What happens when you crash into a road sign? | Fifth Gear

Taken from Series 8 of Fifth Gear, first broadcast in 2005, Jon Bentley finds out what happens when you crash into road sign. For access to exclusive Fifth Gear content and all FULL episodes, join our channel / @fifthgearuk
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[@mizmila249]

Convertible car drivers will get the biggest slap of their life from these

[@axeljonsson151]

OOF

[@TommyCraft5]

Yeah they haven't thought about us

[@eurosonly]

lmao I wonder if the designer considered this.

[@MrSupercar55]

@@ДимитърБойчев-б3б or just avoid the signpost.

[@that_one_pole17]

not if the roof is up

[@Nolongrused]

My mum just reverses into things

[@MetroBaltimoreDashcam]

this comment must be kept safe for the greater good

[@Nolongrused]

Lol

[@tcc8499]

nice

[@knat-sd5mp]

I hate roblox

[@RobinMello]

lol

[@2subscriberswithnovideo299]

Ok so its not like beamng where you get stuck in it😂😂 Edit: thank you for the likes : )

[@harrymcm5875]

😂

[@Landie_Man]

Love Beam :D

[@whenfkfdaya5973]

true AHAH

[@MC-nu2wf]

Yeah more like GTA

[@whenfkfdaya5973]

@@MC-nu2wf nope, beamng drive, dont say nothing, its just beamng drive, cuz, when u crash that some car theres a chance of the car getting stuck in the other cars bumper

[@mclarenjohnf1]

Just how fast can they be chopped down and scrapped by a Geezer in a White Van

[@8bits59]

"Other than that, he and the car are completely unmodified." Cue a shot of the airbag being removed some miscellaneous things installed on the dash.

[@juancitobentos6351]

He has a helmet so the Airbag Is unnecesary, and for stunts they are kinda dangerous.

[@8bits59]

@@juancitobentos6351 The point I'm making is that they claimed the car was unmodified, when it very cleary is modified.

[@juancitobentos6351]

@@8bits59 he means that the car overall is not modified in structure, but for this kind of stunt is mandatory to take out the airbags because the driver already has a helmet and if they deploy they can cause unnecesary damage to a human body, and i say unnecesary because they already have the helmet so the head wont hit the steering, but the airbag will cause the same damages as normally, like wounds, burns because of the gas, whiplash, damage in the muscles, etc etc. But overall the car is not modified, just with the Airbag system deactivated.

[@tobycorrigan]

Juancito Bentos airbags aren’t just to stop the drivers head hitting the wheel, they slow down the overall deceleration that the driver experiences meaning less force is exerted onto their body, resulting in far less major injury

[@TorutheRedFox]

@@tobycorrigan that's the job of a good seatbelt it's so that things that a seatbelt doesn't hold, like your limbs and head, don't hit anything at high speeds

[@CycolacFan]

Wonder if the rotation and flip would have been so severe had the car not been swerved hard to the left just before the impact? Would have been interesting to see it hit head on like in the second test.

[@notroll1279]

I remember reading about yielding lampposts way back in the 1980s. The authors were impressed how car drivers might survive hitting one of those. However, (same as in this vid) they ignored that the lamppost would work like a mighty steel whip possibly snapping at bystanders and killing some in the process. Not much was heard from that idea since. But these sign posts seem to let drivers live without wreaking havoc among pedestrians, so: good job, deploy!

[@karlosbricks2413]

On controlled access and high speed roads these are probably a good idea. In an urban area where there are likely to be many pedestrians, if you can't survive hitting a sign post with your car, a pedestrian probably also couldn't survive being hit by your car at the same speed, and I think you'd be better off lowering vehicle speeds or improving pedestrian safety than worrying about the safety of drivers hitting road side obstacles.

[@recacw]

Me: Can We Have Top Gear Mom: No, We Already Have Top Gear Top Gear At Home:

[@axeljonsson151]

I'd rather watch fifth gear and the grand tour than the new top gear

[@recacw]

Electric Midnight yh tru just isn’t the same anymore

[@mellomikeoftegridyfarms]

You might know but unless you don't, Fifth gear was made to complement top gear as it sailed away from informational reviews, as old top gear was. Tiff Nedell for example used to be on top gear.

[@recacw]

///AmgFanboi74 it’s not that deep

[@torquetheprisoner]

@@axeljonsson151 did you ever wach driven on channel 4 that was an ok car show

[@williamsquibb5249]

I was on the m1 the other day and saw that exact sign

[@niallguiver2861]

William, you must have very good eyesight LOL, it's actually on the A45 about 9.5 miles from the M1. South of Earls Barton on the A45 westbound - I pass it several time a week as I live nearby.

[@rurrochman]

140mm dia steel post

[@williamsquibb5249]

@Delta yup

[@mrbox2477]

Me in the USA: what kind of sign post is that?

[@dompirrotta3306]

rip stuntman Steve 😢

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

Did he deliberately turn slightly right before impact with the Astra ?

[@JowoHD]

i feel like it was more accidental due to it being hard to control a vehicle via remote control at that speed. still more realistic tho i guess

[@Kayshots]

MatthewCoupeOfficial Yep he did.

[@NoName-md5zb]

Idiot drove to side. Instead of driving behind astra so he could see precisely where it goes, they drove on the side of it

[@GraveUypo]

yes and that's the only reason the car flipped.

[@TheTrooperMB]

@@NoName-md5zb idiot didn't drive straight behind it so the astra doesn't get cockblocked by the signpost and therefore avoid colliding it with the peugeot? jeez...

[@amzace]

Fifth gear used to be lit bring that shit back

[@derlangsame4471]

The thing is, 1. When a car hit a lamppost or signpost, it usually is in a sideway position due to prior loss of control. That's why the Euro NCAP tests pole collision sideway. 2. I am sure the conventional signposts were already designed in such a way that they compromise the collision safety, wind resistance, and cost. I wonder how this would go according to those criteria. We cannot just think about collision safety without any consideration of cost.

[@GraveUypo]

yep that's why they're not made of concrete. except when they are

[@Francisreviews]

Best sign posts are ones in games like GTA 5 that hardly damage the car:p

[@StuartOliver83]

Yeah until you hit that one type that stops you dead ffs usually when an oppressor has locked on lol

[@OFFtheCHIZANE]

“Quite a big deceleration as I hit the post” is the best quote of the vid for me

[@choopwav]

Many if not all interstate signs here in the US use aluminum I-beams with slip footers. Slotted holes for the bolts that extend to the end of the connection plate and the base plate rather than regular closed holes in the steel plate. They're designed so that the sign pole "slips" off the base plate and they disconnect from each other. Former FDOT contractor edit: as an addition, street light poles are designed with a breakaway base and quick-disconnect terminals for the wiring so upon impact the base breaks away and the pole + wiring safely frees from the footer

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

Though favoring the last one, I ´d say both of those Astra´s underwent great immediate line design improvements

[@oxulucozcan4923]

The last moment's correction made the remote control car especially unbalanced. I think it wouldn't flip if the impact was in full overlap.

[@JackMustang]

Unfortunately, nobody “saw the sign”! 😂

[@MrFrog_]

I did.

[@mileswilliams1585]

Fucking irresponsible company allowing someone to drive at this on purpose when it's not a fully refined product

[@whenfkfdaya5973]

Is this a repost?

[@blower1]

I see what you did there ;)

[@Kev_566]

My question is why at the last second DOD he steer into it he should have stayed straight

[@Sirensandlights865]

Was the light post that didn’t break away taken down?

[@Christopherliddle]

Love fifth gear crash tests please do more

[@Wtrxprs007able]

Cheap everywhere and all belong in scrap

[@somervillearron]

not very realstic they turned into the first one if they didnt it would have probably been pretty similar

[@brabham74]

I like your vids, a lot,, but don''t run in to sign posts, trees, large rocks. It is actually very easy, to not run in to those things.

[@andy530i]

Wait untill you get a high speed blow out, or sudden catastrophic component failure on the suspension/ steering , or just dangerous driving from some other idiot on the roads ( I do hope this does not happen ! )

[@brabham74]

@@andy530i , I hope that doesn't happen either, again. I have had all of those things happen, blow outs, ball joint failue, and idiots on the road, ect. during the last 45 years. The occasional sign post is nothing, compared to the millions of trees, and I have managed to avoid all of them. Should we have the trees removed too? Cowardice seems to be the order of the day, these days.

[@axeljonsson151]

Under normal conditions of course, but what if it's slippery and you slide of the road and hit it or you want to dodge something on the road or someone hits you🤔

[@brabham74]

@@axeljonsson151 , yes, unexpected things happen. But, I have survived driving (and riding motorcycles) past literally billions of roadside trees in the last 45+ years, I am all for safety, but lets not lose any sleep over some road side sign or lamp posts.

[@WesleyRnz99]

Video games: wait thats illegal

[@m7dtbh580]

'Rockstar left the chat'

[@onlynexg301]

But what happens if the roles are inverted and the road sign slams into you

[@techalyzer]

I don't think the first crash would be fatal. The car barely slows down at all, the crash energy is transferred into rotation. Car maintains speed, rotates, tires grip and it rolls. Seat belt on and you walk out like nothing happened.

[@garethreece]

Except the roof squashes when it rolls so fair chance if you're tall it's going to (at best) cause a major headache!

[@techalyzer]

​@Discofelsi Well I did. Depends on the car thogh. "You're gonna be thrown against the steering wheel and the gear shifter. You're gonna bump your head on the roof and get thrown against the door panel and shit." Was that a 60's car?

[@techalyzer]

@Discofelsi Well yeah, a '91 car yeah. But still, I'd guess no fractures or anything serious, right?

[@alexsherman2398]

Wouldn't have saved your life on the motorway you'd have gone throw the post and up the grass slope like a ramp and 30 foot in the air or into a tree 😅

[@floppychzcake7936]

Forza be like: Hahah telephone poles are made of paper

[@supergeekjay]

Toilet roll tubes lol

[@GraveUypo]

yeah you can get into that race truck thing and drive down the road while knocking all of the crash barriers AND lamp posts while still accelerating.

[@HaXD1209]

Short answer: You lost your car

[@rarvlogs786]

and why is the camera quality bad at 1080p

[@BAGINAZARD]

Unfortunately one of the least scientifically accurate measurements. One car had the weight of a robot, which pretty much loss control before hitting the post, and the other had the weight of a man, who kept the car straight into the post. These results have waaay too many differences to how they were conducted.

[@jamesstillgames]

Haha the sign says "I like ya cut G" to convertible drivers

[@JDT-19933]

the first car he nearly lost control and you can see him correct the steering thats why it went over

[@thepurdychannel8866]

Was the lampost video with a concrete lamp post

[@DoDo024]

Euro Truck Simulator 2: so you have chosen death

[@minidriversouthsweden5137]

Convertible drivers will wake up the day after with a headache from hell. If they’re not squashed by the sign first

[@deaconvhuijgevoort2197]

This is a crash video whit so many likes i love fifth gear

[@abdbasith8662]

man last week i hit into a sign board and the board broke because i had a guard in my suv

[@niratsirackod1]

3:59 i thought he was turbocharged with an awd conversion.

[@robertsteele667]

Awesome full size rc car

[@lebrayor]

Uh, in GTA 5 in simplest, but trees are *I N D E S T R U C T I B L E*

[@blower1]

I'm gonna undercut this company with my Lego sign posts.....they just explode into a shower of harmless plastic bricks upon impact.

[@niallguiver2861]

They need to make these post out of something that while yielding also has very little value at a dodgy scrap yard to avoid them becoming a night time target for thieves.

[@brucehursman8874]

Ok, how much $ do they make?

[@brucehursman8874]

OMG, he was in that car.

[@TorutheRedFox]

if it'd work correctly, you'd get more discomfort from going over the bumps in this road than from hitting the sign lol

[@homurak8]

Why is the video quality low

[@gamingcool69]

Cos they got old videos from 2000s and now they repost them, nit coming with better contenf

[@lucasbarton1773]

RIP vauxhall Astra, there is not many around of that version anymore

[@petrolheads637]

I mean mybe drive safe and a crash won’t happen if everyone drives safe

[@EMTBR]

This was a video from 2005???

[@Kayshots]

Isn’t it karma for people to crash into poles because they aren’t driving well? I think it’s karma...

[@idkwuisp7626]

0:02 *credits*

[@ZyraX-21]

what happened to The Stig? Or is that a different show?

[@garethreece]

This is Fifth Gear not Top Gear

[@jerrylin9798]

3:09 wrong pronunciation. also, why is the steering wheel on the passenger side? and why do they talk weird

[@Admre]

Idk if you are joking or not, but in the UK they drive on the left side of the road, and they are speaking with a British accent

[@mikeh2006]

It's only pronounced differently in America as I'm aware. This is in the UK where cars are right hand drive and we have a different accent to USA.

[@knat-sd5mp]

These people are just not educated enough smh

[@satsumagt5284]

This must be a joke comment

[@5.6_gabe]

Drunk driving is like this

[@Pie4life123]

lamp post was good these clowns just copied them and it shows. the sign failed to give way then they make up some bs only reason why the first failed is cuz the driver didn't hit it head on but on the side

[@rileysmith9843]

65 mph? Try doing it at 75-80 mph.

[@chrimuh_hy]

Try -nan MPH.

[@XxAlex1995AlesanaXx]

Still amazing results from the aluminum post and alot safer

[@0163844098]

He's lucky the middle bolt got stuck, if it were on of the 2 side bolts the 2nd test would end up looking like the 1st one.

[@1500mm]

GTA V drivers : Did we hit something?

[@gkpioågas]

the person called kim was norwegian

[@carleeelena03]

I thought they were gonna talk about stop signs

[@matcentrino7602]

Conclusion is, drive carefully. End of the story.

[@minibus9]

very ineresting video

[@EJFXxx]

sorry but sign post technology should have been figured out decades ago ... aluminum is nothing new ... I thought humans were smarter than this !

[@DhruvGN8]

The camera in the car sucked, what the hell.

[@orange1soda]

Or just make them like the usa makes them with breakaway bolts...

[@hsinwulau]

But how much it costs

[@Okkie26]

Does it matter when you can save lifes with it?

[@rogehmarbi]

Astras must be cheap over there

[@reggiekray270]

Hate to be the guy who sweeps up after that

[@gavinsceilingfanshack972]

True

[@lawandamin3076]

NOOOOO CLM

[@pocketstationman6364]

Poor Rover and Vauxhalls...

[@irrutias7035]

The dislikes are from convertibles

[@marshallmathers5465]

Try it with volvo

[@rarvlogs786]

why are the cars so old its 2020 look at the motorwway

[@rarvlogs786]

@G W but then why did thwy upload it now

[@SHAWNSTAR17119]

Bro that was solid crash As fuck 😂😂😂 i dont know euro incamp what the fuck

[@ashtonbackup934]

Very cool first sign didn’t work tho

[@ramblingrob4693]

I love the bs about Stunt driver . they know what will happen otherwise they wouldn't put someone testing it

[@nanoblok2655]

I'm a big fan

[@مالكالأول]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@Oscar4u69]

just use less robust iron posts

[@user-dx8md8oq1j]

My mum uses people

[@dumi3737]

They scamming us i dont think thats 1080p lol jk

[@bodoistvan895]

Kraftwerk car crash 341 full

[@private3146]

Gta tho

[@jdmdriftx]

BeamNG in a nutshell

[@aznyxx9435]

Nah

[@daniguay88]

*Well yes, but actually no*

[@Stikkzz]

mh

[@guseast6684]

Well clickbate thumbnail photo.

[@thatonecarguydirk4803]

But it actually happened you blind bat

[@gavinsceilingfanshack972]

Hahaha

[@guseast6684]

@@gavinsceilingfanshack972 indeed hahah

[@guseast6684]

@@thatonecarguydirk4803 + dude go to hell first off with the "you blind bat" stuff seriously who says that grampa Grumpy, and second the car in the thumbnail is a Citron 2cv whilst in a flip so unless you mastake that for a car hitting a light pole blind bat. Hahahahahaha blind bat that's so 1983 grampa Grumpy judgement boi

[@thatonecarguydirk4803]

2:10

[@tonij4073]

Some boring comments here lol..

[@sirtinpott9693]

What happens when you drive in a road sign you drive into a road sign

[@kirby1225]

top gear is better

[@jaxco0b780]

Early i love you guys

[@angelar18]

F cars