# Car vs. Telephone Wires **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 19, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711 "2011-07-19T13:35:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/1 "2011-07-19T13:35:15Z")
and the winner is… > ``` > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696384063_6.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696384063_6.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383884_5.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383884_5.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383785_4.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383785_4.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383590_3.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383590_3.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383445_2.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383445_2.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383386_1.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383386_1.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > [![http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383359_small.jpg](http://fh3.firehouse.com/files/imagecache/content_carousel_thumbnail/1088696383359_small.jpg)](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699#) > > > > On June 13, 2004, at approximately 8:30 AM, Community Volunteer Fire Department's Engine 2 and Ambulance 2 were dispatched to the intersection of Alief-Clodine Road and Metro Boulevard in Southwest Harris County, Texas for the report of a car versus telephone pole. > > ``` > Upon arrival, the engine company found a vehicle still running, hanging on the telephone wires by its right front tire. > Witnesses reported that the car had been traveling westbound on Alief-Clodine when the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed the median, and made contact with the guide wire from the ground to the telephone pole, propelling the vehicle upward onto the wires. > **Witnesses also reported that the driver jumped down from the vehicle and ran to catch a bus prior** to the arrival of Engine 2 and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. > The vehicle ran for over an hour until the oil had completely drained from the motor and it seized. > Several wreckers and a Southwestern Bell crew [http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699](http://www.firehouse.com/node/90699) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/2 "2011-07-19T13:48:33Z")
> Witnesses also reported that the driver jumped down from the vehicle and ran to catch a bus prior Crashing like a boss. On a side note, the telephone wires you see in aerial cables are usually 500+ pair so they are pretty heavy duty wires. ---
**Author:** ![Trkbossls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Trkbossls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Trkbossls)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/3 "2011-07-19T13:52:56Z")
late for work? ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/4 "2011-07-19T14:04:03Z")
This is in South Houston lol prolly an illegal. Such a boss move though. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/5 "2011-07-19T18:49:57Z")
I wouldn’t have thought that car would idle for over an hour at that angle. ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/6 "2011-07-20T04:46:41Z")
YES. AWESOME. ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/7 "2011-07-20T14:01:52Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Crashing like a boss. > > On a side note, the telephone wires you see in aerial cables are usually 500+ pair so they are pretty heavy duty wires. Those telephone wires are lashed to a steel 7 strand messenger wire… usually anywhere from 5/16" to 3/8" but sometimes bigger. Looks to me like that guy went off the road and drove his car up some guy wires that are anchored in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/8 "2011-07-20T14:07:25Z")
BALLER. ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/9 "2011-07-22T20:40:07Z")
When I used to climb poles for Time Warner they said the wires could hold over 5000LBS, guess they were right. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-vs-telephone-wires/214711/10 "2011-07-22T20:43:12Z")
Welcome to 2004, I graduate HS this week.