This compilation of slow-motion car crashes is brutal

Thursday, 26 September 2019

This video compilation of slowed down car crashes is a stark and brutal reminder of how vulnerable we actually are in our cars.

The slow motion highlights the brutality of the impacts, while the slow motion ballet of parts flying off is as hypnotic as it is deeply chilling.

But the drivers do look extremely happy as they pirouette out of their seats towards oblivion. Or, at least reassembly. Lego minifigs generally always look happy though.

The brutal reality of car crashes is no less brutal at Lego scale. It's way more fun though.

Watching car crash videos is always a guilty pleasure tinged with the very real concern that someone was quite likely hurt, but there are no such worries here - this is just seven minutes of high-impact crashes with cheerful minifigs at the wheel of their blocky rides.

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The video was made by YouTube user Custom Bricks & Models by Ren, who wrote 'as usual this video will include crashes from my LEGO City and Creator scale Car & Truck MOCs. They all feature very simplified designs and they are built with many weak parts (to be breakable more easily) And at this point none of these models exist anymore.'

Possibly the most remarkable thing about it - other than the fact that it is hypnotically good fun to watch - is how the crashing Lego cars behave in remarkably similar ways to real full-size cars (aside for the fact they are made of plastic blocks, that is).

The initial impact, the scattering of parts and the secondary impacts as they bounce around the scenery is chillingly close to the real thing.

But as the creator says in the description; 'cartoon physics rules apply here, so no mini-figures were harmed in this video.'