Originally published at: Watch the world's highest bungee jump by a car - Boing Boing
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Once again, I am forced to
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One has to ask the question “Why?” It says more about the bungee cords than about the car. Did putting that much effort into a publicity stunt like this say anything laudable about the company? At this point, the Guinness Book of World Records is squarely aimed at six-year-olds. Don’t they have a policy now about promoting dangerous stunts? Maybe they’ve decided that they need to be Red Bull. Frankly, I’d rather own a car which won’t allow me to drive over a cliff under any circumstances.
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“…for the attempt to be successful both car and rope had to remain intact…”
The driver? Mehhh!
Apparently 540ft, in a convertible, with a national sporting treasure.
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A friend who was an avid skydiver (1000+ logged jumps) gave a firm Nope to bungee jumping in general. “If my main chute fails, I’ve got 20 to 30 seconds to cut free and deploy the reserve. That’s a lot of time. If the bungee cord fails, there’s no backup and I can see from the platform exactly which rock my head is going to hit.”
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Big loud NOPE! Materials fail and even the greatest human engineers make mistakes. My mind would be filled with all of the things that could conceivably go wrong. I doubt if I could trust that bungee or extended crane with my own weight, even without the weight of the car.
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