I had to post this....Really Bad Accident...Wake up call to all of us.

MasseyWV · Mar 19, 2012

Is there any more information about the video? Where was it taken? When did it happen? Etc...

shortthrow50 · Mar 19, 2012

it was me. im ok. i drove in the slush on lost control while not adjusting my driving conditions for the way the roads were that day. Im an idiot i know. Never mind the truck diver who probably had a really bad day as well becuase of my stupidity. :thumbsup:

SPIKER · Mar 19, 2012

Last weekend, (8 days ago) I almost took out a bridge abutment due to a young girl merging onto the 60MPH highway I was on. Girl cut right in front of a woman driving in the low speed lane who swerved into/@ me. If I had held my ground and not taken the median she would have pitted herself on the front of my low slung T-Bird (she was driving exact same type SUV, same color as the video) mid 2000's Tahoe. the girl didnt look and the woman didnt look. Left me with the choice of putting her over the bridge as I'm 90% sure she would have rolled over the top of the bridge or maybe bounce off the guard rail & bridge. I managed to not hit anyone only because of being aware of people around me. I've been in the ditch 3 or 4 times in my 30 years of driving never hit anyone (been hit in parking lots & at stop lights where other drivers ran into my car.) (ya knocked on some wood.) Stuff happens though and a split second is all it takes for things to go wrong. 8 or 9 yrs back similar road conditions watched a Pontiac Grand Prix take out a guard rail I was in same spot as the camera car in the video with woman & 3 kids in car with me. said watch this girls this guys is going to wreck... he did too t-boned the rail... he got into the slush on side of the road (55 zone 4 lane) Pulled him right into the rail dead center of his rather new car... I managed to dodge all the parts of the car flying off & stopped in plenty of time.

the SUV got out of the driving path into the slush which pulls a car/tuck pretty bad the wide tires on SUVs makes it worse than. The driver being inexperienced then yanked the wheel and let up on the gas onto the brake slightly all beginners mistakes or someone not experienced/paying attention enough to keep themselves out of danger.

Some people drive TOO slow and back up a dozen cars behind them which also creates issues. This leads to more wrecks than running the @ speed limit proven often in many cases. There is an slightly off balance guy who drives around our area with a bunch of fake cats glued to his car flashing lights and cameras on it his max speed is about 40MPH in 55+ zones. in town he does 20 MPH and has been stopped for creating issues and has tried to file law suits against "aggressive drivers" does all he can to provoke people... He has several cases against cops too due to him getting stopped for impeding traffic. I have not seen him in a while so hopefully some judge took his driving privileges away.

Mark

The Haymaker · Mar 19, 2012

I am a commercial driver and not ten minutes ago posted this on a coworkers FB page:

"Bottom line is the driver will have to live with that for the rest of his life. Slow the flick down people, my clean conscience depends on it."

Pettrix · Mar 20, 2012

shortthrow50 said:
it was me. im ok. i drove in the slush on lost control while not adjusting my driving conditions for the way the roads were that day. Im an idiot i know. Never mind the truck diver who probably had a really bad day as well becuase of my stupidity. :thumbsup:

I don't understand. What do you mean it was you?

Pettrix · Mar 20, 2012

Undivided highways like that are VERY dangerous, even when dry. Divided highways are much safer as it prevents head-on collisions which almost always result in fatalities.

shortthrow50 · Mar 20, 2012

Pettrix said:
I don't understand. What do you mean it was you?

was just a statement about the " poor people" that caused the accident. I say poor truck driver

The Haymaker · Mar 20, 2012

shortthrow50 said:
was just a statement about the " poor people" that caused the accident. I say poor truck driver

Word!

yelbike · Mar 20, 2012

Sad, very sad. Don't blame the SUVor the tires, could have been a car with blizzaks with same result. Their time was up. I don't know why they got sucked into the slush but that was the begining of the end. Their luck went down hill from there. Unlucky they clipped the cube van, from all traction was lost (4wheel skid) and their fate was seal. No driver training would have saved them.

Yes they could have slowed down, or stayed home, who knows the roof could have collasped.

I just find people are quick to pass judgement. Their time was up.RIP.

Reg · Mar 20, 2012

MasseyWV said:
Is there any more information about the video? Where was it taken? When did it happen? Etc...

While I share your curiosity on those details, I remind myself that those details don't really matter.
It can happen anytime, anywhere under similar conditions with similar driving behavior.
Lets not stereotype "SUV drivers who are all too confident about their AWD/4WD transmissions (and all weather tires, ABS, whatever_all_else)".
We really can't determine if that was the case in this instance, however much experience we have of what appears to be behavior by people in similar vehicles under similar conditions.

You can hang back, you can go WAY slow, but if you in the position of the truck driver coming the other way there is little/nothing you can do about it.

Undivided highways are inherently more dangerous than divided, not that divided are "safe", just have a better chance of a less bad outcome when accidents do happen.