Anybody read this on Michael Hastings? It's disturbing.

[zappaman]

67. Really?

Someone jumped out of a car going 100mph?
And managed to flee the scene without anyone seeing him?

Good grief.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010/03/28/how-to-jump-from-a-speeding-car/

He told my American friend to hold his backpack in front of him to help soften the landing a bit and then to jump at an angle towards the shoulder of the road where there was dirt instead of pavement. His final instruction was to try to land on the shoulder and roll when they hit the ground. They tried to get the bus driver and the other passenger to join them, but they wouldn’t leave their seats. The two men looked down at the black pavement moving underneath them at 50 MPH, took a big breath, and jumped.

They hit the ground hard and rolled for several feet. Despite landing on soft earth, their clothing was ripped to shreds. They laid there on the side of the Tijuana road, tattered, but alive. A few seconds later they heard a horrendous crash. The bus couldn’t make the sharp turn and ended up running into the side of a canyon wall. The driver and all the other passengers died.


Now, these guys were lucky. Really lucky. Not too many people can walk away after jumping out of a speeding car without a broken bone. In fact, many people have died from jumping from a moving car. But my friends did some things right that increased their chances of surviving.