Crash!

Crash!

The above and below picture has been used forever as a symbol to warn against hot rods and to promote safe driving by worried moms, insurance companies, government, and many others for decades. In fact, that very photo was used by a classic car insurance company that has sponsored The Jalopy Journal in the past. Through the years, it has become sort of synonymous for what can happen if you drive dumb cars in a dumb fashion.

But, guess what? It’s all a god damned lie.

Check it out:

All these years of imagination… My favorite guess was that the roadster picked a fight with the sedan and the guy in the sedan didn’t like loosing, so he… well, he blocked. The result is a photo to be used by well-to-doers for generations to come.

Turns out, the roadster was owned by a good kid and was just innocently parked on the side of an LA street. The carnage was the result of a drunk driver.

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