Check out this classic case of car versus curb, a scenario that has been played out thousands of times. And in all cases, the stuff that’s made out of cement tends to hit harder than the car’s front axle.
Curbs have been around since ancient times and are a major part of road infrastructure. The goal is to separate the road from the sidewalk, while also providing structural support, channeling water into storm drains and stuff like that.
When hit by a car, a number of things can happen. For example, at low speed, the curb can redirect the vehicle back towards the road, which helps keep pedestrians safe.
However, a vehicle traveling at higher speeds can not only jump the curb and fly onto the sidewalk, but also roll over if the angle is just “right” – or, to be more accurate, wrong.
In this particular incident, which took place in Novosibirsk, Russia, the driver of that old Honda Jazz (aka Fit) must have taken his or her eyes off the road and failed to see that they were about to mount the curb. That’s the best excuse we could come up with because, really, the car was going dead straight and there was no obstacle that would force it to swerve.
While the Jazz wasn’t traveling at very high speed, the impact was still sufficiently jarring, especially the second time around. It’s possible the car hit a storm drain after the initial hit, which would explain why it got turned around so violently. Either way, if the driver, as well as any passengers were wearing their seatbelts, they most likely got out of this one unhurt.