Even the DC cops' driving sucks. In fact, I can't really recall the last time I saw a DC-plated car that I thought to myself, "now there's a driver who isn't a menace." No, most times I see a DC-plated car, I think to myself "why are those cars even allowed outside the DC city-line?"Transformers' Star Bumblebee and Police SUV in Unscripted Collision
By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 12th 2010 07:01AM|Well, that happened. The injury and accident-plagued set of 'Transformers 3' had another bad day on Monday when a Washington, D.C. police SUV inadvertently became part of a high speed car chase and collided epically with a yellow Chevy Camaro, known in the franchise as "Bumblebee."
In stunning video from MyFoxDC.com, a caravan of 'Transformers 3' vehicles were driving down 3rd Street and Maryland Ave. when, in the distance, a white police car entered the shot. When it reached the intersection, poor Bumblebee zoomed into the scene and smashed into the corner of the SUV.
It played out like a textbook car crash you see in hundreds of films, only this time it wasn't in the script.
According to police sources, the officer in the car was responding to a call about a suspicious package incident nearby. The unnamed officer was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. Thankfully, no bystanders were hurt, but it's unknown if the stunt driver was harmed.
Shooting of the film in D.C. has been postponed until further notice.
This isn't the first freak accident on the set of a 'Transformers' movie. In September, an extra named Gabriella Cedillo was seriously injured while driving her own car in a scene while a stunt vehicle drove in the opposite direction. A cable towing one of the stunt cars came loose and sliced through Cedillo's car window, striking her in the head.
Cedillo underwent surgery, but her lawyer says she is still unable to speak and is paralyzed on her left side. She is suing Paramount for more than $50,000.
As for other accidents, leading man Shia LeBeouf was nearly blinded by a prop while shooting 'Transformers 2.'
Director Michael Bay does not generally comment on accidents that happen on set.
Seriously, driving in the DC area sucks:
- You have the Maryland drivers who seem to think that the rule is left=slow and right=pass. If I'm on a four lane-wide stretch of empty highway and I'm sitting in the second lane from the right with two empty lanes to my left, the Maryland-plated driver will, invariably, pass me on my right side.
- You have the Virginia-plated drivers who've never heard of cruise-control and hold a grudge against you if you try to pass them. Either they speed up as you start to overtake, or, you end up passing/being passed a half dozen times, even though you've got your cruise-control anchored at SPEEDLIMIT+7.
- The DC-plated drivers... I can't even begin to typify them they're so horrible.
As much as I hate driving here, my hatred was only increased by having spent time driving in Germany. Germany shows you that driving doesn't have to be an exercise in frustration and death-avoidance. It shows that people can be aware of their environment. It shows that people can actually drive without jacking their jaws on their phones or, worse, texting as they drive. You don't see people applying makeup as they drive. You don't see people trying to shove a four-course meal into their pie-holes as they drive. Driving isn't something that you do as part of a multi-tasking feat.
Ugh...
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