The REAL reason not to hit gates!

[y2kgtp]

OR ANYONE WHO HAS A HUNTING CAMP OR DRIVES THROUGH GATES .


Most of us have to drive through access gates at some point of our driving careers.

We have had numerous incidents with gates swinging in the wind and hitting vehicles.

This guy caught a gate that was probably hidden by the tree line as he rounded the corner.

Look at all four pictures to see how lucky this guy really was.







I bet the first thing the driver checked was to see if
Mr. Wiggly and his two neighbors were still there.

[C*H*U*D]

Time to buy some lottery tickets before his luck runs out!

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[JeremyH]

Holy hell.

There used to be a few pictures floating around of a jeep that kicked up a large branch that punctured the firewall and ended up in the same spot...

[country_crawler]

Man if only it hit the bumper its right beside.

[eron]

man that sucks! My luck, that would have happened then the guy behind me would not pay attention i was stopped, rear ended me and the gate gone farther.....and.....yeah

[eron]

Originally Posted by country_crawler

Man if only it hit the bumper its right beside.

sad thing, the bumper actually made it worse for him. Truck kept going and the bumper forced the gate into the side of the truck. If the bumper was not there, the gate would have bounced off.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by eron

sad thing, the bumper actually made it worse for him. Truck kept going and the bumper forced the gate into the side of the truck. If the bumper was not there, the gate would have bounced off.

X2

If that brush guard wasn't there it probably would have bounced off the truck, or at least left a nasty gouge down the side...

either way...yowch!

[romulus22]

ide be mad if that was me. i now hate those style gates. just seeing this makes me think they should all be rectangular and not speared.

[Jester666]

That's to close for comfort.

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by romulus22

ide be mad if that was me. i now hate those style gates. just seeing this makes me think they should all be rectangular and not speared.

That wouldn't have helped, the JK mentioned above hit a what was probably 3"-4" diameter branch that did the same thing. Atleast with that flat on the end it could have slid under "the twins" instead of trying to go through them like that branch tried to do to the JK driver

[THE PARTS GUY]

He got lucky it didn't go any further. That hurts to even look at that.

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

wow!

he was lucky,very.

[FuriousCal]

Imagine flying around that corner on your quad or dirtbike doing about 45mph. Game over.

[romulus22]

Originally Posted by BJoe

That wouldn't have helped, the JK mentioned above hit a what was probably 3"-4" diameter branch that did the same thing. Atleast with that flat on the end it could have slid under "the twins" instead of trying to go through them like that branch tried to do to the JK driver

the branch cant be helped but i dont think you understand what i'm talking about.

a big rectangular gate versus a triangle shaped gate. instead of a point it would be a stright up and down tube

like this

[BansheeManiac]

Wow very lucky dude there, i second the square gate idea, pointed ones can do bad things think if it was an s10 or a car he was driving. he'd be dead.

[BJoe]

Originally Posted by romulus22

the branch cant be helped but i dont think you understand what i'm talking about.

a big rectangular gate versus a triangle shaped gate. instead of a point it would be a stright up and down tube

like this

Ah, pardon my dumbass there, I was thinking you were talking about the same design only in square tube

[STANG KILLA SS]

DAMN.
for some reason it reminds me of joe dirt removing the dogs balls off the porch with a spachela...

[ABOW]

Man check

[DonsATV]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Holy hell.

There used to be a few pictures floating around of a jeep that kicked up a large branch that punctured the firewall and ended up in the same spot...

Found them.

[kikcaffine]

Was that firewall made of balsa wood?