Trucks collide near tunnel entrance

first explanation is wrong. note says that the truck in front brakes immediately before the accident, but that would make its weight shift forward and the front of the truck dive, not the back.

Look to the left of the picture. There is damage to a railing and scrape marks on the outer edge of the tunnel. The truck was rear ended further back and skidded sideways for a bit. It then rode the edge up to where it is now. The tunnel edge is slanted allowing for this.

What the……… that is awesome.

How on earth did that thing end up like that! Awesome!

The truck was probably doing a multi-drop and had already unloaded the goods from the front end. The goods at the rear end probably only had to be delivered to a site a short distance away and hence the block head driver thought it was ok to continue in an unbalanced condition.
Either that or a wheely gone wrong.

had to be Godzilla!

“Autobots, I’m in pursuit.”

追突されたトラック「立ち往生」トンネル入り口で

トンネルの入り口上部に乗り上げた大型トラック（７日、山口県防府市の山陽自動車道で）＝香月大輝撮影

　７日午前４時頃、山口県防府市富海の山陽自動車道下り線徳山西―防府東インターチェンジ（ＩＣ）間の大平山トンネル入り口付近で、奈良県橿原市の男性（４４）の大型トラックが岡山県備前市の男性（６３）の大型トラックに追突。追突されたトラックが弾みでトンネル入り口の縁沿いに押し上げられ、運転席部分が上部に引っかかって入り口をふさぐ格好となった。この事故で徳山西―防府西ＩＣ間が約６時間半にわたって通行止めになった。

　山口県警高速隊の発表によると、２人とも足や腰などを打つ軽傷。現場はほぼ直線で、追突したトラックがスピードを出し過ぎたとみて調べている。
（2009年12月7日13時12分 読売新聞）

google translator ftw
“The hit track “stuck” at the entrance tunnel

Trucks stranded on the upper entrance of the tunnel (7 days, the Sanyo Expressway in Yamaguchi Prefecture Hofu) = Katsuki Ooteru shooting

4 o’clock on Tuesday morning, the Sanyo Expressway Tokuyama Nishi Tonomi southbound Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture – Azuma Hofu Interchange (IC) near the tunnel entrance Hirayama Hiroshi between men, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture (44) Okayama large truck Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, men (63) rammed into the truck. Being pushed along the edge of the entrance tunnel was hit by a truck impetus was caught dressed block the entrance to the upper portion of the driver’s seat. This accident Tokuyama Nishi – West Hofu IC was closed to traffic for about half hours between 6.

According to the highway patrol and Yamaguchi prefectural police, hit and slightly injured two people with legs and hips. Field is almost linear, which examined past and it was rear-ended a truck at speed.
(December 7, 2009 13:12 Yomiuri min)”

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20091207-OYT1T00574.htm

Looks like Japan needs to spend more money on science education, preferably in English. You can see the 2chan depictions are merely entertaining. The 1st one does show the artist at least gets the concept of momentum. The 2nd one shows that guy has a lot of time on his hands. And the third one obviously is just trying to be funny.

Why do i say “in English”? Japanese is better at describing deeper levels of emotion and experiences rather than abstracts.

Ever wonder why Japanese say “yes yes yes” in meetings, pretending they understand, when someone is describing a concept in depth. And then when the speaker is done, just continue to do what they are intending from the beginning. It’s a problem inherit to the language.