Caught on Video: DC Cop Car Smashes Into ‘Bumblebee’ During ‘Transformers 3’ Movie Shoot
- Posted on October 12, 2010 at 2:48am by
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Big Red Lunchbox
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:08amIt looks like this happened at the entrance of the set. The info sign says “Enter and Exit” then blinks something else. My guess is the police was “exiting” and the bee was “entering” and as you can see, you can’t do that at the same time …
Report Post »rps57x
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:38am“all tour buses…enter and exit”
Report Post »rps57x
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:40am‘all tour buses…enter and exit”
Report Post »RugDog
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:34amIdiot cop. Just like the rest of em. Thinks a badge and a siren means he owns the road. Well, he got owned on this one. Well done Bumble Bee.
Report Post »usmcflyr
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:08amEasy there, you may need one some day.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:26amand just like always … they won’t be there !
Report Post »jeffronc
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:02amHasn’t anyone else even noticed that the Camaro hit the cop? The headline is completely backwards! When the front of your car is crumpled and the side of another took the hit, most cops give the ticket to the person with their front end smashed in… The headline should read: “Autobot Joins Decepticons and Attacks Police K-9 Unit!”
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:34amAnd the K-9 transforms into a BotCon! Or better yet, with this scene, they bring back Jazz. Or Prime has to choose whether he wants to take out Bumblebee or if he can somehow persuade him back over to the Bot side. Wow, my son’s obsession has rubbed off on me. What can I say, robots are cool.
Report Post »larissac
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:43amexactly what I thought Jeff!
Report Post »Alucard
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:43amIf I‘m not mistaken is it not the law that you’re suppose to pull off to the side when emergency vehicles are driving down the road? They can’t be expected to respond to an emergency but find an alternate route just because hollywood is filming.
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:59amClosed set… closed set… closed set!!!! The police officer is 100% at fault… but WILL find a way to make it BB’s fault. It’s what they do.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 11:00pmThe reason that they close the road is because there will be hundreds of feet of electrical cabling all over the place, pedestrians where they wouldn’t normally be, and sometimes explosive charges going off. Thank God it wasn’t a scene where some actor was lying in the middle of the road after being “shot” or “dumped” from a moving vehicle.
From what I understand, the movie companies often have a few of the key vehicles available, in case of accidents. Also some are used for interior shots, and others for special effects.
Report Post »Codger
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:23amOh yea… it was Bush’s fault. LOL
Report Post »Codger
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:21amHope no one was hurt but this really provided some truly comic relief in a tense world. LOL
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:10ambunch of union jackasses on both sides
Report Post »SICKANTIRED
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:05amThey should put this Part in the Movie…
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:59amSee?
Drive a truck.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:42amPolice vehicle had lights and sirens going. Doesn’t matter what was going on, the guy driving the Camero was at fault there. At least in Indiana, you are required to yield the right of way to emergency vehicles when they are running lights and sirens.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:22amWhile you are 100% correct, I don’t think the driver was expecting to have a real police car on the set. When we’ve had movies shot in our town, the area is considered a closed street, just like when then have block parties or parades. Emergency vehicles are aware and unless the emergency is on the set, they reroute around it. The driver of the Bumblebee simply wasn’t expecting a real police car.
Report Post »rgilfillan
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 1:10pmThat is incorrect. The lights and sirens are a request for right of way. If the emergency responder is speeding or breaking other traffic laws when an accident happens even with lights and sirens they are at fault. In this case especially because he was going through an area that was shut down for the shoot the officer will be at fault. The lights and siren do not give permission to break laws. This isn’t my opinion. It is what I learned through many years working as a firefighter and EMT.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:33amAnother bee squished on the grille of a Chevy.
Report Post »gobluebuckeye
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:19amNice driving all around, I wonder who is going to get the ticket?
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:17amTransformers ain’t so tough after all . . .
Report Post »Maybe the GEESE Know More than the BEES Know
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:17ambzzzzzz….bzzzzz….The Geese would have at least Honked
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:09amlmao!
Report Post »thesixfour
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:40amWhy didn’t he just transform?
Report Post »LSX
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 5:18amOne dead Camaro!
Damn Hollywood wrecks way too many nice cars!
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:26amUseless entertainment crap, sorry.
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:09amHere, here!
Report Post »smokie
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:18amI thought Bumblebee was a VW.
Well, he’s totaled now, so what’s the diff?
Report Post »DrammyCoke
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:12amHerbie was a VW.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:38amThe animated bumblebee was a VW. Volkswagon would not pay the endorsement deals. And everyone knows that the Ford Mustang Police car from the first movie stole the show.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 7:48amVery true MANNAX. But I would beg to differ, the Camaro is a very nice car. I would take either one. BTW, wasn’t the Mustang a Saleen in the first movie?
Report Post »Caffeinated Texan
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:17pmThe Camaro at the beginning of the first movie was sweet. It was similar to the 78 I had when I was younger. Then it switched into a car that was crappier and worth less. Well, that’s Hollywood for you.
Remember this when the movie comes out. If it is directed by Michael Bay like the first two, you’ll be begging to see all of the cars smashed this way…
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 8:28am@CAFFEINATED TEXAN – I am from Texas also. Great state! I think I saw on the Michael Bay website that the Transformers 3 will also have a Ferrari.
Report Post »Jetson
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:34amMegan Fox trying to make a comeback.
Report Post »dodgerbaseball
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:24amHopefully this will set the movie schedule back in some way… I would like to avoid any contact with this Michael Bay obliterated franchize as long as possible.
Report Post »Conservative Voice
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:13amthe bees know
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:08amlol
Report Post »emmanuel Goldstein
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:05amThis is why robots should not drive.
Report Post »JohnnyGalt
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:10amI like how it destroyed the entire front end of that Camaro and didn’t even scratch the cop car. Either thats a testament to restructured police vehicles or a deal breaker for buying a new Camaro…
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:11amIt would have been something to see what the outcome would have been if it were a Smart car!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 8:41amThat’s what you get when the EPA and DOT tell you how you can make a car.
Report Post »stone2016
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:00amThey build them that way for safety. The front end folds like an accordian, absorbing the impact, allowing the driver to walk away.
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 10:32ammodern cars are designed to crumple so as to absorb as much energy as possible and avoid transferring it to the people inside. cop cars however need to be rugged to handle tough situations. Plus who knows, maybe the movie people lightened the car so as to make it faster or easier to work with.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 11:56amThis crash is a testament to why I’ve driven a full sized truck, with a heavy guage steel bumpers, for the last 27 years. I may consume more fuel, but my family is much safer. 10 years ago I was rear ended by an intoxicated woman driving a Honda Accord going 65 (in a 35) while I was stopped at the red signal. My entire family walked away without a scratch or bruise. The intoxicated woman spent 4 months in the hospital at the cost of over 250K. My Truck suffered 2K in Damage. Anyone who chides me over fuel consumption gets a lessen on how much the other lady “saved” in fuel costs.
BTW, I’m VERY glad no one was seriously injured in that movie set crash. Whenever you hear emergency sirens, PLEASE pay attention and head right away to our first responders. Someone’s life may depend on it.
Report Post »brianhks
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:24pmIf it is the same car as in the first movie it was a custom build = probably no safety equipment. Notice the chunks that came off – probably fiberglass – not a real camero. Regardless I bet that little mess up just set the movie back a month.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:10amThe cop should have radioed to patrol officers present at the shoot, so this is actually not bumblebees fault. Not only that the cop had to be aware of the movie shoot he had to go by the roadblock required at said shoot. Oh well an avoidable accident hopefully no-one got hurt or in trouble
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:37pmThat is a GM [government motors] car and SUV — a set up by the government to make more cars to help the unions.
Report Post »aeronut44
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:05amI bet someone lost their job over that little snafu. Oh yeah, all of the movie industry is union. They will probably get a raise and a settlement for emotional anguish.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 12:59pmIf it was an illegal alien driving the bumble bee would the police be able to ask him/her for their papers?
Sailor
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:34pmThese Extraterrestrials have documentation and pay taxes, the kind of aliens we like.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 2:55amThe cop was responding to an emergency .
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 3:25amIt was a K-9 Unit…Hope the dog was seatbelted in!
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:07amYep K-9 Unit .
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 4:32amHopefully no one got hurt in this incident. Someone messed up on notification of the local police and authorities – either in the Police Department or on the set directors. If it is found out to be a major blunder then the solution is simple — Transform them to the Unemployment Department!
Besides Bumble bee is suppose to have been a VW originally.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »DrammyCoke
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:09amSure the cop was responding to an emergency, but driving through a blocked off area at a high rate of speed makes the accident the cops fault, I just call ‘em like I see them.
I hope no one was hurt.
Report Post »TjPr8r
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 11:03amI think its more likely that this was part of the movie. Looks like a set up scene to me.
Report Post »slimster
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 11:43ambumble bee smashed into the cop car. not the other way around like the headline says.
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on October 12, 2010 at 6:29pmK-9 unit, and the dog was driving to a emergency call in the dog-park for a fight over a bitch in heat.
Report Post »Lone-Wolf
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 1:48amYeah a doughnut break.
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