Playing with cars is fun. That’s why you’re here reading this right now. However, as fun as cars can be, they’re not toys: they’re heavy machinery, which means they can also be incredibly dangerous when something goes wrong. This video puts things into perspective, after an off-road recovery nearly kills a driver.
He popo_patty YouTube channel host Caleb was off-roading last week with some friends in the snow when he slid his Ford Bronco off the road and into a deep embankment. However, that wasn’t the worst part. Sliding in deeper snow didn’t hurt Caleb or damage the car. But that did mean Caleb needed rescue from a fellow off-roader, who owned a heavily modified Jeep Wrangler.
Caleb tied a kinetic tow rope to his Bronco and to a fork on the rear bumper of the other driver’s Jeep, who attempted to pull him out. However, the jeep was driving aggressively and its driver accelerated too much. That acceleration, coupled with Caleb’s poor equipment, caused the soft shackle that had been attached to the Jeep to fail, sending it hurtling back toward the Bronco at a terrifying speed. You can see in the drone footage how violently it retracts into the Bronco’s windshield.
