For those who’ve ever watched the Dukes of Hazzard and thought, I ponder what sort of harm that leap would do to a automotive, be grateful you don’t stay in Houston, the place drivers are discovering out first hand.

Street building within the Texas metropolis seems to have induced the asphalt to buckle in such a approach {that a} ramp was created. In a video shared to Instagram by consumer @speedhouston, the unlucky penalties of the anomaly will be seen from the consolation of no matter display you’re taking a look at.

The unintended ramp is situated in the course of an intersection, catching many drivers off guard. Discovered subsequent to a building zone, the ramp seems to have been attributable to efforts to tear up the floor of the road.

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It’s exhausting to see clearly, however it seems that the highway merely has an upward bend and a sudden drop-off. That may be exhausting sufficient to see through the day, however appears to be almost invisible at night time, which can clarify why so many drivers are being launched off of it.

Apparently unintentional, it’s a thriller why roadworks crews didn’t put up clearer warnings for drivers. Primarily based on what number of automobiles are scraping the bottom exhausting sufficient to trigger sparks and certain extra harm, I’d be fairly fearful about litigious drivers if I used to be the foreperson or a metropolis consultant.

To make issues worse, the one driver on this video who appears to get by way of the intersection with out struggling harm solely does so by slowing to a crawl. Even the drivers who do discover it and decelerate expertise a fairly nasty bump.

Whereas some commentors on the video blame the drivers for going too quick by way of a building zone, I’d recommend that it behooves a metropolis to not depart ramps in its streets large enough for them Duke boys to get at it once more.