The gas tank on top of a bus in Stockholm exploded when the bus was about to ent...

Aeolun · on June 21, 2020

I mean, that sucks, but the same thing would have happened if it had entered the tunnel?

Only possibly worse, as I assume the explosion would have nowhere to go but down.

zentiggr · on June 21, 2020

So the bar did the job of ablative armor, per se.

Still not remotely optimal but avoiding damage to the tunnel requiring far more blockage seems like a good tradeoff.