh, look at the truck.

  • Here it comes.

  • That's fully opened up.

  • - Gav: Well done. - Dan: How was that?

  • Well, I felt a bit of a bump.

  • - You did? - Is that it? Just a bit of a bump?

  • Just a bit of an "unh."

  • And look what you've done.

  • Well, there's your problem. Your roof's up there.

  • Gav: Can you see that it's actually embedded itself

  • in the shipping container material?

  • Yeah, I might've-- might've drifted up towards 40

  • right before I hit it.

  • You weren't messing around. You were like, wow.

  • Lead foot, I guess.

  • Why don't we go and see what the hell just happened?

  • - In slow mo. - Yeah, that'd be great.

  • Oh, there's the shadow.

  • ( all laughing )

  • Gav: It's just driving into itself.

  • It's folding itself up.

  • Dan: It's, like, using it up, isn't it?

  • That bar didn't actually crumple.

  • - Kyle: No. - Gav: That bar went all the way in that top part.

  • Oh, now you're just dragging the... ( laughing )

  • Dan: I feel like it's not so much--

  • 'cause it's only 8'6".

  • It's not so much shaved the top off

  • as decapitated it completely.

  • What you've done there,

  • you've made very hard metal

  • look like cloth.

  • It's amazing what high speeds will do

  • to hard materials.

  • You know, just out for a Sunday drive.

  • Nothing out of the normal.

  • Oh, the ripple through that.

  • That's wicked.

  • It's like that scene in "Willy Wonka"

  • where it goes in dirty and comes out clean

  • except this comes out without a roof.

  • Dan: Now it's just convertible. It's just gone.

  • Gav: That is amazing.

  • Kyle: Now it's more of a flatbed truck.

  • Gav: Yeah. Still functional.

  • Still runs.

  • ( laughing ) Did you see the text on the side?

  • Dan: Oh, it's just squashed completely.

  • so it says "Mo-ers" instead.

  • That is absolutely crumpled.

  • Kyle: Yeah, the accordion effect's amazing.

  • It's like a cartoon.

  • It was just like a cartoon crash.

  • - Just, like, perfect folds. - Yeah.

  • I want to see the other side of the container

  • because that bar went in so deep.

  • - Yeah. - Should we go check it out?

  • - Yeah. - Yeah.

  • Oh! What?

  • It came fully out the other side.

  • Dan: That's so abstract.

  • Gav: So it looks like it's bonked that side.

  • It actually pierced this side.

  • - Dan: Oh, yeah. - Kyle: Just punched straight through.

  • - Huh. - Huh.

  • - Um. - Great.

  • - Do you wanna do it again? - Yeah. Yep.

  • All right.

  • So, second attempt.

  • I wonder if he's going to make it through

  • the exact same holes as last time.

  • That'll be damn impressive.

  • Do you think he could go?

  • I'm not even sure this truck's the same width.

  • All right, we'll see.

  • Yeah. All right, okay, you ready?

  • - I'm ready. - Okay.

  • All right, Kyle, we're ready for you. Go! Go! Go!

  • Gav: This one sounds a little bit more rickety.

  • Dan: It does, doesn't it?

  • - Getting up to some serious speed now. - Really is.

  • Good night!

  • - Oh! - Oh!

  • What was that?

  • It has gone through the same holes!

  • - ( Gav laughs ) - I knew it!

  • It literally did exactly what you said.

  • - I called it. - And that one exploded.

  • Was that a real moving truck? Was there stuff in it?

  • That one was insolated.

  • - That was a refrigeration truck. - Oh...

  • I wondered whether you'd be able to get it

  • through the exact same holes as you did last time.

  • You're that good that you nailed it perfectly.

  • So this one was insulated.

  • Yeah, I think they turned this one into a refrigerated box truck.

  • Yeah, look at this.

  • I was like, "What's with that gunk that's falling out of it?"

  • That one was like an explosion.

  • It was completely different because the other one just peeled away.

  • This one sort of exploded almost.

  • Should we go and check out some of the carnage underneath?

  • Dan: There's more carnage this time, almost.

  • Kyle: Ooh, lots of debris.

  • Peeling off nicely.

  • Kyle, you broke the sign.

  • Oh, no.

  • Now it's just "Low Clear..."

  • Yeah.

  • That is mental. Look at that shot.

  • That is cool.

  • You go faster or slower on that one?

  • I think it was actually pretty much about the same,

  • pretty close to 40.

  • Gav: Whoa, it's spewing out the sides.

  • Dan: Look at the sides there, all the foam coming out the sides.

  • Kyle ( laughing ): Look at the top corner.

  • Oh, man.

  • That is mental. Look at all that.

  • I wouldn't hire this company.

  • For sure.

  • - If that was your stuff? - Gav: No.

  • Kyle: Jeez, look at all that stuff flying.

  • Dan: Then the roof falls down behind it as well.

  • That's such a weird sight,

  • like I barely know what I'm looking at.

  • - Looks like-- - Look at all that peeling out on the left.

  • A refrigerated sheep holder.

  • It does look like--

  • It's almost just like...

  • A sheep popped.

  • Yeah, it really does.

  • That's a great shot. That's cool.

  • Here we go. Look at this slot perfectly in there.

  • - Dan: Gosh. - Gav: Straight through the holes!

  • It's just peeling off.

  • Look at all that coming out the top, the carnage there.

  • Kyle: It just accordions that sheet metal up top.

  • It really does.

  • And the doors bend.

  • That's gotta be a hefty insurance job.

  • For the rental trucks.

  • And you actually dragged

  • all of your accordion back through with you.

  • It looks like it's just cloth being ripped.

  • - Kyle: Yeah. - Dan: Look at that.

  • And then the unveil, out of all that.

  • It's so satisfying.

  • - Kyle: That's awesome. - Dan: That's great.

  • Just peeled the truck off.

  • I think that's what we were going for.

  • I think what's happening here,

  • is the wind-- because you're going through,

  • the wind is sucking air in.

  • It's sucking all the debris through the tunnel.

  • Yeah, it really changes--

  • And look at all this stuff flying over to the side as well.

  • It's gone really far.

  • Just popped.

  • That was great.

  • Phenomenal driving, Kyle.

  • Once again.

  • Yeah. Happy to do it.

  • Oh, hello.

  • Well, that was some phenomenal looking footage--

  • Why am I behind the tallest part?

  • - I'm the shortest. - Nobody wants to see you.

  • Thank you very much for watching that video.

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  • Check out 11foot8.com.

  • And we will see you in the very next episode

  • on "The Super Slow Show."

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  • A lot of stuff.

  • Maybe even a limb or two.

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