In case inquiring minds were wondering how in the h*** one would knock down a big and lofty alunimum street light pole with their vehicle...ponder no further.

The above is a series of six sequential photographs of a beefy 1965 Olds Delta 88 packing a high-speed whallop hitting the target top-dead-center head-on. With little or no damage to the front of said vehicle. Then comes the van as seen in the "Previous" photo...click here [id=250313774] and off to the scrap yard the pole goes.

Metal street light poles hit by motor vehicles via roadway accidents created much personal injury/death decades ago. In the 1970s Alcoa devised a "clean break" pole so that it would readily snap upon hit by a four-or-more wheeled projectile.

This virtue is great since I'm sure lots of personal injuries were reduced/eliminated on account of this "idea". Since the 1970s many highway systems have been using breakaway poles. Very unfortunately the alunimum scavengers out there have caught on to this easy, tax-free, hit-run-and-take it away method of making a living which is becoming a *real* problem across America as scrap metals hit near record highs.

By the way, I was recently tipped to the above photo...it was within an Alcoa Alunimum ad in 1975 illustrating how "effective" their break-away poles happened to be.

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