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Story goes that it was only up for an incredibly brief window (heh) and that tools were disallowed for all of the pre-screened participants of the competition. Supposedly, even with all of these measures in place, something still went wrong with the glass, causing the competition to run short.
Source pls
This was a good reminder to check a link before to click
URL check saves me once again. I can't believe how many people just raw dog links.
Good name. You're doing good work!
I wish they did this right now. Breaking through bulletproof glass is easy with the right tools. A flying dropkick is not one of them.
The gimmick was you couldn't do it with tools.
You can't use anything at all if it's effective actually.
I think they limited you to only being able to kick it
What is the point then. I'd be pissed if someone was able to break a regular window by kicking it. If you have to prove that your bullet proof glass can stand up to kicks I'm not going to be confident in your product. Let people bring their own shit and show what it would take to get through it. You know, unless it sucks, which I assume to be the actual case here.
I call BS. There are still tools and ways you could easily break through it. Plenty of which are far better than just kicking it.
There was a guard. It was only $500. People were invited to kick it, but it was monitored.
Ah, I'm going to miss Snopes in the post-truth society. :(
Dremel with a diamond drill bit would make quick work of that
Bus stop.
Bus.
Pretty sure if the bus went at it fast enough backwards it would do better than some clown and his size 11s
Pretty much any tool with a cutting surface made of tungsten, high speed steel, or industrial diamond.
But one source I found says they only let people use their feet.
And nobody thought to install some glass breakers on the bottom of their boots?
Edit: Hell, I'd even consider wedging a nice sharp piece of quartz into the tread of a boot.
Bullet proof glass is plexiglass/polycarbonate, so I don't think a glass breaker would help.
You guys are all coming at this like they put real money in there
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/3m-three-million-dollars-vancouver-bus-stop-cash-stunt
The marketing stunt came to a halt after just one day when the security guard noticed the metal frame of the glass case had been weakened from the constant barrage of physical pressure.
Why not just let people keep going until someone breaks the frame? Still makes for a good marketing blurb - "the iron broke before the glass did!"
Because they didn’t actually want to give away any of their money. We’re toys for them and they made us dance
PR, only installed for the photoshoot, if that.
Bulletproof glass, but they didn't allow tools? Is this the company that made glass for the cybertruck?
That’s the point.
They didn’t want anyone to be actually able to get the money.
They should've tried doing this in Romania, the entire bus stop would have disappeared overnight...
Half of Europe: Romanians steal everything!
Otther half of Europe: Czechs steal everything!
Pwffft they're trying to break it with their feet, so cute.
In Brazil they wrap ATM s in chains and rip them off using trucks. Then take the ATM to a safe house and bust it open. That is happening since 1990s.
I was surprised when I saw someone doing the same in Australia, with a constructions site digger. I think it was last year.
Conclusion: Brazil exports crime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can't you get like, a diamond drill bit and just give it a light tap? Tempered glass breaks easily if the outside layer is compromised.
Bullet proof "glass" isn't just tempered glass in fact it never was the original was just glass layered with plastic but the new stuff is made from multiple layers of different materials each specialized to cover the others weakness, think fascism literally means to fassen together like a bundle of sticks that is harder to break than one stick(I don't know why my mind went to fascism in retrospect a yin yang would be more accurate anyways)
They didn't allow tools. I wonder if those metal sole insert things could be used to help go through this.
Why didn’t they just open it with a screwdriver and pry bar? Or steal the whole bus stop?
Man steps into bus whole bus stop on his back. Bus driver doesn't even flinch. Happens every day.
Get a long industrial chain, tie it around the display, drag the whole thing away with a truck. Drag all the way out to the middle of nowhere and then take your time figuring out how to break, take part, cut, burn, explode or destroy the glass.
Box truck with Faraday cage for blocking gps.
You should be able to bust it open using liquid nitrogen and warn water. I don't think that the glass is made for being able to tank temperature differences of over 200°C
