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[bcp]

Bruce

 

[lilranch2001]

That’s what they call a “side dump”

 

[Engineer42]

Bruce

Test roll.

 

[blacktruck]

Bruce

Painful to watch. An old square body going over the side with a driver inside. I hope the driver made it out. He certainly didn't have any time or way to react.

 

[WinterDeere]

Painful to watch. An old square body going over the side with a driver inside. I hope the driver made it out. He certainly didn't have any time or way to react.

The good news is that inertia would have carried him toward the passenger side and then the inverted floor, away from the point of impact.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I dunno. I prefer being on the low side when rolling a vehicle.

And the driver probably hung onto the steering wheel with all his might, instead of temporarily ending up on the passenger side.

 

[rontaki]

I dunno. I prefer being on the low side when rolling a vehicle.

And the driver probably hung onto the steering wheel with all his might, instead of temporarily ending up on the passenger side.

Why? Curious, not questing your preference.

 

[ning]

I dunno. I prefer being on the low side when rolling a vehicle.

And the driver probably hung onto the steering wheel with all his might, instead of temporarily ending up on the passenger side.

I'd expect as the truck fell with gravity, that the driver would experience a similar gravity, and would be more or less in his seat (clutching the wheel no doubt) as the truck rotated. I think the truck may've gone down a little slower than free-fall because it was partially held by the collapsing bridge which was also not entirely in free-fall, so the more grip he had on the wheel the better.

My guess is that he was against the door as the trust went past 90°; hopefully he didn't fall out the window. Since this was a low-speed rotation there shouldn't've been much acceleration pushing him out until a car flipping down a hillside.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Why? Curious, not questing your preference.

Because then there's less "travelling" within the vehicle.

Of course, it depends on if seatbelts are worn or not. Being on the passenger side and then having a heavy driver on top of me wasn't ideal. Not that ending up on the driver's side when being a passenger was much better, then I felt guilty when having to step on the driver to get out.

Worst case in my mind would be a forwards endo in something like a Jeep. Then there's momentum before the sudden stop. A rearwards endo would be much better I think, since then the radius is much shorter, sitting right at the rear wheels.

Thankfully I haven't experienced either one, just quite a few normal rollovers.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thankfully I haven't experienced either one, just quite a few normal rollovers

I never thought I'd see the words "normal" and "rollover" in the same phrase.