- 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 )
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 folding itself up.
Dan:
That bar didn't actually crumple.
- Kyle:
Oh, now you're just dragging the... ( laughing )
Dan:
'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:
Gav:
Kyle:
Gav:
Still runs.
( laughing ) Did you see the text on the side?
Dan:
so it says "Mo-ers" instead.
That is absolutely crumpled.
Kyle:
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:
Dan:
Kyle ( laughing ):
Oh, man.
That is mental. Look at all that.
I wouldn't hire this company.
For sure.
- If that was your stuff? -
Kyle:
Dan:
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.
-
It's just peeling off.
Look at all that coming out the top, the carnage there.
Kyle:
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:
And then the unveil, out of all that.
It's so satisfying.
- Kyle:
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.
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