[Impala64ssa]

It's bad enough they painted Confederate flags on the roofs of those Chargers, them Duke boys encouraged those poor souls to emulate one of their stunts and it cost them their lives! Anyone involved with the Dukes of Hazzard need to be arrested for crimes against humanity! /s Better keep my big mouth shut or some ambulance chasing shyster may get some dumb ideas.

[SaveFerris]

[more than 300 1969 Dodge Chargers were totaled during the run of the show]

Now that is a shame. A real shame. The ‘68 is my favorite but the ‘69 and ‘70 are right up there too.

[rdl6989]

Just two good ol boys, never meanin no harm...

[lee martell]

Hold my E-Cig, and watch this!

[Reno89519]

What a lame way to commit suicide. Driving a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze up a drawbridge and into the drink.

[Bullish]

Dukes of Hazard they are not.

[lowbridge]

Their problem was that they were trying the stunt with the wrong car. They should have used a 1974 Dodge Monaco.

"It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas."

[fieldmarshaldj]

[grateful]

I’ve been on the set of The Dukes of Hazzard. I saw jumps performed live. Those cars are total wrecks afterwards.

[Prolixus]

On the bright side: they’re no longer morons.

[equaviator]

Life imitating art. How’s that working out for ya?

[Fresh Wind]

The Chevy Cruze would have made it if they had remembered to weld the doors shut.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Final words???

Hey it worked with the hot wheeee
...

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[eartick]

Louisiana State Police say two men from Texas died attempting to jump the ramp on the Black Bayou Bridge early Friday morning. Alejandro Cazares, 23, of McAllen, Texas, and Roberto Alejandro Moreno, 32, of Edinburg, Texas, were both pronounced dead at the scene.

I bet there is more to the story. Like being members of Cartel and drug running are involved in their decision.

[a fool in paradise]

Some “Texans” from the Mexican border tore down a fence and sought to cross illegally to the other side of the bridge.

There, I fixed it.

[anton]

“Hold ma beer”

[maddogtiger]

Would have made it in a Toyota.

[Flick Lives]

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”

[Pearls Before Swine]

I read this before, but didn’t realize that it was a “how to” article. You need ballast in the trunk to keep the car from flipping during the jump.

Who knew?

[Calvin Locke]

... encouraged those poor souls to emulate one of their stunts and it cost them their lives!

Reminds me of a segment on a James Bond stunt. The one with the car doing a barrel roll in a chase scene. Pre-CGI.

The creator wouldn't give out any details of the physics "out of concern" for the safety of wannabe emulators (among other reasons, I'd bet).

[TIElniff]

Didn’t they try to reproduce the “jump” from “Smoky and the Bandit” down at Road Atlanta a while back? (using a TranAm Pontiac). Anyone know how that came out?