dude...inches saved from the guillotine

[veeman]

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/lucky-corvette-driver-survives-trailer-crash-experts-call-200318166.html

[SVT666]

He should buy a lottery ticket.

[Tave]

He should stop rear-ending semi trucks at high rates of speed.

[280Z Turbo]

I think a Corvette Z06 can outbrake a semi truck. I'm not sure though.

[GoCougs]

Looks like the safety guard worked inasmuch as it appeared to have stayed intact. It simply sliced through/over such a low minimally built vehicle. The layman in me says a guard low enough to prevent a guillotine effect on a Corvette would interfere with operation (contact the ground over bumps, hills, etc.).

[hotrodalex]

Dude must have been flying.

[Speed_Racer]

Great comment:

"What is 13 feet tall, 8 feet wide, weighs 80,000 pounds and invisible?"

Honestly, it's not like these things stop on a dime or appear out of nowhere. Keep your distance, don't outdrive your brakes, keep your eyes on the road (and not your phone) and you won't hit one.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Dude must have been flying.

Yep!

[Morris Minor]

I remember trucks in Europe having underrun protection bumper things that were designed to stop this kind of thing. They damped & absorbed energy - not just crude barriers.

[Northlands]

Added protection on trailers? People should pay attention of what's going on ahead of them.

[Payman]

Interestingly, those bumpers on truck trailers are called "Mansfield Guards", after Jayne Mansfield's grisly death.