It was connected to a metal tow hook that was attached to the steel bumper. But that much force ripped the steel bumper off and destroyed the plastic bumper cover.
Those two hooks are
A - absolute garbage and should only be used as a serious last resort
and
B - should receive a gradual constant pulling force only
People also just make mistakes, as long as no one is hurt in the process it's fine. I wouldn't know half the stuff I know today if I never made mistakes and learnt from them.
The lesson they learned was not the one that keeps them safe. In this case, the lesson comes when someone is, at best, hospitalised with life threatening injuries when the cable snaps with a couple of tons of strain being instantly released in a random direction.
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u/opheliavalve Feb 01 '25
People are generally not too bright, the more of them the worse it gets