
GhostInTheMachine
Safeguard
- Nov 5, 2023
- 435
This post is simply me musing about my backup plan. You see, plan A is pretty straightforward as it's just blowing my head off with a magnum or shotgun. Plan B is a little more involved, but doesn't need much either. All I need is my car, a long stretch of road, and a bridge abutment. For those that don't know what that is, it's the solid walls on each side of a bridge underpass. My car is also very fast, as it came stock with pretty good specs, and I have modified it over the years to be able to go faster.
Here's a picture of the prime style of abutment I'm looking for:
This example here had a spotlight shone on it when the co-owner of the OKC Thunder (NBA) crashed into it and died. For a while, it was believed to be a suicide, but recently that idea has been challenged. Either way, that death highlighted a potential method that I've considered in the event that I can not obtain a gun. I don't even mind having to travel just to pull it off.
So, the plan is pretty simple, go to the bridge, and then drive a sufficient distance to be able to reach my car's top speed. My car has a 0-60 (mph) of around 5ish seconds, and it gets to over 100 in less than 15. It'll just be me, the road, my last song, the roar of my engine, then *BANG*... silence. I estimate I'll easily be going over 120mph when I hit, so the chances of survival will essentially be zero.
Here's a video which demonstrates the sheer destruction of this method:
As you can see, the vehicle had no chance, and it's occupants less so. My only hang-up with this method is that I do genuinely love my car, as it's the encapsulation of years of blood, sweat, and tears that I shed to make it what it is today. However, if it comes down to it, sacrifices will have to be made, and it's not like I can take my car with me to oblivion. Hopefully though, it won't have to come to this and I'll be able to give my car to a friend who I know would take good care of it.
We'll see what happens, because a lot of these bridges are being changed so that such crashes are impossible. Only time will tell.
Here's a picture of the prime style of abutment I'm looking for:

This example here had a spotlight shone on it when the co-owner of the OKC Thunder (NBA) crashed into it and died. For a while, it was believed to be a suicide, but recently that idea has been challenged. Either way, that death highlighted a potential method that I've considered in the event that I can not obtain a gun. I don't even mind having to travel just to pull it off.
So, the plan is pretty simple, go to the bridge, and then drive a sufficient distance to be able to reach my car's top speed. My car has a 0-60 (mph) of around 5ish seconds, and it gets to over 100 in less than 15. It'll just be me, the road, my last song, the roar of my engine, then *BANG*... silence. I estimate I'll easily be going over 120mph when I hit, so the chances of survival will essentially be zero.
Here's a video which demonstrates the sheer destruction of this method:
As you can see, the vehicle had no chance, and it's occupants less so. My only hang-up with this method is that I do genuinely love my car, as it's the encapsulation of years of blood, sweat, and tears that I shed to make it what it is today. However, if it comes down to it, sacrifices will have to be made, and it's not like I can take my car with me to oblivion. Hopefully though, it won't have to come to this and I'll be able to give my car to a friend who I know would take good care of it.
We'll see what happens, because a lot of these bridges are being changed so that such crashes are impossible. Only time will tell.