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The younger guy in this clip actually ended up retiring because he got brain damage in a contraption he designed for this show. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-587

by mhh__ 4y ago

The younger guy in this clip actually ended up retiring because he got brain damage in a contraption he designed for this show. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58762935 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58762935

itsyaboi 4y ago
This is bizarre. He knowingly, purposefully took the place of a crash test dummy? Why?
- kayodelycaon 4y ago
  I assume he was focused on doing the experiment he (and dozens of other people) lost sight of the consequences. As we say in America: “Hold my beer.” Edit: Or more charitably, they underestimated the consequences.
  - noneeeed 4y ago
    Pretty much the latter. This wasn’t Jackass, it was a science programme and he was the resident engineer. In theory he knew what he was doing but underestimated the risks and paid the personal consequences.
- sacrosancty 4y ago
  Apparently they used to do that. Here are people demonstrating the safety of seatbelts by crashing their car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWy0hHHECdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWy0hHHECdM
- green-eclipse 4y ago
  "Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is crash test humans"
matheusmoreira 4y ago
> The injuries happened when Mr Stansfield, who was 42 at the time, filmed a Bang Goes The Theory feature about the relative safety of forward and rear-facing child car seats. > The episode saw him "strapped into a rig like a go-cart which was propelled along a track into a post". I'm sorry but to me this reads like something out of Darwin Awards.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  Exactly, this is what dummies (the inanimate ones), cameras, and sensors are for O_O
- htk 4y ago
  That’s why he was awarded around half of what he demanded, because BBC shared the responsibility by accepting the stunt, but he was also responsible for doing it.
  - robocat 4y ago
    > That’s why he was awarded around half of what he demanded Which is why he asked for 4x what might be fair? I’m being facetious: I have no idea. I am just saying there is little constraint on how much damages you can reasonably ask for.
  - supernova87a 4y ago
    Doesn't the BBC contract out to production companies so that they're not liable as a huge organization for one small show's dumb actions? Seems odd, but maybe that's not a thing in the UK.
    - londons_explore 4y ago
      UK courts generally see through such things.
      - kepler1 4y ago
        See through some things, but not through others? How about hiding billions of pounds worth of corrupt money in London real estate? Not so much.
        megapolitics 4y ago
        That’s more of a problem of a lack of cases brought by the government than a problem with the courts. The courts have generally seen through such things quite well when the government actually brings forward cases.

by mhh__ 4y ago

itsyaboi 4y ago

This is bizarre. He knowingly, purposefully took the place of a crash test dummy? Why?

kayodelycaon 4y ago
I assume he was focused on doing the experiment he (and dozens of other people) lost sight of the consequences. As we say in America: “Hold my beer.” Edit: Or more charitably, they underestimated the consequences.
- noneeeed 4y ago
  Pretty much the latter. This wasn’t Jackass, it was a science programme and he was the resident engineer. In theory he knew what he was doing but underestimated the risks and paid the personal consequences.
sacrosancty 4y ago
Apparently they used to do that. Here are people demonstrating the safety of seatbelts by crashing their car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWy0hHHECdM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWy0hHHECdM
green-eclipse 4y ago
"Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is crash test humans"

matheusmoreira 4y ago

> The injuries happened when Mr Stansfield, who was 42 at the time, filmed a Bang Goes The Theory feature about the relative safety of forward and rear-facing child car seats. > The episode saw him "strapped into a rig like a go-cart which was propelled along a track into a post". I'm sorry but to me this reads like something out of Darwin Awards.

stjohnswarts 4y ago
Exactly, this is what dummies (the inanimate ones), cameras, and sensors are for O_O
htk 4y ago
That’s why he was awarded around half of what he demanded, because BBC shared the responsibility by accepting the stunt, but he was also responsible for doing it.
- robocat 4y ago
  > That’s why he was awarded around half of what he demanded Which is why he asked for 4x what might be fair? I’m being facetious: I have no idea. I am just saying there is little constraint on how much damages you can reasonably ask for.
- supernova87a 4y ago
  Doesn't the BBC contract out to production companies so that they're not liable as a huge organization for one small show's dumb actions? Seems odd, but maybe that's not a thing in the UK.
  - londons_explore 4y ago
    UK courts generally see through such things.
    - kepler1 4y ago
      See through some things, but not through others? How about hiding billions of pounds worth of corrupt money in London real estate? Not so much.
      - megapolitics 4y ago
        That’s more of a problem of a lack of cases brought by the government than a problem with the courts. The courts have generally seen through such things quite well when the government actually brings forward cases.