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09th Jan 2014

Video: Top Gear’s footage of a train smashing into a car is terrifying

Yet further proof that only an idiot would try and slip through a closed railroad crossing...

Oisin Collins

Yet further proof that only an idiot would try and slip through a closed railroad crossing…

Some people think that it’s okay to sneak through a level crossing if they don’t see a train coming, but those people often forget just how fast a train can go and how long it takes for a fast moving train to stop.

So the lads at Top Gear recently decided to see just what would happen to a family car with a five star Euro NCAP rating would fare against a fast moving train. The results? Well, see for yourself… The action stars around the 3:00 mark so you might want to skip to that if you’re not a fan of Jeremy Clarkson.

We think you’ll agree that the results are pretty freighting. It’s even scarier when you repeat it over and over in super-slow motion…

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