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Watch this shopping cart get crash tested at 73 mph

Does this have anything to do with cars? Not really. Is it awesome? Definitely.

Andrew Krok Reviews Editor / Cars
Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media director of a small European-focused garage outside of Chicago. From there, he moved to the editorial side, penning several written features in Total 911 Magazine before becoming a full-time auto writer, first for a local Chicago outlet and then for CNET Cars.
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If you had asked College Andrew what he'd be doing at 30, the answer wouldn't have anything to do with writing about shopping carts being crashed into walls at ridiculous speeds. Yet, here I am, about to do exactly that, and I am totally OK with it.

Sweden's Dynamic Test Center has made headlines in the past for crash testing various non-automobiles, including golf carts. This time, they're running a shopping cart into a wall at 73 mph for science. No, seriously, it's for science -- DTC wanted to highlight just how bad things can get when shopping carts start flying around parking lots.

This video might have you walking to the grocery store from now on, but then again, shopping carts rarely achieve these speeds without, you know, being involved in a Swedish crash test. DTC broke a world record in the process of making this video, by the way.

(Hat tip to Road & Track for what is the best video I've seen in months.)